University of Manitoba SAE Aero

Absolutely incredible competition. A years worth of hard work and late nights led to a 1st place finish for the second year in a row. 1st place mission score, 2nd place Design Report, and 3rd place Technical Presentation resulting in a 1st place overall finish and it couldnt have been done without each and every team member who put effort and time into the project. Congratulations to Nanjing Univ of Aeronautics and the University of Virginia for placing 2nd and 3rd, and thank you to all the volunteers who made sure this event ran as well as it did. Looking forward to seeing all the teams next year.

After day 1 in the competition, we are headed into the flight rounds... 1st overall! With a score of 45.44 in the design presentation (3rd overall), and 46.36 in design report (1st overall), and 2 planes passed successfully through technical inspection, Polar Air is in great shape for the rest of the weekend and super excited to start flying.

Prototype plane coming along 👌

This weekend, the team flew with our initial design 50% scale prototype. This gives us insight into our design and allows us to make modifications early on without investing time and material into a full scale prototype. The plane flew beautifully and we are looking forward to the full scale prototype design and build!

What a privilege to have Mayor Brian Bowman come visit the UMSAE teams this morning and present UMSAE Aero with a City of Winnipeg Outstanding Achievement Award for 1st place at the 2018 SAE Aero Design East Competition!

Photo Credits to: Mike Latschislaw

Keep an ear out at 9:05am this morning on 680 CJOB for an interview about our win!

Congratulations also to Rzeszow University of Technology and Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho who placed 3rd and 2nd respectively! Euroavia Rzeszow aerofeg

The Winnipeg Free Press also wrote up an article, check it out here

U of M team tops international aircraft design competition A team of engineering students from the University of Manitoba reached new heights last weekend, after capturing first place in an aircraft design competition, soaring above global rivals.The event, called SAE (Society of Automobile Engineers) Aero Design East, was held in Lakeland, Fla.

Check out this article on CBC about our win in Florida!

University of Manitoba soars to 1st place at international aerospace competition A team of mechanical engineering students from the University of Manitoba is flying high after earning global bragging rights.

We have placed 1st overall, 1st for highest payload lifted and 3rd on the design report for the SAE Aero Design East 2018 competition! Stay tuned in coming days for more photos and videos of the competition!

Extra seventh flight round was completed successfully, now awaiting placement ceremony for results!