This competition provides a platform to the students to showcase their talents and pursue their passion in a field that is very unique and offering eclectic opportunities.
The Aerophilia 2018 airshow is performed by Abdullah Gaseem and Eessa Saeed. It is open to the public and all students on January 26. The air show will provide a multitude of learning experiences in mathematics, history, arts/graphics and science.
The Aerophilia 2018 winners will be honoured with cash prizes of Rs 2,75,000. This event will attract the nation’s aero-modelling enthusiasts to Mangaluru. Apart from aero-modelling, the college will also have another exciting surprise for this year too, one of India’s finest Drone Races will be held at the college campus with a cash prize of Rs 50,000.
The competition will be held for two days at the Sahyadri College campus and the participating teams are expected to design a radio controlled aircraft with the limitations regulated in its dimension and the power system for the main event- aero-modelling. The aircraft is validated by its manoeuvrability and maximum payload carrying capacity, which will be tested in three successive rounds. Special attractive air shows will be performed by national and international radio flyers of repute. IITs and NITs, the elite institutions of the nation are expected to participate in this competition.
The highlights of the event are:
• Fixed Wing and 3D Helicopter Airshow by a professional team of 5 from India and Dubai.
• Eminent guest from DRDO, Air force, ISRO and IISc.
• Attractive cash prize for Aero-modelling, Drone Race and other competitions.
Expected spectators and participants in total is about 1000-1500 students from various institutes of India. Eminent delegates will share their expertise in their domain of interest thereby enlightening the participants.
This event is organised by Team Challengers of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, a group of students passionate about Aeronautics and Robotics. Experienced students who have participated in SAE International Aero Design Competition 2016 and 2017 held at Fort Worth, Texas and Lakeland, Florida, USA, Boeing Aero-Modelling Competition and various other aero-modelling competitions comprise the organising committee and the future prospects remain the same with more innovative ideas.
