This is an official page of SAE Aero Design, a program of SAE International.

SAE Aero Design includes two regional competitions that challenge participating teams to conceive, design, fabricate, and test a radio controlled aircraft that can take off, land, and optimally meet the mission requirements. This exercise allows students to apply knowledge gained in the classroom in a real work environment. To help develop the students’ written and oral communication skills, a sizable percentage of each team’s score is devoted to the design report and oral presentation required in the competition. Teams may participate in one or more classes of competition, Regular, Advanced and Micro – each presenting unique challenges.

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