Student Competition Awards 2015
Project Flynk
Student team: Alessandro Broglia, Luca Clozza, Mattia Marcon, Dario Passi, Matteo Russo, Ciro Spada, Lorenzo Vendemini, Andrea Zuanetti (team leader)
Supervisors: Lorenzo Trainelli, Carlo E. D. Riboldi
Competition: AIAA Graduate Student Design Competition 2014-2015
Competition type: International graduate student design competition
Sponsorship: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ranking: 1st place
Description
Flynk represents a new concept for an air taxi system designed in order to revolutionize commuter transportation in large metropolitan areas. An all-electric, 4-engined, 9-passenger airplane, Flynk allows lower time to destination than land-based competitors while keeping affordable service prices.
Media
- De Cesco A., “L’aerotaxi del Politecnico di Milano che ha conquistato New York”, Corriere della Sera, Novembre 22, 2015 [article].
- Zuanetti A., “Nel 2030 a New York si potrà prendere un aerotaxi?”, TEDx Conference, Milano, December 13, 2016 [video].
References
- Broglia A., Clozza L., Russo M., Spada C., Vendemini L., Zuanetti A. G., Riboldi C. E. D., Trainelli L., "Flynk – The future all-electric commuter concept for metropolitan areas", XXIV Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, Palermo-Enna, Italy, September 18-22, 2017.
Project Fenix
Student team: Hitesh Bhardwaj, Luca Bertellini, Luca Bertoni, Roberta Farinelli, Ridvan Kocaoglan, Prathyusha Konduru, Niccolo Olivo, Rita Paolini (team leader), Alaparthi Saikiran
Supervisors: Giuseppe Quaranta
Competition: 33rd AHS Graduate Student Design Competition
Competition type: International graduate student design competition
Sponsorship: American Helicopter Society International
Ranking: 3rd place
Description
The Fenix concept envisages a fleet of 9 UAVs for high altitude disaster relief, capable to support fast deliveries for commercial and medical purposes, deliveries in inaccessible regions, and aerial fire-fighting. Each drone has 4 non-aligned, electrically-driven rotors for hovering control and is capable to carry a minimum payload of 56.4 lb.
Project Zefiro
Student team: Emanuele De Villa Bais, Tommaso Gadarco (team leader), Fabrizio Gaspari, Carlo Grego, Giovanni Pavese
Supervisors: Lorenzo Trainelli, Carlo E. D. Riboldi
Competition: “Vital” prize
Competition type: Graduate student design competition
Sponsorship: “Elisa Genovese” Trust (educational private entity)
Ranking: Winner
Description
The Zefiro is a tandem-seat ultralight motorglider designed to improve thermal sailing performance with reduced costs of acquisition and operation. Ideal for training missions, it has been conceived considering applicable European regulations and successfully compared with current competitors.
Media
- Gadarco T., “Un progetto italiano: Motoaliante ULM Zefiro”, VFR Aviation, n. 7, Gennaio 2016 [newspaper article].
