The AAIS partnered with Ngee Ann Polytechnic to organise the Aero Challenge 2013 on 29 August 2013. Aero Challenge 2013 is a country-wide aerospace competition opened to all secondary school students to help them find out more about radio-controlled flying.
The objective of the competition was to create, design and fly a quadcopter that could pick and drop a payload at designated obstacles.
30 teams participated in Aero Challenge 2013. Students were required to form a team of 3. Each team consist of a ‘pilot’ and ‘co-pilot’ and ‘air traffic controller’. The pilots were in charge of controlling the quadcopter using a flight app on either their phone or tablet gadgets while the ‘air traffic controller’ navigates and gives directional instructions to the pilots.
The competition provided an enriching yet fun-filled experience for the students as they learned to explore and work their design initiative and creativity, while acquiring new technical skills and knowledge in radio-controlled flying.
Results:
| Gold | – | Team Soar (Northbrooks Secondary School) |
| Silver | – | Team YOLO (Northland Secondary School) |
| Bronze | – | Team JSS Flyers (Jurong Secondary School) Team J.I.ZY (Evergreen Secondary School) Team EVG Arrows (Evergreen Secondary School) Team CCHY1 (Chung Cheng High School) |
| Best Design Award | – | Team RC Saints Flying Club (Saint Andrew’s Secondary School) |
Both Gold and Silver medalists will be attending the Singapore Airshow 2014 as part of the bi-ennial AeroIndustry Induction Programme (AIIP) organised by the AAIS and our partners.
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