Our Departments
One of the most important part in building of an aircraft is its design. While designing the aircraft, multiple factors such as Control surface parameters, drag reducing accessories, crosswind parameters, analysis of air-foil and fuselage design are taken into consideration keeping in mind the place where the competition is going to be held. After extensive researches, the design team provides factors such as dimension of wings based on the lift requirements, tail dimension as per stability requirements and control surface design as per roll rate and estimated crosswind.
Computational Fluid Dynamics is performed on ANSYS Fluent and Star CCM, to validate the results provided by the design department which provides more accurate Lift, Drag & Pressure Distribution figures. CFD basically works by solving the governing equations of fluid dynamics i.e. the Navier-Stokes equations. With this, the team is able to analyze the overall aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft and improve further based on CFD results. This aircraft simulation shows the airflow distribution around an aircraft design at low subsonic compressible flow regime.
This department models the plane on 3D modelling softwares like Solidworks, CATIA etc with the design parameters, to visualize and bring plans into making the aircraft a reality. Structural analysis is done using softwares like ANSYS. The most important role of this department is to incorporate a strong yet light structure by making use of extensive, in-house fabricated composites. This department designs an efficient and reliable payload dropping mechanism, so as to carry and drop the maximum payload. This department also designs landing gear systems for the aircraft.
The avionics team designs and implements electronic systems on par with the rest of the aircraft to control and communicate with the craft. We use commercially available flight controllers as well as microcontrollers to develop and test our own logics and play with a host of sensors and actuators. Our aim is also to go beyond the requirements of the mission statements of the competitions we participate in, and venture deeper into the fields of UAVs and autonomous flight systems, using better algorithms, efficient electronics and computer vision.
Propulsion system is vital to an aircraft. It gives life to the aircraft body. The term is derived from two Latin words: pro-forward and pellere- drive. The propulsion system of an aircraft consists an electric motor or an IC engine to generate power and a propeller to generate thrust. A light weight aircraft with high lift capacity is ineffective without an adequately powerful propulsion system. At Falcons we experimented with a wide range of propellers to select the most optimum propeller which is used with our 0.46 CI engine. This propeller to our highly efficient aircrafts has given us international accolades.
Management involves the tactical aspect of day to day functions and keeping control of the work environment to make sure that Assailing Falcons is moving impudently. Team faces umpteen responsibilities each day, one of which is managing events and people. The Management team is responsible for the smooth functioning of each and every department in the team. Further, management looks into documentation and sponsorships as it helps the team financially and brand names help in increasing the overall of confidence of the team.
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To drop payloads, we make use of a Pixhawk radio module. Pixhawk is a radio telemetry module which gathers data from the plane such as GPS location, heading velocity, altitude in real time and relay’s it to the ground station. This module can be programmed to drop payloads manually as well as automatically from a height of 300 feet, in case of any signal loss it can be programmed for home lock which will return the plane to its take off point and land it.
Pixhawk is also capable of thermal imaging and can detect hotspots. For instance, if a fire is lit by someone in need of rescue, it can be detected by its heat signature. Other than rescue operations, it can also be used to identify dry spots in a patch of land , by which, optimum irrigation techniques can be applied.
Apart from payload dropping we have a FPV(Front Person View) camera on board of the plane which provides us with a real time video feed from the plane. This can be used by the pilot as a reference for his heading. We have also implemented various imaging techniques on the plane. It ranges from a simple circle detection from the live feed to more advanced, edge and contour detection to detect SOS. This will be of great help in disaster and rescue missions/operations. When a SOS is detected, the plane can send the location of its origination using Pixhawk, which helps in directing rescue operations to the place.
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SAE Aero Design proved to be a great experience for the team. Team Assailing Falcons received appreciation from companies like Boeing, NASA and Lockheed Martin. The name of the advance class aircraft was Zephyrus. Teams from colleges like Warsaw University, Georgia Tech, Akron University etc. participated along with us.
SAE Aero Design proved to be a great experience for the team. Team Assailing Falcons received appreciation from companies like Boeing, NASA and Lockheed Martin. The name of the advance class aircraft was Jetaayu. Teams from colleges like Warsaw University, Georgia Tech, Akron University etc.participated along with us.
Indian Space Conclave was organised by SEDS VIT on 5th and 6th August, 2017. All the Aero Design teams of VIT University, Creation Labs, ASME and some professional organisations displayed their respective models and works. The team displayed their advance class aircraft ‘Jetaayu’. The aircraft remained the centre of attraction of the event and received huge crowd to witness its beauty. Faculties from different schools and other universities visited our stall and interacted with us. They provided their valuable feedback and expressed their desire to work with us.
ATMOS is an event organised by BITS Pilani every year during their Tech Expo. Teams and individuals from universities like NITs, DTU, IITs, IISc, SRM and BITS participated and displayed their models and ideas. Jetaayu, the advance class aircraft of the team, witnessed overwhelming response from other teams and visitors. Officials from companies like Mytrah energy appraised the model. Other distinguished visitors included official from IITs, DRDO and ISRO.
SAE Aero Design proved to be a great experience for the team. Unlike previous year team participated in two categories namely Advance and Regular. Team Assailing Falcons was the only team from India to make through the technical inspection of Advance Class. Team received appreciation from companies like Boeing, NASA and Lockheed Martin. The name of the advance class and regular class were Carvao and Cirio respectively. Team from college like Warsaw University, Georgia Tech, IIT participated along us.
This tech expo was part of the International Tech Fest of VIT University organised annually. All the Schools and Teams of VIT University along with some professional organisations displayed their respective models and works. The team displayed their advance class aircraft ‘Carvao’. The aircraft remained the centre of attraction of the event and received huge crowd to witness its beauty. Faculties from different schools and other universities visited our stall and interacted with us.
Building a plane requires hard-work and dedication, and more than that, it needs punctuality, and that is what Pranjal is known for. Sticking to the deadlines and getting the work done within the time allotted and ensuring that a particular work ticks all the boxes is what makes Pranjal different and so important to the team. His sheer excellence in designing the plane and making the design report is what helped the team secure 6th position overall.
As the senior Avionics Engineer in the team, Firoz’s contribution to the department brings balance to the team. With the bulk of experience in this field, he helps the team make an efficient and a reliable avionics system that consists of Data Acquisition System and First Person View.
Assailing falcons is one of the greatest aero design team in Asia I have ever known ... and I am really glad to be a part of this team as it provides me with vast opportunities in aerodynamic field which has been a passion of mine for years ..... So at last thanks alot to everyone who thought of me as capable to serve in this team.
These guys are the best student Aerodesign team in Asia. Each and every member is an aerospace enthusiast, dedicated towards building one of the best RC aircrafts. Highly recommended to join this team for an amazing experience.
It's an amazing team. Extremely proud to work with such talented minds.
Amazing team full of creative thoughts and enthusiasm for planes.
Bunch of success driven engineers with whom I was privileged to work with. Very friendly work environment and everyone is supportive towards each other. Was able to incorporate marketing skills to bring in sponsors whose insight helped us achieve the goals we set. Wishing all the best to future Assailing Falcons initiates.
A complete professional team of enthusiastic Aviation-Aerodynamics-Aero-modelling lovers aka engineers.....Delivering consistent efforts and results....
Team Captain
+91 9791222765
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Team Vice Captain
+91 9410145970
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Team Manager
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Financial Head
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