What we do
LiftUP prepares you for the working world: our members learn to work in a team, to integrate their work with others’, and to meet deadlines and requirements.
We grow our know-how by testing new manufacturing methods, especially in composites. And we create a space where peers with different backgrounds learn from each other.
01
From a blank page to a digital model.
Each of our drones starts with a careful design process covering every main system of the aircraft. Flight Dynamics, Structures and Avionics develop and optimise every aspect, from airfoils to the structure and the onboard electronics, to maximise performance in competition.
02
The drawing becomes an aircraft.
Once the design is done, our drones come to life in the lab of the Department of Industrial Engineering. Structures and avionics build the aircraft with the most suitable materials: from balsa and wood to glass- and carbon-fibre parts we make in-house using VARTM (Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding).
03
The moment of truth.
To test our aircraft we often go to equipped flying fields, where we take measurements and run trials. All the results feed into better performance and the design of future aircraft.
04
Measuring to understand.
To keep improving we put great weight on research and measurement. We built our own tensile-testing machine for composite specimens and a test stand to measure the performance of the propulsion unit, motor and propeller.
In the lab
Lay-up, infusion, vacuum bagging, 3D printing, wind tunnel, soldering: what you see on a slide in class, here you do with your own hands.
The result?
Four race drones.