During 2021, ASAT’s team managed not only to be accepted, but also to distinct in the world’s largest interuniversity rocketry competition, Spaceport America Cup (SAC) 2021. The competition’s goal is to design, manufacture and launch a rocket at an apogee of 10,000ft or 30,000ft, with the safest possible recovery. In Read more…
We are in! Our team, A.S.A.T, with Scientific Heads, Prof. Kyros Yakinthos and PostDoc Researcher Pericles Panagiotou, being accepted to the European Space Agency programme “Fly Your Satellite!”, sets an important milestone for AUTh, rendering it the first Greek university to develop and fly its own nanosatellite in the context Read more…
The second day of Air Cargo Challenge 2019 did not go as expected for our team. The cross winds were intense and the challenge for us even greater. The competition today started with Nephele III, which after three attempts failed to take off, because of a rear landing gear failing. At Read more…
The second day of Air Cargo Challenge 2019 in Stuttgart has just been completed. Today, the competition included two phases, the flight tests and the official flights, which will be at least three for every competitive airplane. Twelve out of the twenty seven teams didn’t manage to fly successfully, unlikely Read more…
Today the technical inspections of our competitive UAV models, Nephele III and Aurora, were successfully completed at the Air Cargo Challenge 2019. We are excited to share with you that our models have passed all the necessary reviews and they both move on to the next phase of the competition. Read more…
Every day we are one step closer to the Air Cargo Challenge 2019 and we hope the days of grooming are going to pay off. The construction of the two UAVs is done and the only thing left is the test flights, which takes place at the Airclub of Larisa. Read more…
The two main responsibilities of the Stability and Control sub-team are to conduct the complete analysis and study of both the “static” and “dynamic” stability of the aircraft. Theoretically, the Static Stability is referred to the design of the control surfaces and the tail of the aircraft through an iterative Read more…
When somebody thinks of designing an aircraft, they usually believe it’s a job that requires solely aerodynamic studies, graphic modelling and some imagination. However, there is more into it. The Aerodynamics sub team is indeed responsible for conducting the studies, but they do not design every aspect and detail of Read more…
Each airplane before reaching the manufacturing stage goes through the long design process. The Aerodynamics sub-team has a primary role in design. Initially, aerodynamics is defined as the specific field of fluid mechanics that deals with the movement of fluids, in particular air, around bodies. This motion generates forces that Read more…
