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2017 · International aircraft-design competition

Air Cargo Challenge 2017

A rapid aircraft-development campaign for the international Air Cargo Challenge, where teams designed and built a fixed-wing aircraft around constrained propulsion, take-off distance, payload, and mission requirements. NPU Innovation placed sixth overall.

Project context

NPU Innovation team, Zagreb

Liming's contribution

As the team's only undergraduate member, Liming focused on composite-material fabrication and also contributed to aircraft sizing, design discussions, testing, and preparation for the competition.

Selected outcomes

  • Sixth place internationally
  • Aircraft developed and tested within a short extracurricular design cycle
  • Hands-on composite manufacturing and airframe integration
  • Cross-level team collaboration with master's and doctoral researchers