Sundays, 2 to 5
General meetings are every Sunday from 2pm to about 5pm. Subteams and leads meet during the week. Everything else, from build days to flight tests, goes on the team calendar.
General meetings
The whole team in one room to go over the big items, then build and test together. If you are new, this is the one to come to. The room is on the calendar and in Teams.
Subteam meetings
Where the subteam work actually gets done. Usually once a week, set by each lead, often right after the general meeting.
Leads meetings
Leads and the faculty advisor meet once a week to steer the program and keep the season on schedule.
Never miss a meeting
All meetings, build days and flight tests are posted to the team calendar. Open it in your browser, or subscribe with the .ics link so it syncs to Outlook, Google Calendar or Apple Calendar.
Design, build, fly test, compete
The rough shape of a season, based on how last year ran. Exact dates for 2026 to 2027 go on the calendar once AIAA publishes the rules.
Kickoff and info meeting
Find us at the engineering involvement fairs and the first Sunday meeting of the year. Workshops start straight away: everyone builds a foam prototype in the first weeks.
Design
Rules come out, mission analysis decides what matters, and the proposal goes to AIAA in late October. Prototype 1 flies while the design is still moving.
Preliminary and critical design reviews
PDR, then CDR with the faculty advisor before winter break. The fuselage prototype and prototypes 2 and 3 come out of these.
Build
The competition airframe goes together in the shop, and the design report is due in February.
Fly test
Test flights at the field, then fixes, then more test flights. Bring a jacket, Colorado mornings are cold.
Competition
The team travels to the AIAA fly-off. The 2027 competition is in Tucson, Arizona, 15 to 18 April.
Fly test
CompetitionCome to the next Sunday meeting
Join the mailing list and we will send the room. No experience needed, just show up at 2.