Recently, the 2018 China International Aircraft Design Challenge (CADC) final was held in Ningxia. 1,920 competitors from 92 Chinese universities took part in the six-day competition, in which Beihang-GoerTek Aeromodelling Team reached the top places in both group and individual performance.

Beihang-GoerTek Aeromodelling Team competed in six events, including carriage and aerial delivery in limited time, rescue simulation, carriage and aerial delivery in limited distance, earth reconnaissance and strike, solar-powered aeromodelling, as well as vertical take-off and landing carriage, and participated in the scientific and technological innovation assessment in four of them.

In all these events, GoerTek team achieved excellent results. The team won the first prize in team total score and the first two places in individual performance for the event of carriage and aerial delivery; two second-class prizes for earth reconnaissance and strike; one first-class prize and one third-class prize for each event—rescue simulation and vertical take-off and landing carriage; one third-class prize for solar-powered aeromodelling; and two first-class prizes, one second-class prize and one third-class prize in the scientific and technological innovation assessment.

Group Photo of Beihang-GoerTek Aeromodelling Team

Reported by Ji Ning

Edited by Song Chao

Translated by Zhao Yue