We have produced a short video about the AEROFAIR 2015 event, and uploaded it on YouTube at our Aerospace Eng.USM Channel. Scenes from the video include the workshop session to build indoor planes in the morning, and the competition session in the afternoon. Still images of the winners, the participants from schools in Pulau Pinang, […]
Category: AEROFAIR 2015
AEROFAIR 2015 has finally come to an end. The main event day of AEROFAIR 2015 was successfully conducted on Saturday, 25 April 2015. We received a full attendance of all 42 teams who applied to participate in our program. These teams consisted of 210 students and 35 teachers from 26 secondary schools in Pulau Pinang. […]
The results from this year’s indoor flight competition showed much improvement from last year’s competition. The record of the flight time in this event was 1 minute 14 seconds, a drastic improvement from the previous year’s record of less than 20 seconds. Much of the improvement was due to our approach in preparing the learning […]
The main activities of the AEROFAIR 2015 program was the workshop and the competition, held in the Dewan Utama (DU) of the USM Engineering Campus. We received full attendance from all the participants. We also sent formal invitations to relevant institutions to officiate our program: these are the (1) Unit Ko-Kurikulum, Jabatan Pendidikan Pulau Pinang, […]
The flight competition session was divided into two rounds: the First Round and the Final Round. In the First Round, the 42-team participants were divided into 2 large groups. Two parallel sessions were conducted to evaluate the flight performance of all the teams in each group. Each team were given two opportunities to fly their […]
We have produced a final report after the completion of the AEROFAIR 2015 program to document the overall process of realizing the program from conception to implementation. You can obtain a PDF copy of the AEROFAIR 2015 Final Report here for detailed information on the planning and implementation of this program, the list of its […]
Update 30/4/2015: Please read this post on the completion and outcomes of AEROFAIR 2015. The School of Aerospace Engineering USM is once again organizing another series of our AEROFAIR outreach program this year. Our program is financially supported by the Penang Education Council of the Penang Institute, the School of Aerospace Engineering USM, and a […]
Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera, Kepada semua AJK dan Fasilitator AEROFAIR 2015, Hari Utama AEROFAIR 2015 makin hampir iaitu pada Sabtu minggu ini 25/4/2015, dari 8 pagi hingga 5 petang. Saya berharap kita semua dapat hadir sepenuh masa dari awal untuk memberi sumbangan dalam bentuk buah fikiran, tenaga, dan masa pada hari tersebut. Paling utama sekali […]
The regulations of the Indoor Flight Competition are as follows: COMPETITION RULESThe main rules of the competition are: The flight time is counted from the plane’s release time until its landing, regardless of what obstacles (ceiling, wall, lamp, other planes, etc) the plane crashes into during flight. If the plane crashes into an obstacle and […]
For the AEROFAIR 2015 Workshop Session, we have prepared a short manual on how to build an indoor plane for the beginner’s level. The aim of this manual is to provide simple instructions and tips to guide students in building their indoor planes. This manual will be used to support our 3-hour Workshop Session. At […]