In the previous AEROFAIR 2014 and 2015 programs conducted at the USM Engineering Campus, participants learned about indoor flight in short half-day workshops before competing in flying tournaments. The workshops did train the participants to build the planes on their own, but were insufficient to allow them time to experiment with the planes’ design parameters […]
Category: Indoor Flight
As a follow-up to the AEROFAIR 2015 outreach event in April 2015, we have produced a document titled “A Module on Indoor Flight: Basic Theory, Instruction Manual, and Event Organisation“. This module describes an outreach program on indoor flight for secondary school students and organizers of outreach programs. Its objective is to promote the fields […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our long term goal is to promote indoor flight to secondary school students so that it can become one of the common co-curricular activities at schools. We believe indoor flight activities can offer many benefits towards promoting science at secondary schools: Motivate self-learning: The process of designing and building indoor planes are relatively easy with […]
To get a glimpse of what Indoor Flight is, you can visit this art of flying at Float Documentary. Here’s another awesome video that documents the hobby in more detail: Indoor News and Views is a newsletter that contains a huge number of articles and indoor flight designs collected since the 1960s. Indoor Model Specialties, […]
One of the main event in Aerofair 2014 was the Indoor Flight Competition. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first time such a competition was held in Malaysia. We had 18 teams participated in this event. What makes the Indoor Flight activity unique in Aerofair 2014 was that it was the first […]
Kemaskini 22/9/2014: Kami telah memuatnaik video pengajaran bagaimana untuk membina pesawat dalaman di Youtube. Pada sabtu (23/8/2014), jawatankuasa AEROFAIR USM 2014 telah berjaya menjalankan Bengkel Pesawat Ruang Tertutup (atau Pesawat Dalaman). Bengkel tersebut telah mendapat sambutan yang menggalakkan dengan penyertaan dari 19 buah pasukan dari sekolah-sekolah menengah di Pulau Pinang. Kami ingin merakamkan jutaan terima […]
Update 22/9/2014: We have uploaded the tutorial video on how to make an Indoor Plane in Youtube. The AEROFAIR USM 2014 committee has recently completed our Indoor Flight Workshop on last Saturday (23/8/2014). The workshop was a success with full attendance and participation from 19 teams from secondary schools in Pulau Pinang. We would like […]