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 […]
At AEROFAIR 2015, we want to promote the establishment of Aerospace Clubs (or Aerospace Divisions in Science Clubs) at secondary schools. If we have a good number of schools having Aerospace Clubs in the Pulau Pinang region, we can start building a network of Aerospace Clubs, where the School of Aerospace Engineering USM can serve […]
All secondary schools in Pulau Pinang can apply to participate in this program on the date of the main event: Saturday, April 25th, from 8 am to 5 pm. If your school would like to participate, please read through the approval letter and requirements from Jabatan Pendidikan Pulau Pinang. AEROFAIR 2015 can accomodate up to […]
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, […]
Welcome to the 1st issue of the Aerofair Bulletin. The Aerofair 2014 Program is an outreach program organized by the School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. The program was composed of the main Competition Event on 27 September and the Indoor Flight Workshop on 23 August 2014. More than 300 people, organizers and participants […]
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 […]