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ISU GoFly

Note: This project has been indefinitely suspended. Please check back for future updates.

The ISU GoFly Team is creating a personal flying device!

ISU GoFly is an engineering club tasked with designing a personal flying device that is safe, compact, and sustainable. The goal is to create a personal flying device by the Spring of 2022.

Current Demonstrator Aircraft:

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A rendering of the S.S. (Small-Scale) Demonstrator

In the 2018-2019 school year, we refined our aircraft and designed a demonstrator (shown above) for testing purposes. It’s also cheaper & easier to start smaller before going full scale. This next school year, the demonstrator aircraft will be manufactured, tested, and flown.

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Size comparison of the Cardinal 37 version 2C (left) next to S.S. Demonstrator (right)

About the Team:

ISU GoFly is currently divided into 3 Sub-Teams which consists of about 15 members from multiple STEM majors here at Iowa State. We are recruiting passionate & dedicated students! You will have the opportunity to gain hands on experience with a new and exciting engineering team. If interested in joining, please send an email to Khushi Kapoor: kkapoor@iastate.edu

Project Director: Khushi Kapoor
Project Manager: Enrique Campos

Systems Lead: Stefan Peng
Systems Team: Javier Torres, Devon Eberl, Caleb Gehris, Liam McAlister

Structures Lead: Gabriel Blandin
Structures Team: Benjamin Harvel, Brandon Zaragoza, Thomas Powell, Connor Trebac

Aerodynamics/Propulsion Lead: Kevin O’Donnell
Aero/Propulsion Team: Austin Beckhardt, Faisal Al-Masri, John Dorn, William Seykora

Team Consultants: Cole Jensen, Trung Deo

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Timeline:

Fall 2017Team Inception
Spring 2018Full-scale design concept & Boeing GoFly competition feedback
Fall 2018Design refining & plan of action
Spring 2019Demonstrator design & refining
Fall 2019Sponsor fundraising 
Spring 2020Manufacturing of S.S. Demonstrator 
Fall 2020Testing and flying S.S. Demonstrator, SIC work space
Spring 2021Funding, manufacturing full-scale design
Fall 2021Manufacturing full-scale design
Spring 2022Testing and refining full-scale design
FutureTBD – Possibility of an Intercollegiate Competition 



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