Aztec Aerospace Design

at SDSU

Empowering young engineers to design, build, fly, and compete with remote controlled aircraft since 1997

About Us

Aztec Aerospace Design (AAD) is a student-run organization first established as Design Build Fly at San Diego State University in 1997 to compete in the international DBF Competition.

Each year, students design and manufacture a new unmanned, electric powered, radio controlled aircraft to enter into the competition.

DBF gives students an opportunity to test their engineering knowledge, skills, and abilities against other university students from all across the world.

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Introducing our new organizational rebrand! In recent years, our club has undergone a massive unprecedented evolution. To reflect these profound developments, and to capture the future-mindedness shared by our team this upcoming academic year, we have decided to reimagine our organization for the first time since its founding, shifting from SDSU Design Build Fly, to Aztec Aerospace Design. We are eager to embark on this new chapter for our team, never forgetting the legacy of all pioneering teams who came before us. 🛫

And the SDSU DBF Caravan is off to Kansas! See you all soon at the 2022 Design/Build/Fly Competition!

With less than one week to go, we've been at work fine-tuning our plane to have the upmost performance and reliability for the 2022 Design/Build/Fly competition. See you all next Thursday!

On behalf of all of us at SDSU Design Build Fly, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to @Siemens for becoming the team's newest industry sponsor. The Siemens software suite will allow DBF easier use of CAD and simulation software allowing for increased productivity which will hopefully increase the quality of the output. We look forward to working with you more in the coming years, and excited to share our growth and progress in the 2022 Design/Build/Fly competition!

Here at SDSU Design, Build, Fly, we've been working long hours to complete the new iteration of our aircraft in anticipation of the 2022 @aiaaerospace Design, Build, Fly competition. Operation manufacturing is complete! However, we can't share the specifics of our aircraft quite yet... Be sure to look forward to updates on the team's progress as we work toward Kansas.

On behalf of all of us at SDSU Design Build Fly, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Gene Haas Foundation (@genehaasfoundation) for becoming the team's newest industry sponsor. Haas Automation (@haas_automation), which oversees the Gene Haas Foundation, specializes in state-of-the-art CNC machinery and machining equipment & technologies. This partnership will allow SDSU DBF to improve our manufacturing knowledge and equipment, and teach the team members advanced manufacturing operations. We are extremely grateful to the Gene Haas Foundation, and are looking forward to shared success in the 2022 Design/Build/Fly competition and years to come!

It was great seeing everyone for the third GBM of the semester. The team leads gave a great presentation on what they have been doing. If you weren't able to make it don't worry! There will be many more team meetings and GBMs.

We do a little preliminary designing... Keep an eye out for our upcoming team meetings (i.e. manufacturing, CAD, structures, systems, aerodynamics, propulsions) for more hands-on experience!