Project Sphinx is a propeller-powered VTVL to demonstrate active control of a flight vehicle.

Vehicle Requirements:

  • The vehicle shall controllably ascend vertically from the ground to 50 meters above ground level.*
  • The vehicle shall perform a successful vertical landing within a 10 meter diameter landing circle.*
  • The vehicle shall use a propeller or set of propellers mounted at the bottom of the vehicle and rotating about a shared axis as the only source of thrust.
  • The vehicle shall be fully reusable.


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