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RPI Student Team Sets Records with Aircraft Design and Piloting at Global Competition

Students apply engineering skills to build and fly aircraft in international competition
A student team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) designed, built, and flew a remote-controlled aircraft that delivered one of the best overall flight performances in the history of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Design Build Fly competition.