Mission and configuration
Set use cases, constraints, packaging, serviceability, and candidate aircraft configurations.
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CAD / DEVELOPMENT MODEL · DRAG OR USE ARROW KEYS TO ROTATEUAV DESIGN / AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Designing aircraft
as complete systems.
Airframe configuration, propulsion, onboard electronics, and mission requirements considered together.
EXISTING WORK / 01
Meet SHENYA.
A tricopter-inspired tilt-rotor, tri-plane VTOL concept exploring the handoff from vertical lift toward wingborne forward flight. The supplied CAD documents the configuration work. The team has pursued prototype and integration work, but transition behaviour, range, endurance, and payload have not been shown here as flight-validated results.
PROJECT STATUSConcept and prototype programme
Meet the teamSHENYA received Runner-up in the Mobility category at DIPEX 2026. The award is recognition of the project, not performance certification.
PROPOSED PROGRAMME / 02
A larger VTOL brief.
A different stage of work.
The following are requirements proposed for a larger aircraft development programme. They are not SHENYA specifications and have not been shown as achievable or flight validated.
DESIGN TARGETS UNDER FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT — NOT VALIDATED AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE
200 kgTARGET PAYLOAD
20,000 ftTARGET ALTITUDE
10 hoursTARGET ENDURANCE
8 monthsPROPOSED WINDOW · SUBJECT TO SCOPE AND FEASIBILITY
The timeline is a planning proposal, not a promise of flight capability within eight months. Requirements, feasibility, and test milestones must be agreed before a programme can be defined.
ENGINEERING QUESTIONS / 03
One brief. Several
interdependent answers.
Each chapter describes work that would be required to establish feasibility at the proposed scale.
DEFINE
Aerodynamics and altitude
Compare assumptions and trade studies; test the operating envelope and high-altitude margins.
Structures and manufacturing
Build mass and load budgets, material choices, fabrication approach, and scale-aware safety margins.
Propulsion and energy
Resolve power demand, energy architecture, endurance tradeoffs, and reserve margins.
Avionics and control
Extend current sensing work toward reliable interfaces and validated aircraft-level control.
Systems testing
Plan subsystem tests, safety reviews, ground checks, and staged flight demonstrations.
PROGRAMME PATH / 04
Build confidence
one gate at a time.
- 01 Requirements confirmation
- 02 Feasibility and trade studies
- 03 Preliminary design
- 04 Subsystem prototypes
- 05 Integrated ground demonstrator
- 06 Staged flight testing
A proposed pathway, subject to feasibility and partner-defined milestones. No unverified performance or fixed completion date is implied.
NEXT STEP / TRYAN
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We can present current CAD, flight computer development, assumptions, open questions, and proposed next milestones in a focused technical discussion.
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