Hello! My name is Luís Cruz and I’m the AERACES Team Captain and I’ve participated in previous national AirCargo Challenge editions. We are one of the teams from Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal and our team members go from 4th and 5th year Aerospace and Mechanics Students to 1st year Aerospace Engineering students.
Our project has gone smoothly and now we begin the construction phase.
Bellow you can see the final configuration of our airplane and also some of its characteristics. For more information please visit our website at http://aero.ist.utl.pt/~aeraces/index-en.php where you will find more information about the team and our sponsors. We will be updating our website with pictures from construction as it advances.

Span: 1584mm
Length: 1100mm
Height: 548mm
Estimated MTOW: 8.5Kg
Other Features: Ducted propeller, Integral Horizontal Stabilizer, lightweight Construction