The Competition

BMFA Payload Challenge is an annual competition organized by the British Model Flying Association and conducted in the association’s National Centre near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Teams from different universities all around the world assemble to take part in the competition. That includes students from prestigious universities like Technical University of Munich, Beihang University, Hebei University of Science and Technology and many more. Teams are required to built and fly a load-carrying model aircraft with a payload of 4 kg of water. The competitors are judged based on flight performance, technical drawings, report and presentation. The main challenge is to design an aircraft with a lowest possible structural weight.