Aircraft Manufacturing Laboratory

When designing an aircraft (part) during your degree program, you have only had to manufacture simple test articles, but were not involved in manufacturing aircraft parts, let alone a part of an aircraft that will actually fly. In this course you will work with a team of 15-20 students and contribute to build a real (to be certified) aircraft based on a commercially available kit. The aircraft will be built in the Delft Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory. The total manufacturing will be done with successive groups of students. In addition to the actual construction work, also the whole documentation and certification process need to be handled in a professional way. Furthermore accompanying work, like the construction of a trailer, PR, etc. will part of the job.

Students will receive a grade based on the following requirements;

- Minimum attendance of 95%

- Quality of work as judged by the staff

- Operating in accordance with aerospace standards

- Peer Evaluation on team work

- Self Reflection report

A fail for the first 2 requirements will always result in a fail for the course. There is no resit opportunity for this course. This is a one-time opportunity only. Once a student has started this course and drops out in due course, there will be no possibility to continue in a later team.

The grade for this course will be a Pass/Fail grade.