AIAA Design, Build, Fly • University of Oklahoma • 2025–2026
Fowl Play
I served as structures lead, guiding the team through CAD modeling and fabrication of the aircraft. This page collects the project summary, aircraft overview, report, photos, and videos in one place.
Quick summary
What the project was about.
Fowl Play was the University of Oklahoma’s 2025–2026 AIAA DBF aircraft, built to complete four missions that modeled a bush-style charter and banner deployment operation. The design emphasized reliable low-speed handling, mission flexibility, and a practical structure that could be manufactured and tested by the team.
The aircraft used a dual-propeller, high-wing configuration with a conventional tail and tricycle landing gear. The wing also used a changing incidence angle that increased from the outboard sections to the inboard sections, which helped force stall to begin near the wing root instead of the tips. That gave the team more control over stall behavior and helped preserve stability and aileron authority.
Aircraft overview
Basic design facts from the report.
My role
Structures lead.
I led the structures team through CAD modeling and fabrication of the aircraft. My focus was keeping the structure practical to build, strong enough for flight loads, and clean enough to integrate with the rest of the airframe.
The report describes the airframe as a mix of 3D-printed ASA and PETG, carbon fiber, balsa, and ripstop nylon. The wing used a composite sandwich spar and the fuselage used a 3D-printed PETG skeleton with a carbon fiber backbone.
Photos
All of the project photos in one gallery.
Report
Design report and downloadable PDF.
Videos