The CompetitionAeroCup Portugal is a yearly university aeronautical competition where teams design, build, and fly UAVs. Each class offers a different level of challenge — from pure engineering design to fully autonomous flight.
Static Events Only
Focus on engineering excellence without building an aircraft. Teams demonstrate mastery through design analysis, documentation, and manufacturing strategy.
- Submit engineering design report
- Engineering design event
- Cost and manufacturing event
- No aircraft build required
Static + Dynamic Events
Design, build, and manually pilot your aircraft through a full programme of static evaluations and flight performance events.
- Same evaluation events as Design Class
- Manual takeoff performance event
- Manual flight performance event
- Manual air drop event
Static + Dynamic Events
The most demanding class — your aircraft must complete autonomous missions including waypoint navigation, automatic landing, and air drops.
- Same evaluation events as Design Class
- Automatic takeoff performance event
- Automatic flight performance event
- Automatic air drop event