About Team Arcis

We build aircraft.
We compete on a global stage.

Team Arcis is an Aero-design team at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, operating through specialized technical divisions and a structured leadership to execute engineering projects.

Current Team Group Photo

Who we are.

Team Arcis was founded to give engineering students real, substantive project experience demanding ownership, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the ability to deliver under pressure.

The team operates with defined divisions, design review cycles, and documented engineering standards. Every member is accountable for specific subsystems of the aircraft.

The team has run continuously across multiple academic batches. Each graduating cohort passes down institutional knowledge, design archives, and tested engineering methods.

Competition Focus

What we compete in

Arcis participates in two internationally recognised student aviation engineering competitions. Both demand genuine engineering skills.

SAE
Aero Design Challenge

SAE Aero Design is an annual international competition where student teams design, build, and fly radio-controlled aircraft in multiple categories: Regular, Advanced, or Micro Class. Teams are scored on the design report, aircraft structure and performance, and mission-specific criteria.

The rules impose geometric and operational constraints that make optimisation challenging.


Organised by SAE International
Scoring criteria Technical report + Mission Criteria + System Design

AIAA
Design/Build/Fly

AIAA Design/Build/Fly presents a new scoring scenario every year, with unique multi-mission objectives, geometric constraints, and payload configurations that change annually. Teams must adapt their design philosophy to each year's ruleset.

The competition rewards teams who build aircraft that perform well in flight, and document their design process rigorously.


Organised by AIAA
Scoring criteria Written report + ground mission + flight missions
How We Work

Engineering culture
built on execution.

Technical ownership
Every member owns a system. Every system is accounted for.
Documented engineering
Design decisions are written down. Nothing is left implicit.
Cross-division collaboration
Aerodynamics, structures, avionics, and manufacturing must integrate.
Institutional continuity
Departing members transfer knowledge to incoming engineers.
Competition-grade standards
We build to fly in front of international judges.
Team Structure

Organised by technical division.

Arcis is structured into specialised divisions. Each has a defined scope, a division lead, and integration responsibilities with adjacent teams.

01

Aerodynamics

Airfoil selection, CFD analysis, Stability analysis and Performance prediction.

02

Structures

Structural design, load analysis, material selection and fabrication.

03

Avionics

RC control systems, Propulsion systems, and telemetry systems.

04

Documentation

Design reports, rule compliance, technical communication, and competition deliverables.

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