The Aviation, Space and Technology Festival (TEKNOFEST), which was held for the first time last year and brought together thousands of technology lovers, continues to host its visitors this year as well. Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), which is one of this year's participants of the fair held at Ataturk Airport between 17 - 22 September, attracted attention with its flying car. Students attending the fair with rockets, flying cars and Fighting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SİHA) gave information about the vehicles to the visitors throughout the day.
THEY MADE ROCKETS IN 9 MONTHS
Devrim Karahan, a senior student at Istanbul Gelişim University Mechatronics Engineering, said, “We joined here as the Gelişim Rocket Team. We prepared the rocket in approximately 9 months with a team of 6 people. We became the finalists in the TEKNOFEST Low Altitude Contest by staying in the top 49 among 570 teams. In this category, we wanted the rocket to reach 1,500 meters. It was expected that the first parachute would open at the summit, the second largest parachute would open at approximately 580 meters and the rocket would land safely. We have achieved that," he said.
THEY WERE FINALISTS IN THE SİHA COMPETITION
Stating that they participated in the Rotating Wing category of TEKNOFEST's Fighting Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SİHA) Competition, Computer Engineering senior student Tilbe Korkmaz said, "We are carrying out various studies at the Technology Transfer Office in our school. And when we saw that TEKNOFEST had such a competition, we decided to participate. We have a group of 11 people. Out of about 158 teams, we are in the last 21 teams. And we continued to compete as one of the last 8 finalists.”
IT SEES OTHER DRONE AS AN ENEMY
Providing information about the capabilities of the SİHA, Korkmaz said, “The aim of the competition was to automatically take off and land with the 4-wing drone we made, and to detect another drone as an enemy and take an image from it automatically for 10 seconds. We did this too. Here, our weapon is to perceive the opposite drone as an enemy," he said.
