Higher & Reward
Aeroschool Uk History
​2013 'Aer0nauts' was launched as a small team of students from the local USAF base came
to us to rebuild a Radio controlled Biplane
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2014 Experimenting with laser cutting and aircraft manufacture with a growing team of home educated students and one from a local youth training provider.
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2015 Entered the BMFA Payload Challenges for schools and universities with 'Pig'. The plane barely flew for reasons beyond our then understanding! However we won the prestigious 'Jettex Trophy' after a series of crashes and rebuilds that gained us a lot of sympathy!!
​2016 A new team of home eds. Complete review of our understanding of flight theory. We took the 'Pig' basic format and developed two competing upgrades led by two home educated students. This internal friendly competition led to a single solution with increased empennage area, coned nose, streamlined propeller intake and dynamically cooled motor. Winners of the BMFA Distance Payload Challenge against three other teams including one from China. Do watch the video if you haven't seen it!
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2017
Old Magistrates Courthouse, Stowmarket
2017 A new team again this time exploring a front mounted tractor propeller and a thorough modelling of 20 wing/tail combinations around a basic torpedo fuselage. A last minute change from plywood construction to Depron leading to a our second win of the BMFA Distance Payload Challenge against two other teams.
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Plus a second entry, our first in the 'Quantity Challenge' (tennis balls) with 'The Mighty Dorito' built single handedly by our eldest student came 5th overall against multiple University entries.
2018
Three Aer0nauts teams now!!
Our youngest team of three ages 11-14 entering the 'Egg-lift challenge' winning their category with 'Yolko-Oh-No'
Team of three entering the Distance Challenge (Block of wood) came second
Team of two entering the Quantity Challenge (Polystyrene Balls) with 'B-Ryan' failed to compete.
2019
Three teams again;
SpaceEggs winning their challenge against two other teams.
'Distance' sporting two wing options in the design process; a delta v a straight wing winning their challenge against two other teams
'Quantity' winning their challenge against 17 universities
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2019 - present
Moved to Freestone Lodge, Northants
Continued some groups online as we fitted out our new site
Discovery Zone provision at Shuttleworth Airshows
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2020-21
​Locked down!
developing online and mobile provision and local home Education links.
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2021/2022
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Held our first Aer0camp at Shuttleworth
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Worked with HE students 1:1
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Discovery Zone Educational provision at Shuttleworth airshows.
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Facilitated Airscouts and Scouts/Guides camps at Shuttleworth
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Facilitated RAF days and school visits to Shuttleworth with our new Gravity Launcher
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Developed our own airfield at Freestones
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Ran the first Aeroschool 2022 -2023 resulting in 4 RC Deltas built
