Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Team
Nothing
flies alone
The greylag goose flies in a V so every bird behind rides the lift spilling off the wingtip ahead of it. We build unmanned aircraft — and a student team — on the same principle: the one in front breaks the air for everyone behind.
- 5Airframes
- 348Sorties flown
- 121Logged hours
- 2022Flying since
How the team is flown
Five units, one aircraft
Nobody builds a whole aircraft. Everybody flies one — every unit below has a signature on the flight-readiness sheet.
- AFS
Airframe & Structures
Wing and fuselage design, composite layup, moulds, and the load tests that decide whether a part flies or goes back on the bench.
- AVX
Avionics & Power
Flight computers, power distribution, wiring looms and telemetry links. Everything between the battery and the control surface.
- AUT
Autonomy & Vision
Guidance and control laws, onboard perception, and the formation logic that lets two aircraft hold station without a human on either stick.
- GCS
Ground Systems
Ground control software, mission planning, live telemetry displays, and the flight-data pipeline every debrief is argued over.
- OPS
Operations & Outreach
Flight-line procedure, safety cases, competition logistics, sponsorship and the school workshops we run each spring.
Check our latest work!
From the logbook
Latest entries
- Flight test
LAG-4 successful flight
Twelve minutes, manual and autonomous, landed safely — after early test flights that were far from promising.
Greylag · 2 min
- Flight test
LAG-X first flight
Our autonomous quadcopter delivery drone for SUAS 2026 flew manual and autonomous phases on its first outing.
Greylag · 2 min
- Build
LAG-4 assembly process
Once every component is produced, the real challenge begins: bringing everything together into a flight-ready system.
Greylag · 3 min
Our Sponsors
The organisations that turn a student build programme into aircraft that actually reach a flight line.
