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Recovered Archive · 01

Live flight record · FTX-09

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Team Foxtrot is the student-run UAV team at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute. Since 2018 a multidisciplinary group of students has designed, built, and flown fully autonomous aircraft in national and international competition. This is the archive.

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Aircraft
Project AUJ
Designation
FTX-09
Status
Flown · Archived
Mission Status
Complete
Competition
TEKNOFEST Turkey '25
Result
11th of 131 teams
Recording Integrity65%
2018
Founded
9
Aircraft fielded
5
Podium finishes
9
Campaigns flown

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TEKNOFEST Turkey 2025

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11th of 131 teams

Project AUJ: a rotary-wing quadcopter developed for TEKNOFEST Turkey 2025. The design features an X-frame quadcopter with folding arms for portability, a modular payload system supporting servo-based drops and an electromagnet for retrieval, Jetson Orin Nano–based vision (YOLO) for marker detection, and CUAV V5+ autopilot integration for autonomous mission execution.

TEKNOFEST Turkey 2025

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Most recent airframes

All 9 records
Frame Type
X-quadcopter
Campaign
2025
Result
11th of 131 teams
Status
Flown · Archived

Project AUJ is a foldable X-frame quadcopter developed for TEKNOFEST Turkey 2025. It features a modular payload mechanism with servo drop and electromagnet retrieval, Jetson-based vision for autonomous marker detection, and CUAV V5+ integration for robust autonomy.

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Mission Timeline

From founding to first place

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  1. 2018

    Team Formation

    Team formed at GIKI

  2. 2019

    First International Campaign

    Highest New Entrant Award

  3. 2021

    First Podium

    5th World · 2nd Asia

  4. 2022

    First in Asia

    1st in Asia · 6th Global

  5. 2023

    The Multirotor Pivot

    1st in IMechE UAS Challenge · 6th globally in AUVSI SUAS USA

  6. 2024

    Current Generation

    1st · Airworthiness Award · 4th Mission Rank

  7. 2025

    TEKNOFEST Campaign

    11th out of 131 teams

  8. 2026 - Present

    More to come

    Full timeline on the timeline page

  9. Foxtrot drone

Integrated Components

Mission partners

Details

Every aircraft in this archive flies on hardware supplied by our partners. Each is listed with the system it contributes.

  • Hobbywing

    Propulsion

    Hobbywing

  • CUAV

    Flight Control & Avionics

    CUAV

  • T-Drones

    Airframe & Platform

    T-Drones

  • Woot Tech

    Airframe & Platform

    Woot Tech

  • Ammico Robotics

    Robotics & Automation

    Ammico Robotics

Mission Intelligence · November 12, 2023

History and Development of UAV Technology

UAVs are becoming more common and well-known among the public, and in the future, they may be widely used for a variety of tasks. However, many people are unaware that UAVs are a relatively old concept that has taken a long time to develop into the well-developed machines known as drones that we have today.

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Recruitment

Every aircraft here was built by students

Team Foxtrot recruits from every discipline at GIKI — airframe, autonomy, avionics, and ground operations. No prior UAV experience required.

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