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Recovered Archive · 01

Live flight record · FTX-08

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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 Cardinal
Designation
FTX-08
Status
Flown · Archived
Mission Status
Complete
Competition
IMechE UAS Challenge '24
Result
1st Place
Recording Integrity67%
2018
Founded
8
Aircraft fielded
5
Podium finishes
8
Campaigns flown

Latest Recovered Record

IMechE UAS Challenge 2024

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1st Place

Project CARDINAL secured 1st place along with the Safety & Airworthiness Award. Designed for optimal aerodynamics, endurance, and mission performance, CARDINAL reflected the culmination of rigorous design, in-house fabrication, and cutting-edge autonomy.

Safety & Airworthiness Award
IMechE UAS Challenge 2024

Current Generation

Most recent airframes

All 8 records
Frame Type
X-quadcopter
Campaign
2024
Result
1st Place · Safety & Airworthiness Award
Status
Flown · Archived

Project CARDINAL, an X-shaped quadcopter, engineered for endurance, precision, and mission efficiency, CARDINAL is the result of thoughtful design choices, in-house fabrication, and reliable autonomous systems.

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Mission Timeline

From founding to first place

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  1. 2018

    Team Formation

    A group of students from different disciplines at GIKI joined hands and decided to design and build UAVs — practical, fully autonomous aircraft capable of competing with the best in the world.

  2. 2019

    First International Campaign

    Project EURUS, built around a STOL system for precision landing, flew at the IMechE UAS Challenge in the United Kingdom and won the Highest New Entrant Award.

  3. 2021

    First Podium

    Project SWALLOW placed 5th in the world and 2nd in Asia, and took the Business Proposition Award for the first time.

  4. 2022

    First in Asia

    Project BARQ — a tri-motor fixed-wing with retractable gear and a reverse-thrust mechanism — stood 1st in Asia and 6th globally at the live fly-offs.

  5. 2023

    The Multirotor Pivot

    The team moved from fixed-wing to multirotor airframes, entering two competitions in one year: SYLPH took 1st place at the IMechE UAS Challenge, while ALTAIR placed 6th globally in the team's first AUVSI SUAS campaign in the United States.

  6. 2024

    Current Generation

    Project CARDINAL took 1st place and the Safety & Airworthiness Award at the IMechE UAS Challenge, while SPECTRE placed 4th in mission ranking at AUVSI SUAS.

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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