Air Cargo Challenge
Founded2003
FocusDesign-Built-Fly, Competition
OriginsLisbon, Portugal
Area served
Academic Competitions, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Competition, UAVs
Key people
João Pedro Loureiro, Founder
Luis Cruz, Co-Founder
Websitewww.acc2021.de

The Air Cargo Challenge is an aeronautical engineering competition that is held in Europe every two years.[1]

This competition was held for the first time in 2003 and it was founded by a group of Aerospace students in Lisbon. The competition is primarily directed to aeronautical and aerospace engineering students, similarly to the north-American Design/Build/Fly.

The main objective is to design and build a radio-controlled aircraft that is able to fly with the highest possible payload according with the rules established in the competition regulations, which vary in each edition. The team's score is not only given by the performance demonstrated in the flight competition part, but also by the technical quality of the project, through the evaluation of the design report and drawings.

The event's first edition (ACC'03) was organized by the APAE: Associação Portuguesa de Aeronáutica e Espaço (Portuguese Association of Aeronautics and Space), an aerospace group from Instituto Superior Técnico.[2] From the ACC'07 onwards, the competition grew to an international level under the umbrella of EUROAVIA, the European Association of Aerospace Students, and the winning team got the possibility of organizing the next edition. The ACC of 2011 was held in the University of Stuttgart,[3] August 2011, organized by the AKAModell Stuttgart together with the EUROAVIA Stuttgart.[1] The Universidade da Beira Interior was the winner of this edition,[1] thus it took place in Portugal'. Again, the Team from Stuttgart won this Edition, and got the organization responsibility. In 2017 the 2015 winner HUSZ organized the event in Zagreb.[4] The competition took place in Stuttgart again on August 12-17, 2019. The last competition was held in Munich in the summer of 2022 after a one year delay due to the Covid pandemic. The next ACC 2024 will be held in Aachen, Germany.

Competition results

2003 - Organization: APAE, Lisbon

Place Team University Country/City
1st UBI 2 University of Beira Interior Portugal Covilhã
2nd Flamingo University of Minho Portugal Guimarães
3rd Beluga University of Beira Interior Portugal Covilhã

2005 - Organization: APAE, Lisbon

Place Team University Country/City
1st Ícaro Instituto Superior Técnico e University of Coimbra Portugal Lisboa/Coimbra
2nd Fly By Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Portugal Porto
3rd Pegasus University of Beira Interior Portugal Covilhã

2007 - Organization: Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

Place Team University Country
1st PEGASUS II University of Beira Interior  Portugal
2nd Akamodell Stuttgart University of Stuttgart  Germany
3rd Blei-Ente Euroavia Muenchen  Germany
4th Lead Barons Delft University of Technology  Netherlands
5th ESTG Cargo Polytechnic Institute of Leiria  Portugal
6th Trencalos Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
7th UBI2 - SkunkWorks University of Beira Interior  Portugal
8th UoPatras ATLAS University of Patras  Greece
9th De vliegende Hollander Delft University of Technology  Netherlands
10th FLY@UMINHO'07 University of Minho  Portugal

2009 - Organization: University of Beira Interior, Covilhã

Place Team University Country
1st Akamodell Stuttgart[5] University of Stuttgart  Germany
2nd TU Heavy Technical University of Munich  Germany
3rd ESTG Cargo2 Polytechnic Institute of Leiria  Portugal
4th Sonic Kids Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
5th Lusofly Portuguese Air Force Academy  Portugal
6th UoP Atlas II Hellenic Air Force Academy  Greece
7th Anatolian Craft[6] Middle East Technical University  Turkey
8th What's up Yaw Hogeschool van Amsterdam  Netherlands
9th FLY@UMINHO'09 University of Minho  Portugal
10th Trencalòs Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
11th INFINITeam Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
12th Aeraces Instituto Superior Técnico  Portugal
13th Ucari Middle East Technical University  Turkey
14th Volo Ergo Sum University of Beira Interior  Portugal
15th Pisa Cargo Project University of Pisa  Italy
16th Brutus University of Porto  Portugal
17th Uasas  Portugal
18th CAL Clube de Aeromodelismo de Lisboa  Portugal
19th Equipa_0 Instituto Superior Técnico  Portugal
20th Chicken Wings University of Belgrade  Serbia
21st Céfiro University of León  Spain
22nd Aero Swansea 09 Swansea University  United Kingdom

2011 - Organization: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Place Team University Country
1st UBI - Portugal[7] University of Beira Interior  Portugal
2nd TU Eleven Technical University of Munich  Germany
3rd Tsinghua University Tsinghua University  China
4th Student Wings Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
5th Team K.U.Leuven KU Leuven  Belgium
6th PASSAROLA Team[8] Instituto Superior Técnico  Portugal
7th Nymph Noir[9] Middle East Technical University  Turkey
8th Trencalòs Team Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
9th Anatolian Craft - Aselsan Middle East Technical University  Turkey
10th EUROAVIA Ntua National Technical University of Athens  Greece
11th Nymph Rouge[9] Middle East Technical University  Turkey
12th High Flyers Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
13th IPL Team Polytechnic Institute of Leiria  Portugal
14th Air FEUP University of Porto  Portugal
15th Gryphus Team University of Aveiro  Portugal
16th UoPatras ATLAS III University of Patras  Greece
17th EUROAVIA Rzeszow University of Rzeszów  Poland
18th HUSZ Black Eagle University of Zagreb  Croatia
19th SU Team Eryr Swansea University  United Kingdom
20th Bialystok MiSIE team University of Białystok  Poland
21st Luso SPAD Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa  Portugal

2013 - Organization: University of Beira Interior, Covilhã

Place Team University Country
1st AKAModell Stuttgart e.V. University of Stuttgart  Germany
2nd Tsinghua University Tsinghua University  China
3rd Beihang Aeromodelling Team 1 Beihang University  China
4th HUSZ Vulture University of Zagreb  Croatia
5th Beihang Aeromodelling Team 1 Beihang University  China
6th High Flyers Silesian University of Technology  Poland
7th EESC-USP Juliett University of São Paulo  Brazil
8th PHOENIX Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
9th EUROAVIA Athens – Hermes 2 University of Athens  Greece
10th Podlasie Tigers Bialystok University of Technology  Poland
11th UoP ATLAS IIIB University of Patras  Greece
12th ANATOLIAN CRAFT Middle East Technical University  Turkey
13th EUROAVIA Rzeszów University of Rzeszów  Poland
14th UoP ATLAS IV University of Patras  Greece
15th Trencalòs Team Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
16th Team KU Leuven KU Leuven  Belgium
17th IPLeiria AirCargo Polytechnic Institute of Leiria  Portugal
18th LUSITÂNIA Team UBI, IST, UNL (unofficially)  Portugal
19th HERCULES Instituto Superior Técnico  Portugal
20th Gryphus II University of Aveiro  Portugal
21st Angry Bird Cairo University  Egypt

2015 - Organization: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Place Team University Country
1st EUROAVIA Zagreb University of Zagreb  Croatia
2nd Born TU Lift Technical University of Munich  Germany
3rd EUROLIFTER Rzeszów University of Technology  Poland
4th AeroUD-MET University of Udine  Italy
5th AERO@UBI University of Beira Interior  Portugal
6th AIR Tsinghua University  China
7th PISA Air Cargo Team University of Pisa  Italy
8th ATLAS TEAM UPAT University of Patras  Greece
9th NPU INNOVATION Northwestern Polytechnical University  China
10th UPC Venturi Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
11th Team KU Leuven KU Leuven  Belgium
12th Olisipo Instituto Superior Técnico  Portugal
13th Studencki Klub Modelarski Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej Military University of Technology in Warsaw  Poland
14th BUT Chicken Wings Brno University of Technology  Czech Republic
15th High Flyers Silesian University of Technology  Poland
16th The Lifters Rzeszów University of Technology  Poland
17th TransylAVIA Technical University of Cluj-Napoca  Romania
18th Poznan Aero Design Poznań University of Technology  Poland
19th Trencalòs Team Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
20th Podlasie Tigers Bialystok University of Technology  Poland
21st Owl Tamers Aero Design Team Middle East Technical University  Turkey
22nd SKYLINE University of Belgrade  Serbia
23rd PhoeniX University of Porto  Portugal

2017 - Organization: University of Zagreb, Zagreb

Place Team University Country
1st AKAModell Stuttgart e.V. University of Stuttgart  Germany
2nd Fly Hard Technical University of Munich  Germany
3rd Born TU Lift Reloaded Technical University of Munich  Germany
4th AeroUD-MET University of Udine  Italy
5th AIR Tsinghua University  China
6th NPU INNOVATION Northwestern Polytechnical University  China
7th AKA Classics University of Stuttgart  Germany
8th JetStream Wroclaw University of Science and Technology  Poland
9th Icarus Polito Politecnico di Torino  Italy
10th UPC Venturi Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
11th The Lifters Rzeszow University of Technology  Poland
12th Aristotele Space & Aeronautics Team Thessaloniki Faculty of Engineering  Greece
13th Chicken Wings Brno University of Technology  Czech Republic
14th Hermes Team University of Athens  Greece
15th Aerotéc - Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico Portugal
16th ATLAS Team UPAT University of Patras  Greece
17th LKN Bialystok University of Technology  Poland
18th ATA Team Istanbul Technical University  Turkey
19th Kovan Istanbul Technical University  Turkey
20th AERO@UBI_PVG - Portugal University of Beira Interior  Portugal
21st PHOENIX Team Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
22nd The Wingineers Katholieke Universiteit Leuven  Belgium
23rd AERO@UBI_MARS University of Beira Interior  Portugal
24nd Trencalòs Team Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
25nd VALCAN PROJECT Universitat Politechnica de València  Spain
26nd Buzz Lightyear University of Science and Technology Zewail City  Egypt
27nd TransylAVIA Technical University of Cluj-Napoca  Romania
28nd Flightmare University of Science and Technology Zewail City  Egypt

2019 - Organization: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Place Team University Country
1st Fly Harder (AkaModell München) Technical University of Munich  Germany
2nd … and the Beast University of Udine  Italy
3rd The Beauty … University of Udine  Italy
4th THU AIR Tsinghua University  China
5th AERO@Ubi University of Beira Interior  Portugal
6th ICARUS PoliTo Politecnico di Torino  Italy
7th Chicken Wings Brno University of Technology  Czech Republic
8th Lift Up University of Padova  Italy
9th EUROAVIA RZESZOW Rzeszow University of Technology  Poland
10th A.S.A.T.-Aurora Aristotle University of Thessaloniki  Greece
11th ACC - Lisboa University of Lisboa  Portugal
12th Nephele Aristotle University of Thessaloniki  Greece
13th Jetstream Wroclaw University of Science and Technology  Poland
14th HUSZ Jaeger University of Zagreb  Croatia
15th KOVAN Istanbul Technical University  Turkey
16th Trencalòs Team Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
17th Team Vexilium Pisa University of Pisa  Italy
18th Albatross Tampere Tampere University  Finland
19th BEOAVIA University of Belgrade  Serbia
20th ROTA Istanbul Technical University  Turkey
21st NPU-Innovation Northwestern Polytechnical University  China
22nd ATA Istanbul Technical University  Turkey
23rd Titan Team Politehnica University of Bucharest  Romania
24nd Locreum Project University of Cádiz  Spain
25nd UPC Venturi Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
26nd Xtra2 Polytechnic University of Valencia  Spain
27nd HERMES National Technical University of Athens  Greece

2022 - Organization: AkaModell München e.V., Technical University of Munich Munich

The 2021 edition of the ACC was delayed to 2022 due to the Covid pandemic. It was organized by AkaModell München from Technical University of Munich. All information to the ACC2022 can be found on www.acc2022.de. The competition took place 5.7.2022-9.7.2022 in Munich. The regulations were released on August 6, 2020.

Place Team University Country
1st ADDI RWTH Aachen  Germany
2nd AeroUD University of Udine  Italy
3rd AkaModell Stuttgart University of Stuttgart  Germany
4th Xtra2 Polytechnic University of Valencia  Spain
5th Chicken Wings BUT Brno University of Technology  Czech Republic
6th LiftUP University of Padova  Italy
7th Chicken Wings CTU University Prague  Czech Republic
8th JetStream Wroclaw University of Science and Technology  Poland
9th ASAT Aristotle University of Thessaloniki  Greece
10th Olissipo University of Lisboa  Portugal
11th U-Fly  Mexico
12th ICARUS PoliTo Politecnico di Torino  Italy
13th AeroUBI University of Beira Interior  Portugal
14th HUSZ Falcons University of Zagreb  Croatia
15th BEOAVIA University of Belgrade  Serbia
16th LeanIng University of Pisa  Italy
17th Tophane Aygök Bursa  Turkey
18th ITU Sky-UAV Istanbul Technical University  Turkey
19th Trencalòs Polytechnic University of Catalonia  Spain
20th Albatross Tampere University  Finland
21st UVigo Aerotech University of Vigo, Ourense Campus  Spain
22nd WUT Wasaw  Poland
23rd THU AIR Tsinghua University  China
24nd HAWings Hamburg  Germany
25nd HERMES National Technical University of Athens  Greece
26nd Locreum University of Cádiz  Spain

Statistics

Number of participated Teams per Country (2007-2022)

Place Country Number of participated Teams
1st Portugal 33
2nd Poland 19
3rd Spain 18
4th Greece 16
5th Germany 15
6th Turkey 14
6th Italy 14
8th China 11
9th Romania 9
10th Czech Republic 5
11th Belgium 4
11th Croatia 4
13th Netherlands 3
13th Egypt 3
13th Serbia 3
16th United Kingdom 2
16th Finland 2
18th Brazil 1
18th Mexico 1

Medal table (2007-2022)

PlaceTeamUniversityCityCountryGoldSilverBronze
1AKAModell Stuttgart e.V.University of StuttgartStuttgartGermany311
2UBIUniversity of Beira InteriorCovilhãPortugal2
3AkaModell München e.V.Technical University of MunichMunichGermany142
4EUROAVIA ZagrebUniversity of ZagrebZagrebCroatia1
4ADDIRWTH AachenAachenGermany1
6 University of Udine University of Udine Udine Italy 2 1
7Tsinghua UniversityTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina11
8Beihang Aeromodelling Team 1Beihang UniversityBeihangChina1
9ESTG Cargo2Polytechnic Institute of LeiriaLeiriaPortugal1
10EUROLIFTERRzeszów University of TechnologyRzeszowPoland1

References

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  4. ↑ "ACC2017 Webpage". Archived version of acc2017.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-05.
  5. ↑ "Akamodell Stuttgart e.V."
  6. ↑ "Anatolian Craft".
  7. ↑ "Cienciahoje.pt".
  8. ↑ "Notícia > "Participação da S3A na Air Cargo Challenge" | IST". Archived from the original on 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  9. 1 2 "Nymphnoir". Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
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