Organization:Air Cargo Challenge

Short description: European aeronautical engineering competition

Air Cargo Challenge

Founded	2003
Focus	Design-Built-Fly, Competition
Origins	Lisbon, Portugal
Area served	Academic Competitions, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Competition, UAVs
Key people	João Pedro Loureiro, Founder Luis Cruz, Co-Founder
Website	www.acc2021.de

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

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. 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, August 2011, organized by the AKAModell Stuttgart together with the EUROAVIA Stuttgart. The Universidade da Beira Interior was the winner of this edition, 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. 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	Covilhã
2nd	Flamingo	University of Minho	Guimarães
3rd	Beluga	University of Beira Interior	Covilhã

2005 - Organization: APAE, Lisbon

Place	Team	University	Country/City
1st	Ícaro	Instituto Superior Técnico e University of Coimbra	Lisboa/Coimbra
2nd	Fly By	Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto	Porto
3rd	Pegasus	University of Beira Interior	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	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	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	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	Instituto Superior Técnico	Portugal
7th	Nymph Noir	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	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
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)

Place	Team	University	City	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	AKAModell Stuttgart e.V.	University of Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Germany	3	1	1
2	UBI	University of Beira Interior	Covilhã	Portugal	2
3	AkaModell München e.V.	Technical University of Munich	Munich	Germany	1	4	2
4	EUROAVIA Zagreb	University of Zagreb	Zagreb	Croatia	1
4	ADDI	RWTH Aachen	Aachen	Germany	1
6	University of Udine	University of Udine	Udine	Italy		2	1
7	Tsinghua University	Tsinghua University	Beijing	China		1	1
8	Beihang Aeromodelling Team 1	Beihang University	Beihang	China			1
9	ESTG Cargo2	Polytechnic Institute of Leiria	Leiria	Portugal			1
10	EUROLIFTER	Rzeszów University of Technology	Rzeszow	Poland			1

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110723004649/http://aircargochallenge.net/portal/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20101227010310/http://www.acc2011.com/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130522142129/http://apae.org.pt/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081204102043/http://aircargochallenge.net/portal/finalResults.pdf
• www.upcventuri.com
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190805114405/http://www.acc2017.com/