UTFET: Wayfinder I

The University of Toronto Flight Endurance Team (UTFET) is a student design team established in 2025 with the primary goal of breaking the record for longest flight duration across all aircraft categories and conditions. As a founding member of the team, I assisted with goal definition, team setup, collaborative problem-solving, and preliminary research. Wayfinder I is our first test-bed aircraft. It gives us tangible results to show potential sponsors while also enabling us to gain necessary experience with the design, manufacturing, integration, and testing processes that will allow us to take on more ambitious projects in the future. So far, I helped lead the fabrication of the airframe, which is 3D-printed in PETG and reinforced with carbon-fibre spars.

UTFET initiated this project during the fall of 2025, and completed construction of the first airframe design in the Summer of 2026.