Aerial Robotics

Last Monday December 18th the Mechanics and Engineering

department of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Technological Institute

based in Kavala, held a one day exhibition.

The topic of it was ΄΄Aerial Robotics΄΄ and it was organized by the

Dean Professor Ilias Sarafis.

Professor Sarafis, a dear friend and a fellow rc pilot, combines his

scientific faculty with his passion for rc airplanes and drones.

Our team was kindly invited by Prof. Sarafis and despite the rainy

weather which made the transportation of the ΄΄heavily΄΄ equipped YAK 54 to

and from the exhibition hall a little bit adventurous, everything was set on

the previous day.

The exhibition hall which is actually one of the workshops of the

Engineering School is equipped among other high-end instruments with a

subsonic and a supersonic wing tunnel. A short demo was given in the

subsonic wind tunnel using smoke generator. The smoke fuel which was used

was similar to the one we use in our Powerbox smoke system installed in the

YAK 54!

The department also uses 3D printers to produce several items such as

drones.

The exhibition was open for the public from 10:00 till 20:00 in the

evening. Due to the specific topic of it, visitors from the other departments of

the Institute (Professors and College students) honored us by visiting and

spending a lot of time swarming though the exhibits.

As expected our YAK 54 was the epicenter of the visitors attention and

numerous discussions were held over the structure, the individual telemetric

functions and the airframe capabilities and performance of the YAK 54 with

the visiting Professors and College students from the rest of the Institute

departments.

A most distinguished visitor and good friend was the Air Force Colonel

(ret) Pilot Georgiadis Panagiotis, the organizing director of the KAVALA AIR

SEA SHOW, a long time supporter of our Team.

Also a very pleasant and most interesting time was spent with Chris

who is a pilot and flight instructor of the EGNATIA AVIATION FLIGHT

TRAINING COLLEGE which is based in Chrisoupolis International Airport

΄΄Megas Alexandros΄΄ 43 Km East of KAVALA.

https://www.kva-airport.gr/el

https://www.egnatia-aviation.aero/

At Monday evening the tiredness was noticeable but the opportunity

that we had to come in touch with distinguished members of the teaching staff

and students of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Technological Institute as

long as other good friends and AVIATION IDEA lovers was unique! Our

Team’s cooperation with the Institute’s Aerial Robotics Division is going to be

enhanced in the future in an effort to absorb as much knowledge is possible.