The cansat competition was held in India for the first time during the SEDS India National Conference. The initial plan of the competition was to deploy the cansats using helium balloons and then test their ability to maneuver and land as close to a designated point as possible. Due to the prevailing weather conditions at the time the launch using the helium baloons was not feasible due to the heavy winds hence it was decided to scale down the competition and check only the design, maneuverability and the time of flight of the cansats, while they were being deployed from atop a high-rise building in VIT university campus. Though the competition was a little dampened by the initial mishaps that occurred during the day it took a u turn and teams demonstrated the technical prowess of their cansats both in the terms of the designs and the aesthetics of the cansats.
Since such an event was happening for the first time we had only 2 participants from other universities while there were 27 teams from VIT. However, we hope that more students learn about cansats and come back again for future cansat competitions in the country. The event was judged by Prof. Rao Tatavarti.
Winners
1st prize: Aditya Raj, Arun Agarwal, Abhishek Pandey, Dhawal Seth (VITU) 2nd prize: Anshuman Acharya, Varanasi Arjun, Shankalp Mohanty, Devang Dabral
We would like to thank all participants and the judge. Our hearty congragulations to the winners. We do hope that next year, we can make the competition even better.
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