Nemanja Petrović, one of the founders of "Beoavie", points out that the team was founded by future aeronautical engineers from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

"Beoavia was created in April 2018. A company that loves aviation and wanted to start the production of aircraft gathered. Of course, we received exceptional help from the Department of Aviation ", he says.

In order for the team to achieve the best possible results, help also came from colleagues from other faculties of the University of Belgrade.

Today, the team, in addition to students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, also includes academicians of the Technological-Metallurgical, Electrical Engineering, Economic and Faculty of Organizational Sciences.

Divided into four sub-teams, they all have their tasks and one common goal - to successfully take off, fly and land the aircraft they are designing.

Last year, "Beoavia" was the fourth of fifty teams in the general classification "Airbus Sloshing Rocket 2019" held in Greece.

This year, the team decided on a serious challenge - to develop the concept of a drone with vertical takeoff and present it at the "New Flying Competition" in Hamburg.

Out of 80 registered teams from all over the world, in addition to ours, three teams from Germany and one each from Mexico, Finland and China will take part in the final competition.

The task of the competition was to find a technologically sustainable and realistic solution for vertical takeoff and landing, which would greatly facilitate the delivery of medical supplies and evacuation in disaster-stricken areas, reduce the cost of transporting packages to inaccessible areas and transform the aviation industry.

"We solved the problem by designing an aircraft that can take off vertically, like a drone, and when it turns into a classic flight, it can be transformed into a classic plane," says Lazar Paunović, a master's student and project coordinator.

He adds that the solution developed by the team increases efficiency and reduces consumption by as much as 20 percent compared to the competition.

Students saved to pay for the trip and the cost of their stay in Germany on their own. However, the aircraft should be made of carbon fiber and accompanying high-tech components, tested in real situations and checked for results.

Materials for production are extremely expensive and difficult to access, so young engineers need help to collect 10 thousand euros, as much as they need to complete their work and represent Serbia in the most elite engineering competition.