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PH-2

The PH-2 was born three times. The 2022 rules confined the aircraft inside a rhombus 1500 mm on a side: the team — down to six people after the pandemic and a one-year postponement — answered with the smallest aircraft in the fleet, just over two metres of span and a full-flying V-tail.

Two prototypes came first. BcdM1, with a plywood fuselage, only had to prove the aerodynamics worked. PH-1 brought the empty weight down from 4530 to 2350 grams and flew all winter to gather data.

In Munich it finished second, first among the Italian teams.

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Wingspan 2063 mm — wing area 0.584 m²
Wing chord 350 mm
Airfoil Wortmann FX 63-137
Tail full-flying V-tail, NACA 0009, 0.136 m²
Set by the rules the assembled aircraft had to fit inside a 1500 mm rhombus; payload of simulated 300 g blood bags. Propeller chosen: an Aeronaut CAMcarbon Light 10×6
Payload carried 3.2 kg — simulated 300 g blood bags
Team Team #12, six students