01 / 08 · Fixed Wing · Fighter UAV 2026
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AVCI-3Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
2m
Wingspan
30min
Endurance
5km
Comm. Range
Yıldız Technical University · Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team
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Lagari in the Skies
1st
TEKNOFEST 2021 Fighter UAV
Fixed-Wing Category Champion
Fixed-Wing Category Champion
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02 / 08 · Fixed Wing · IMechE UAS Challenge 2026
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SEBATFixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
3m
Wingspan
3kg
Liquid Payload
16.5m/s
Average Speed
03 / 08 · Fixed Wing · IMechE UAS Challenge 2025
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TUNAFixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
10kg
Take-off Weight
4kg
Payload
20min
Endurance
04 / 08 · Fixed Wing · Fighter UAV
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PENÇE-02Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
2.6m
Wingspan
35min
Endurance
10km
Comm. Range
05 / 08 · Fixed Wing · Fighter UAV
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PENÇE-01Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
1.8m
Wingspan
30min
Endurance
10km
Comm. Range
06 / 08 · Fixed Wing · Autonomous Mission
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ZD-02Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
11.3kg
Take-off Weight
3.5kg
Payload
25min
Endurance
07 / 08 · Fixed Wing · Autonomous Mission
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ZD-01Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
9.4kg
Take-off Weight
2.2kg
Payload
20min
Endurance
08 / 08 · Fixed Wing · Autonomous Mission
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HÜMAFixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
8kg
Take-off Weight
1.8kg
Payload
15min
Endurance
2016
Founded
Under YTU Mechatronics Engineering
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HÜMA · ZD-01 · ZD-02 · PENÇE-01 · PENÇE-02 · TUNA · SEBAT · AVCI-3
1st
TEKNOFEST 2021
Fighter UAV · Fixed-Wing Category
3rd
AUVSI SUAS 2019
Overall among 75 teams · 1st in fixed wing
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Our Achievements
12th Place at TEKNOFEST 2026 Fighter UAV
Selected as one of 42 finalist teams from 1,032 applicants, our team competed in the TEKNOFEST 2026 Fighter UAV finals at Siirt Airport. We completed…
5th Place at the IMechE UAS Challenge 2026
Our team finished 5th overall at the UAS Challenge 2026, organised in the United Kingdom by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers…
Best AI Application Award at TEKNOFEST 2025
At the TEKNOFEST 2025 Fighter UAV Competition our team received the Best Artificial Intelligence Application Award for its original AI-based tracking…
5th Place at the IMechE UAS Challenge 2025
Our team finished 5th at the IMechE UAS Challenge 2025, organised in the United Kingdom by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers…
First Place in the Fighter UAV Fixed-Wing Category
Competing at the 4th TEKNOFEST in 2021, our team won first place in the fixed-wing category of the Fighter UAV Competition — a contest that had gone…
AUVSI SUAS 2019: 1st in Fixed Wing, 3rd Overall
Leaving behind teams from institutions such as Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, Cornell, UCLA, Penn State and Virginia Tech, Team Lagari finished 1st in…
The Best Target Drop in the Competition's History
Our team finished 5th in the mission ranking and 8th overall among 69 teams. Striking the target in autonomous flight from an altitude of 40 metres…
AUVSI SUAS 2017: 4th in the Technical Design Paper
Our team ranked 4th in the Technical Design Paper and 29th overall among 59…
Competitions
The Arenas We Compete In
We compete in student UAV competitions held in Türkiye, the USA and the UK, with autonomous flight, image processing and target-tracking missions.
TEKNOFEST Fighter UAV
Regarded as one of the most challenging competitions of its kind in the world, since it involves the combat technologies of the future such as autonomous take-off,…
DetailsAUVSI SUAS
Aiming to spark and encourage interest in unmanned aerial systems, technologies and careers, the SUAS Competition focuses students on a demanding mission. It requires…
DetailsIMechE UAS Challenge
The IMechE UAS Challenge is a prestigious student competition held every year in the United Kingdom by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Unmanned…
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