We would like to express our gratitude to our advisors; Prof. Dr. E. Tulunay, Dr. M. Ž. Kavsaošlu, Dr. O. Tekinalp for their supervision, guidance, encouragement and patience during all the stages of this project.

            We would also like to thank to Prof. Dr. N. Alemdarošlu, chairman of the Aeronautical Engineering Department, for his encouragement

             Finally, we would like to thank to our consultant and pilot Ošuz Došansoy for his invaluable guidance and help in modeling and manufacturing.

The conceptual and preliminary design studies of this aircraft were mostly performed as student projects in AE 451 “Aeronautical Engineering Design” course instructed by Dr. M. Ž. Kavsaošlu at the Department Aeronautical Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU) during the Fall Semester of 1999.

           Detail design and manufacturing is being evaluated within the AE 452 “Aeronautical Engineering Design” course offered at the Department, currently, which is being instructed by Prof. Dr. N. Alemdarošlu and Dr. M. Ž. Kavsaošlu.

 Additionally, we would like to thank to Research Assistant Utku Dinēer for his useful ideas, great help and motivation.  

           It should also be mentioned that the facilities of the Aerospace Systems Simulation, Control and Avionics Laboratory of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering as well as Process Control Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of the Middle East Technical University are used during the course of this project.

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