Friday, April 8, 2011

Glider Challenge

This is the most fun challenge to build yet I think! My prior aerospace and aviation training definently helped me with this challenge. You could say i have a "wing up" on the competition! :)

Our Glider:
I enjoyed this project a lot! it hit home with its purpose and its proccess. I love planes and have a large knowledge of aircraft, both powered and glider. Building the Glider proved to be easy, getting it to work proved to be hard! Our plane flew well, but had weight distribution issues. In the end, we got one great flight that lasted about 8 seconds or so and flew about 35 feet.

My CAD software doesnt feel like working today so i decided i wouldnt be able to post it today. Oh well for the "challenge" we were issued today, as my "challenge" was with the software, not the task. -_- 

1 comment:

  1. I'm glad you enjoyed this one!

    Do you have more information you can share for your write up? I know you had a deeper experience than this and I'd like to know more about it.

    I'd like to see you use the 4 Quadrant Feedback technique we talked about in class.

    I'd also like to see you generate your own CAD design as was specified!

    Check the assignment so you can earn a better score.

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