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This is the story of my senior design project. A crack team of aerospace engineers and I have been assigned the task of designing and building a radio controlled plane which meets the following criteria. Must fly at a speed of 100mph or greater in level flight. Must withstand a load of 7g's Must not use an engine with displacement larger than 1 cu in. Must be reasonably controllable Must have retractable landing gear And a couple other little details or something. We were given two semesters to design and build said aerovehicle and we are currently at the beginnning of the second semester. All design work ...
Flying used to be daring, sexy, and a little bit dangerous. Barnstorming across the countryside in a cloth and wood biplane, flying airmail through thunderstorms in an open cabin.. yes those were the days. We have, for good reason, made flying a lot safer, and in the process, removed the thrill that danger brings. Because of this, we need planes that look dangerous - planes that make us nervous just watching other people fly them! We need... The Motorcycle Plane! Fun: This plane will be fitted with a 600cc motorcycle engine and be made mainly from carbon fiber or other composites. It would have a ...
Calculations have to be backed up by real data at some point. That real data has to be gathered by someone, somehow. That is why our next step was to perform thrust testing. We first needed to test our engine, tune it and make sure everything was working. As well, we wanted the static thrust value to see how accurate the advertised specifications were. [caption id="attachment_202" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Test Stand with Force Gauge"][/caption] Our test stand, as shown above, is a simple wooden stand with the engine mounted on a floating platform connected to a force gauge. This allows the engine thrust to register ...
If you look to the right side of this website, you may notice something unusual. As you scroll down the page, the pesky ad-bar on the side of the screen just wont go away! Ignoring it won't help, that thing is persistent! After your initial annoyance wears off, you may also ...
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March 21, 2009