Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Glider Challenge Deliverables

Design:

  • decided on basic body shape

  • did measurements of woods to make scale

  • decided how long we wanted wing span based off of how far the wins could go without bending

  • sketched a few possible ideas

Building:



  • Day one: built basic body and glued wings together

  • Day two: glued wings on body

  • Day three: rebuilt broken wings

  • Day four: rebuilt more durable wings

  • Day five: laid on tissue paper

Flight Day:



  • terrible flight time

  • 2nd distance flight after a throw off

Improvements needed:



  • stronger woings because ours broke every day of building

  • put on a nose weight after first test flight