Challenge One
Conclusion Questions
1. The term to difficult was the leading edge sweep angle that was important term in allowing the glider to fly.
2. A challenge would be trying to figure out what controls what and how do you make a glider fly.
3. Some challenges that I faced was plugging in the number, so the glider will fly.
2. A challenge would be trying to figure out what controls what and how do you make a glider fly.
3. Some challenges that I faced was plugging in the number, so the glider will fly.
Challenge Two
Conclusion Questions
1.The biggest difficulty in this challenge was finding a spot for the vertical tail that would make fly glider fly. Even with the constraints, it told me to move the vertical tail further aft. This is because my glider's neutral point location was in front of my center of gravity. This meant I had to adjust every other component in order to find a neutral point location that would allow my glider to fly.
2.These constraints made it so the stabilizer had to be in the front of the plane. The wing could not be more than 19 centimeters back, I had to move the components and change the area multiple times until my glider would be able to fly. I also had to decrease the nose mass in order to correct the center of gravity. In the first design, the nose mass had to be increased in order to make it fly.
2.These constraints made it so the stabilizer had to be in the front of the plane. The wing could not be more than 19 centimeters back, I had to move the components and change the area multiple times until my glider would be able to fly. I also had to decrease the nose mass in order to correct the center of gravity. In the first design, the nose mass had to be increased in order to make it fly.
Flight number 1 my glider was able to fly 20 ft. After i released my glider it was a straight flight, it just went down. So i added elevators to increase the lift. My second flight went 40 ft with the elevators and had a slight left turn, so i made sure the elevators were both at the same angle. My third flight it flew 45. I increased the velocity of my third flight by throwing my glider a little harder than before my other flight tests.
My glider wasn't able to fly 50 ft. It was able to fly 45 ft.
Conclusion Questions
1.1. The glider flew better than what AERY predicted. It told me that the plane would be unstable. My plane was very stable, it flew nice and smooth.
2. A glider needs to have large wings to provide enough lift. It cant have to much lift or else it will fly straight up. It also needs to have large enough stabilizers to keep it stable.
3. It was more stable than i thought.Maybe it was because we made our wings with a airfoil shape which gave the glider a more areodynamic look.
4.Some techniques i used to trim my glider was by sanding each piece down so they had a smooth touch.
5. For me i needed about 5 flight test to get my glider to fly a straight smooth flight for a longer distance. I needed this many to add elevators, adjust the angle of the elevators, and too increase the velocity to get my glider to demonstrate a nice smooth flight for a reasonable distance.
2. A glider needs to have large wings to provide enough lift. It cant have to much lift or else it will fly straight up. It also needs to have large enough stabilizers to keep it stable.
3. It was more stable than i thought.Maybe it was because we made our wings with a airfoil shape which gave the glider a more areodynamic look.
4.Some techniques i used to trim my glider was by sanding each piece down so they had a smooth touch.
5. For me i needed about 5 flight test to get my glider to fly a straight smooth flight for a longer distance. I needed this many to add elevators, adjust the angle of the elevators, and too increase the velocity to get my glider to demonstrate a nice smooth flight for a reasonable distance.