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Flight Challenge

Flight Challenge. Design and Engineering UMAMS. Flight Challenge – TSA Event Design Challenge. You will design, build, and test a glider made of balsa wood. Your glider should be designed to stay in the air as long as possible

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Flight Challenge

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  1. Flight Challenge Design and Engineering UMAMS

  2. Flight Challenge – TSA EventDesign Challenge • You will design, build, and test a glider made of balsa wood. • Your glider should be designed to stay in the air as long as possible • You will be following the Technology Student Association Competitive Events guidelines for this design challenge

  3. Sample Plane DesignThe Keet – Midwest Technologies

  4. Wing Shapes – Dihedral

  5. Rudder Stabilizer Main Wing Fuselage Shark’s Tooth Plane Parts

  6. Plane Parts - Dimensions Balsa wood for gliders fuselage blank - 3mm thick x 13mm wide x 300mm long wing blank - 1.5mm thick x 77mm wide x 300mm long stabilizer and fin blank - 75mm thick x 51mm wide x 150mm long wooden shark’s tooth hook - 3mm thick x 6.5mm wide x 20mmlong glued to the bottom of the fuselage, flush with nose of glider

  7. Design Sheet

  8. Design Process • Sketch plane design ideas – 3-4 designs • Try different design ideas • Show different views – top, side, front • Draw your design on a design sheet • Use ruler and pencil • Carefully measure and draw all parts • Have your teacher approve your final design • Cut out plane parts to make paper templates

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