blog http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog.php Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:27:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog/competition-day Today is final's day.  We will be competing against the rest of the class for distance, aerodynamics, and holding a payload.  The start time is noon.  Wish us luck! Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:54:20 +0100 http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog/final-modifications Yesterday we put the final modifications on our plane.  The only thing left is to paint the glider.  We had some difficulty finishing the plane.  We were trying to find a way to secure the light bulb to our plane using foam and rubber bands.  Before we put the light bulb on the plane, we just used a block of foam and rubber banded ot to the plane.  This idea of holding the light bulb didn't work well.  It continued to throw off the balance of the plane.  This took us back to square one.  We decided to mess around with the cockpit and see if there was a possability to house the light bulb in it.  We had to cut down into the plane and eventually got the light bulb to fit with the cockfit secured to the plane.  To make sure the cockpit didn't come off we taped it down.  Another modification we added to the plane was winglets.  These are like vertical stabalizers that are on the edge of the wings.  This helps to break up the air flow.  This was made out of an aluminum can.  On the last throw of the day, the glider dived left and broke the left wing.  The wing was barely hanging on.  We fixed it puting a piece of aluminum over the crack for strength and then taping it down. Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:16:50 +0100 http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog/testing Today we attempted to fix our gliders problem.  To do this, we used pennies to help weigh the glider.  First, we put pennies on the tail end and that pushed the back end down causeing the plane to stall.  We then decided to put a penny in the front of the plane one in the back.  This worked well but the plane was still stalling.  We then decided to place the pennies under the center part of the wings.  This modification worked the best.  The plane was still drifting to the right so we taped a pennie to the left wing to help balance the plane.  This kept the plane balanced. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:52:11 +0100 http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog/modifications The problem with our glider was that at would dive head first. To fix this problem, we taped five pennies to the back of the glider. We found that the glider's back would drop and the plane would point up and fall to the ground. We then took two pennies off and the plane flew straighter. We are still trying to fix the drift to the right. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:33:46 +0100 http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog/first-flight Our first test flight was on February 12 2012.  We found that our glider drifted to the right.  It consistantly went about 10-12 yards.  Without the front wings, the glider went about 30 yards and straight.  To modify the plane we are going to weight the left wing to try and achieve balance as well as adding a little bit of weight to the tail to increase the angle of attack.  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:35:26 +0100 http://aeroengineering.yolasite.com/blog/new-website We have opened our first website.  We will be posting updates about our glider. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:18:24 +0100