ACTIVITY:
Begin Activity 1.2.9 Glider Design using Aery software as your guide.
Open Aery software on the engineering computers and "Edit Configuration" to those found in this screen shot.
Glider Design - Tackett will show students how to use Aery32 software.
Create Designs using Aery32
Normal vs Canard wing placement.
Continue designing and building your glider, store them carefully in the cabinets so that they are not damaged as they dry.
HW:
Quiz on Lift and Drage tomorrow. Be able to solve for lift and drag values using the equations we practice in class, label the different control surfaces of an airplane, and be able to describe how each component impacts flight.
ACTIVITY:
Snow Day
ACTIVITY:
Finalize your Glider design using Activity 1.2.9 as your guide.
Review Glider Building Presentation before building your glider.
Determine how you will cut out your design on your balsa wood and begin to construct your glider.
ACTIVITY:
Continue building your glider today.
Once you finish building, you will need to balance your glider by adding clay to the nose and/or wings using Glider Building PPT slides 23/24 as a guide.
Activity:
Quiz on Lift and Drag
Once you finish building, you will need to balance your glider by adding clay to the nose and/or wings using Glider Building slides as a guide.
Once you have determined the mass that is required to balance your glider, 3D model a nose cone equal to the weight of the clay and print it on the 3D printer.
Test fit your nose cone and make adjustments if necessary.
HW:
No School - Presidents Day
ACTIVITY:
Review testing procedures below...
Continue building your glider. Others may decorate their glider while waiting for remaining students to finish building.
Once you finish building, you will need to balance your glider by adding clay to the nose and/or wings using Glider Building slides as a guide.
Once you have determined the mass that is required to balance your glider, 3D model a nose cone equal to the weight of the clay and print it on the 3D printer.
Test fit your nose cone and make adjustments if necessary.
If you are ready....Glider Testing and modifications.
Review rubric for glider on page 6
Pair up with two other classmate and evaluate each others designs using the activty handout A 1.2.13 Glider Design Flight Data. Score each others build quality and degree to which the design meets the plans.
Next, with a partner, test your gliders flight characteristics with up to 14 test flights. Record your data in the activity handout or your engineering notebook.
Make any modifications to your glider to improve its flight characteristics. Retest.
HW:
ACTIVITY:
Quiz on Lift and Drag
Glider Testing and modifications.
Pair up with two other classmate and evaluate each others designs using the activty handout A 1.2.13 Glider Design Flight Data. Score each others build quality and degree to which the design meets the plans.
Next, with a partner, test your gliders flight characteristics with up to 15 test flights. Record your data in the activity handout or your engineering notebook.
Make any modifications to your glider to improve its flight characteristics. Retest.
HW:
Unit 1.1 and 1.2 Test Friday. You may use the formula sheet during the quiz. Topics covered by the quiz:
Identify parts of a plane (wings, stabilizers, ailerons, elevators, etc)
Determine whether a plane is safe to fly based on weight distribution.
Calculate pressure and temperature based on altitude.
Determine how control surfaces control flight (pitch, roll, yaw)
Lift and Drag Calculations
ACTIVITY:
Glider Testing and modifications.
With a partner, conduct final test flights with your glider. You only get 3 competition flights. NO modifications may be made once your begin, only repairs. Record your data in the activity handout or your engineering notebook.
After you complete your testing, transfer all rubric scores and flight test score to this spreadsheet.
HW:
ACTIVITY:
Glider Testing and modifications.
With a partner, conduct final test flights with your glider. You only get 3 competition flights. NO modifications may be made once your begin, only repairs. Record your data in the activity handout or your engineering notebook.
After you complete your testing, transfer all rubric scores and flight test score to this spreadsheet.
HW: