Yay!

So school is done...for the fall. Now comes the build blitz for Team Phelan in the Spring. We were all happy to find out at the end of exam week that we were cleared to build. Here are some pictures from our computer models.

This is the cover of our CDR document.














And here is a taste of the CMARC model. CMARC simulates pretty much everything aerodynamic except for drag, go figure. What you see here is a coefficient of pressure during the cruise portion of flight.





Next are some of the CAD models.















Ooooo, ahhhhh!















All dimensions are in inches (boo not metric).

One thing I think all of us were excited to learn was the professor's desire to create a removable wing-tip design. Our team leader presented on a wing tip designs and what they did for an aircraft, so the professor called up the authors and wanted to know if they were interested in using our vehicle as a platform for experimental data collection. Under normal flight we will use the wingtip shown on the right.





For now I'm enjoying a nice long break out in the great state of Colorado. It can't be beat!