Technical
Report:
A three-page technical report must be submitted in advance of the event. TEAMS NOT SUBMITTING A TECHNICAL REPORT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO DISPLAY THEIR PROJECT ON EVENT DAY!
Page
One
will consist of a written description of the engineering process your team used to produce your glider. Answer all the questions below in a five paragraphs format.
1. Systems Engineering: How did you decide on WHAT tasks you had to do to successfully complete the project? What is the Lift to Drag ratio of each glider? What are the center of gravity, coefficients of Lift and Drag for each glider you entered in the contest? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both the designs you chose and the ones you rejected? How did you solve the problems of keeping the glider on course?
2. Preliminary Design: How did you decide on HOW you would accomplish the tasks that you decided on in the Systems Engineering Phase? Give at least one example where you had to choose between two or more alternative methods.
3. Detailed Design: How did you design the SPECIFIC SHAPES and MATERIALS to use to successfully accomplish the tasks?
4. Fabrication: How did you turn the detailed design into REAL PARTS?
5. Integration and Test: How did you PUT THE PARTS TOGETHER and how did you TEST TO SEE IF IT WORKED?
Page
Two
will consist of any supporting drawings or diagrams necessary to better explain your words on Page One. All drawings and/or diagrams should be numbered. All drawings and/or diagrams should be mentioned (referenced) on Page One.
Page
Three
will consist of explanations of what you learned during the building of your glider. A list of questions you asked to your mentor aerodynamicists. An explanation of how the team members made decisions of which design you would build and how several of the problems you were faced with in flight testing were solved and decided upon.
