Soaring by Design - for iPod/iPhone

How do you go about designing an aircraft that has no engine? What forces enable a glider to become airborne and quickly reach high altitudes quickly? The tracks in this album look at the aerodynamics... Read more

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Wing Design: Testing and Building

The predictions of air flow on the wings, generated by mathematical modeling are compared with the real thing.

11 May 2009

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5mins

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Soaring by Design

A short introduction to this album.

12 Apr 2010

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Modeling Flight

Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.

11 May 2009

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1min

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Avoiding Collisions

Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.

11 May 2009

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2mins

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The Mechanics of Launching

Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.

11 May 2009

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