Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Andrés Trucco; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

; its hanging gondola enables the pilot to support the vehicle on his/her shoulder, see Figure 7. In flight the pilot reclines backwards, a comfortable position for pedaling that allows shifting of the center of gravity during flight, see Figure 8. An ideal design goal would be to attain a takeoffspeed V=15 [km/hr] which pre-establishes adynamic pressure q= 1.084 [kg/m2]. Forexample, a glider with wing surface area S=20[m2] will require a CL=2.95 to lift an 80 [kg]load. Such a relatively high CL level isimpossible to achieve