Day 4: 5/30/13

We finished our aircraft today, which entailed:

• Gluing strips of foam to the flat upper surfaces of the wings to create a KF airfoil, which is simpler and lighter than a standard airfoil.
• Gluing vertical stabilizers to the wings.
• Gluing the circuit board, antenna, battery holder, and motors to the aircraft.
• Performing a glide test to determine if the center of gravity is too far forward or aft.

With these steps performed, we took the aircraft outside for a test flight but, along with the rest of the class, decided that the day was too windy to allow for smooth, controllable flight.

Day 3: 5/28/13

We began construction of our new body and wings. We have decided to use a flying wing design as opposed to a traditional aircraft fuselage and wings to conserve foam, simplify the process, and lighten the aircraft. As construction is only partially completed, we still have time to finalize our plans slightly.