Soaring by Design - for iPod/iPhone

Soaring by Design - for iPod/iPhone

The Open University

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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 of gliders, ask questions relating to the 'Speed to Fly', and explores the consequences of kinetic and potential energy change, providing a useful way of modelling the behaviour of a glider in the air. This material makes up part of the course MST20...Read More
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Soaring by Design

12 Apr 2010 | 46 secs

Soaring by Design

12 Apr 2010 | 46 secs

Modeling Flight

11 May 2009 | 01 min 55 secs

Modeling Flight

11 May 2009 | 01 min 55 secs

Avoiding Collisions

11 May 2009 | 02 mins 50 secs

Avoiding Collisions

11 May 2009 | 02 mins 50 secs

The Mechanics of Launchin...

11 May 2009 | 08 mins 37 secs

The Mechanics of Lau...

11 May 2009 | 08 mins 37 secs

Wing Design: Predictions

11 May 2009 | 09 mins 11 secs

Wing Design: Predict...

11 May 2009 | 09 mins 11 secs

Wing Design: Testing and ...

11 May 2009 | 05 mins 13 secs

Wing Design: Testing...

11 May 2009 | 05 mins 13 secs

Measuring Experimentally

11 May 2009 | 03 mins 20 secs

Measuring Experiment...

11 May 2009 | 03 mins 20 secs

The Final Glide

11 May 2009 | 02 mins 19 secs

The Final Glide

11 May 2009 | 02 mins 19 secs