: Potential Designs Considered Concept Wing Airfoil Material Motor Motor Propeller Body [5] Position 1 Square - PT-40 Foam Single Front 2 Blade Carbon – Brushless Rod High 2 Flaps Falcon Foam Twin Middle 2 Square –Blade 56 Mark Brushless Foam II 3 Expandable Clark Monokote Single Front 2 Carbon –Blade Brushless Fiber Rod 4 Wing Trainer Balsa/ Twin Rear 3 Square – 60 Monokote Brushless Foam 5 Biplane Clark Foam Single 3 Blade Carbon – Brushless Fiber Rod 6 Three PT -40 Balsa / Single Rear 3 Blade Streamline – Surface Monokote Brushless Foam 7 Flying Wing DH4009 Foam Single Rear 2 Blade N/A – Brushless 8 Square - Clark Foam Single 2 3D Flat – – Brushless low 9 Flying Disk N/A Plastic Single Middle 3 Blade Circular – Brushless 10 Square - Clark Balsa/ Twin Middle 3 Blade Square – Monokote Brushless Carbon middle Fiber creating a list of potential designs for the competition, the team created a table to list the advantages and disadvantages of each concept. below shows the table created by the team. Table 2 The table convinced the team that certain concepts were not viable for the competition. For example, the biplane wings are too heavy to have a high payload fraction, even though they provide a high amount of lift.
: Potential Designs Considered Concept Wing Airfoil [5] Material Motor Motor Position Propeller Body 1 Square High PT-40 Foam Single Brushless Front 2 – Blade Carbon Rod 2 Flaps Falcon 56 Mark II Foam Twin Brushless Middle 2 –Blade Square Foam 3 Expandable Clark Monokote Single Brushless Front 2 –Blade Carbon Fiber Rod 4 Wing Trainer 60 Balsa/ Monokote Twin Brushless Rear 3 – Square Foam 5 Biplane Clark Foam Single Brushless 3 – Blade Carbon Fiber Rod 6 Three Surface PT -40 Balsa / Monokote Single Brushless Rear 3 – Blade Streamline Foam 7 Flying Wing DH4009 Foam Single Brushless Rear 2 – Blade N/A 8 Square low Clark Foam Single Brushless 2 – 3D – Flat 9 Flying Disk N/A Plastic Single Brushless Middle 3 – Blade Circular 10 Square middle Clark Balsa/ Monokote Twin Brushless Middle 3 – Blade Square Carbon Fiber creating a list of potential designs for the competition, the team created a table to list the advantages and disadvantages of each concept. Table 2 below shows the table created by the team. The table convinced the team that certain concepts were not viable for the competition. For example, the biplane wings are too heavy to have a high payload fraction, even though they provide a high amount of lift. - - -
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