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Spring 2026 Laboratory Lecture Upper DivisionData from last updated 11/14/2025
Spring 2026
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An overview of flight vehicle design is introduced through designing and making radio controlled model flight vehicles. Aerodynamic forces, dynamics and longitudinal stability are studied. Students will make airframes, integrate the controls, and test fly the resulting vehicles.
Learning Outcomes1Evaluate minimum and maximum speed, climb rate, and power requirements for a flight vehicle.
2Summarize stability parameters for a flight vehicle.
3Explain basic performance characteristics of turbine and rocket engines.
4Estimate performance of a flight vehicle using analysis or a simulation software package.
5Prototype a model flight vehicle.
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