Prerequisites: AEM 4331 or instructor consent

Students work in project groups to design, build and test major aerospace projects. Projects can include designs from AEM 4331/4332 or other projects such as microgravity experiments, etc. Completion and testing of project is required for credit. Students are required to keep design log/notebook, prepare status reports, and give a final oral presentation.

Summary

This course is for students that have completed AEM 4331, Aircraft Design, and wish to construct their design as a radio controlled model and fly it.

Students will work in teams to construct their model and will be required to use proper engineering processes to document and complete their model. Approved projects will go forward with detailed structural design of the flight test model, followed by building and flight testing the design. This may involve participation in a flight contest (i.e. SAE heavy lift competition) or a flight test at Jensen field in Egan. Students will keep a design log/notebook and there will be weekly status reviews with the instructor. Some teams may perform a continuation of the analytical studies begun in 4331 without building any flight systems.

Grading is based on the success of the model and on the students’ participation. A lab notebook will be graded but there are no exams for this class.