Boeing Comp

We spent almost all semester in aerospace building a flying wing, and the competition happened last weekend. My groups plane looked good but that was deceiving. There was around twenty teams in our division to compete against and some were way better. The plane ended up winning the straightest flight path for division two but there’s a lot that could have made it better. First off, I wish I would’ve been better at reading the rules for the thing because it would’ve changed the build. Our plane seemed very heavy and large relative to other planes in our division, so I would’ve used different materials to minimize that. Also I wasn’t aware that in division two you were allowed to use a vertical stabilizer, which I think would’ve been additional help. If I had to do it again my design would probably be completely different. One of my group members was very demanding and instructive, which brought the design to where it was. The whole idea of just adding whatever you think is needed is too much. Had our glider been lighter, I think it would’ve made for a much better flight. It was still a cool experience to be a part of. It was the only class I’ve had that we took what we learned and got to build something using it. Then on top of it we got to see how it would compete against schools from all over. I wish I could’ve done it as a solo project to see what my design could’ve done in competition.