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Bill Gowen’s 2013 Science Olympiad Glider

In Uncategorized on February 21, 2013 by nicholasandrewray

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Click here to download a PDF of the plan.

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3 Responses to “Bill Gowen’s 2013 Science Olympiad Glider”

  1. Greg T's avatar
    Greg T March 10, 2013 at 9:53 pm | Reply

    There’s no dimension on the drawing showing where the hi-point of the wing is! There is an arrow pointing to a center line, which is meaningless. Is it 25%, 30%, 33% of chord??

  2. nicholasandrewray's avatar
    nicholasandrewray March 11, 2013 at 2:52 am | Reply

    Greg, all you have to do print a copy of the plan and measure the distance from the leading edge to the arrow that marks the high point. Then divide that distance by the total cord. You can also look at the airfoil template given in the side view. Bill Gowen is a professional draftsman. Normally, if something on his plan does not make sense it is because the reader is not correctly interpeting all of the given information.

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