NYU Tandon SAE Aero
Quality Assurance and Design Engineer
Competition Description:
The goal of the 2018 SAE Advanced Aero Competition was to assemble a plane that could fly to a target and drop a payload of water bottles, gliders, and a nerf football accurately. Points were awarded largely based on the amount of payload that could be flown and dropped with a limited battery capacity and on the accuracy of the drop. As an inaugural team, the NYU team had to start from scratch in research and manufacturing using the limited tools and funding available. Below is my contribution to the team.
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Modeled multiple airfoil designs based on NACA database research and calculations made for ideal lifting coefficient, drag coefficient, and Reynold’s number. Designed, assembled, and repaired airplane fuselage to meet structural needs and competition requirements. Chose the materials of spruce plywood, balsa wood, and carbon fiber material based on required tensile strength, weight, and elasticity of key areas. Used an inter locking mechanism around sheet wood as a main basis for inexpensive construction.
Reduced weight of the final design in all areas of plane to under 20 lbs empty, allowing for a static payload of about 38 lbs in a plane with an 11 ft wingspan producing 8.4 lbs of static thrust.
Inspired new Vertically Integrated Project, allowing students to earn class credit for working on the team.
Competition Description:
The goal of the 2018 SAE Advanced Aero Competition was to assemble a plane that could fly to a target and drop a payload of water bottles, gliders, and a nerf football accurately. Points were awarded largely based on the amount of payload that could be flown and dropped with a limited battery capacity and on the accuracy of the drop. As an inaugural team, the NYU team had to start from scratch in research and manufacturing using the limited tools and funding available. Below is my contribution to the team.
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Modeled multiple airfoil designs based on NACA database research and calculations made for ideal lifting coefficient, drag coefficient, and Reynold’s number. Designed, assembled, and repaired airplane fuselage to meet structural needs and competition requirements. Chose the materials of spruce plywood, balsa wood, and carbon fiber material based on required tensile strength, weight, and elasticity of key areas. Used an inter locking mechanism around sheet wood as a main basis for inexpensive construction.
Reduced weight of the final design in all areas of plane to under 20 lbs empty, allowing for a static payload of about 38 lbs in a plane with an 11 ft wingspan producing 8.4 lbs of static thrust.
Inspired new Vertically Integrated Project, allowing students to earn class credit for working on the team.
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