Book: Flight Vehicle Design Videos: YouTube
Date | Lecture | Reading | Assignments |
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M Jan 8 | Introduction | Syllabus, Project Overview | ME 312 Review |
W Jan 10 | Atmosphere | Ch 1, calculator | |
F Jan 12 | Airfoils/Wings | Ch 2 | |
M Jan 15 | Labor Day Holiday | ||
W Jan 17 | Airfoils/Wings (con’t) | Quiz 1 (in class) | |
F Jan 19 | Parasitic Drag | 3.1-3.2 | |
M Jan 22 | Induced Drag | 3.3-3.4 | Quiz 2 |
W Jan 24 | Induced Drag (con’t) | HW 1: Configuration | |
F Jan 26 | Compressibility Drag | 3.5 | |
M Jan 29 | Airfoil Design | Quiz 3 | |
W Jan 31 | Wing Design | 4.1 | HW 2: Drag and Airfoils |
F Feb 2 | Wing Design (con’t) | 4.2 | |
M Feb 5 | Longitudinal Static Stability | 5.1-5.2 | Quiz 4 |
W Feb 7 | Longitudinal Stability (con’t) | HW 3: Wing Design | |
F Feb 9 | Lateral Static Stability, Tail Sizing | 5.3-5.5 | |
M Feb 12 | Dynamic Stability | 5.6 | Quiz 5 |
W Feb 14 | HW Help | HW 4: Stability | |
F Feb 16 | Preliminary Design Review | ||
M Feb 19 | Motors and Propellers | 6.1-6.2 | |
W Feb 21 | Motor/Prop Matching, motorprop.m | 6.3 | Midterm 1 |
F Feb 23 | Propulsion | 6.4-6.5 | |
M Feb 26 | No Class | Quiz 6 | |
W Feb 28 | Range and Endurance | 7.1-7.2 | Midterm 1 Rework, HW 5: Propulsion |
F Mar 1 | Climb and Descend | 7.3-7.5 | |
M Mar 4 | Takeoff and Landing | 7.6-7.8 | Quiz 7 |
W Mar 6 | Wing Bending | 8.1-8.2 | HW 6: Performance |
F Mar 8 | Flight Envelopes | 8.3-8.5 | |
M Mar 11 | Rocket Fundamentals | 9.1-9.2 | Quiz 8 |
W Mar 13 | Rocket Fundamentals (con’t) | 9.3-9.5 | HW 7: Structures |
F Mar 15 | Rocket in-class work | ||
M Mar 18 | Rocket in-class work | Quiz 9 | |
W Mar 20 | Rocket in-class work | HW 8: Rocket Sizing and Trajectories | |
F Mar 22 | Critical Design Review | ||
M Mar 25 | Rocket Propulsion | 10.1-10.2 | |
W Mar 27 | Rocket Propulsion (con’t) | 10.3-10.4 | Midterm 2 |
F Mar 29 | Time for Midterm 2 Rework | ||
M Apr 1 | Fly Off | ||
T Nov 23 | Fly Off | ||
F Apr 5 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
M Apr 8 | Orbital Mechanics | 11.1-11.2 | |
W Apr 10 | Orbital Mechanics | 11.3 | Midterm 2 Rework |
F Apr 12 | In-class work | ||
M Apr 15 | In-class work | Quiz 10 | |
W Apr 17 | Review | HW 9: Rocket Propulsion and Maneuvers | |
Th Dec 9 | Project Report, Cleanup Checklist | ||