Schedule

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Date Lecture Reading Assignments
       
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