Podcasts by Soaring by Design - for iPad/Mac/PC
How do you go about designing an aircraft that has no engine? What forces enable a glider to become airborne and quickly reach high altitudes quickly? The tracks in this album look at the aerodynamics of gliders, ask questions relating to the
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Modeling Flight from 2009-05-11T02:09:34
Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
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Transcript -- Modeling Flight from 2009-05-11T02:09:33
Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
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Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions from 2009-05-11T02:08:33
Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.
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The Mechanics of Launching from 2009-05-11T02:07:34
Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.
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Transcript -- The Mechanics of Launching from 2009-05-11T02:07:33
Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.
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Wing Design: Predictions from 2009-05-11T02:06:34
The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.
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Transcript -- Wing Design: Predictions from 2009-05-11T02:06:33
The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.
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Wing Design: Testing and Building from 2009-05-11T02:05:34
The predictions of air flow on the wings, generated by mathematical modeling are compared with the real thing.
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Transcript -- Wing Design: Testing and Building from 2009-05-11T02:05:33
The predictions of air flow on the wings, generated by mathematical modeling are compared with the real thing.
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Measuring Experimentally from 2009-05-11T02:04:34
The ways in which prototype gliders are tested, producing accurate polar curves.
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Transcript -- Measuring Experimentally from 2009-05-11T02:04:33
The ways in which prototype gliders are tested, producing accurate polar curves.
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The Final Glide from 2009-05-11T02:03:34
The changes in the Total Energy of a glider when it comes in to the finish of a competition are examined.
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Transcript -- The Final Glide from 2009-05-11T02:03:33
Transcript -- The changes in the Total Energy of a glider when it comes in to the finish of a competition are examined.
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Transcript -- The Final Glide from 2009-05-11T02:03:33
The changes in the Total Energy of a glider when it comes in to the finish of a competition are examined.
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Transcript -- The Final Glide from 2009-05-11T02:03:33
Transcript -- The changes in the Total Energy of a glider when it comes in to the finish of a competition are examined.
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