Flight

Description

Participants study the principles of flight and design in order to fabricate a glider that stays in flight for the greatest elapsed time. The glider must be designed to be launched from a catapult that is provided on site. The design process is documented in a portfolio that is submitted for evaluation.

2024-25 Highlights

Any materials are allowed to be used to create the glider. The material blanks must fit the regulations below:

i) Templates, jigs, and fixtures MAY be used in constructing gliders(these are to help facilitate fast and accurate construction),however, these templates, jigs, and fixtures must be developed and built by students, and must not be the same material as the blanks to eliminate confusion with pre-made parts.

Resources

MS Flight Reference Guide - by Peter Whitney

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McIntyre Featherstone, Einstein MS, 2024 1st Place

 

Event Deadlines

 

January 23, 2025

Upload pdf file and URL Link

Students will need their Participant ID number, and password, from their advisor.

Students submit designs, and photos of test built planes as a pdf file.

Students also upload a test flight video to any platform, and submit a URL link to it.

April 2025

Students will submit their final portfolio on Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning, they will test fly their plane. Semifinalists will go directly from there to building another plane, and then directly back to testing.

 

Washington TSA Rules

To compete, students must:

  • Belong to a currently affiliated TSA chapter

  • Be registered (by their TSA advisor) for competition by December 20, 2024 ($30)

  • Compete in the January 23, 2025 virtual competition (see individual event pages for details)

  • Be selected as a top competitor in their event(s) and invited to participate at State

    • Number of competitors is dependent on specific event

    • Qualifying competitor lists will be published by February 10, 2025

    • State Conference registration week February 24-28, 2025 (see state conference page for details)

At the state level, 3 individuals per chapter may compete.

Additional Information

Event Coordinator: Eugene Nicholas, nicholas.eugene@ysd7.org

Event Manager: Spencer Martin, spencer.martin@sunnysideschools.org

Pitsco Tech Glider Systems Class Pack

Pitsco Glider Catapult Kit

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