of Calgary AerodesignWest Team's
home on the web. (see update to email address at bottom of page)
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Aerodesign Competition series put-on by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the goal of the competition is to design, build, and fly a model airplane capable of lifting a heavy payload within a set of operating restrictions. The aircraft must take-off within a 200 foot runway limit, make a 360 degree circuit of the field, and touch-down within a 400 foot boundary. Sound simple? Try lifting a 25 pound payload with an OS or K&B 61 with only 1200 sq" of planform area (these are known as "Regular Class" models - our class). Better yet, try open class, which is essentially unlimited except for engine displacement...bring a fat wallet!
First off, since the U of C is sending two teams to the competition in 2002, we'll just call ourselves Team #1 to save some confusion. Our team members are all fourth-year mechanical engineering students this year, and we are using this project to complete our design course. We are:
Davide Contrada
Jared Featherstone
Alexander Inglis
Adam Till
The goal of this website is to provide information to all who might be interested regarding the status of our project. Additionally, since our members will all be graduating this year (we hope!), the website will hopefully provide any further U of C teams with an idea of what we accomplished, and how we accomplished it. Finally, the site might help to inspire other universities to attend the competition - this competition is always a lot of fun!
As time goes on, we'll be adding to the photo diary showing what's been happening in Adam's workshop, and we hope to develop a list of links to other competition teams' sites. We hope you enjoy your visit, and we hope to see you in Palmdale this year!
Cheers,
The University of Calgary's Aerodesign West Team
Site Index
Go back to Adam's Homepage
What's New? - Go here to see what has been added to the site recently (last update 04/23/02)
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
Competition Teams are requested to submit their reports to the following new address:
David Eichstedt
SAE Aero Design West 2002
2010 West Avenue K, PMB 523
Lancaster, CA 93536-5229
Note that this is a change from what is posted on the SAE website. For those needing confirmation of the change, please contact David Eichstedt at david.eichstedt@lmco.com
The Building Process
Step 1: Building the main wing spar
Step 2: Prepping the wing cores for vacuum bagging
Step 3: Laminating the wing skins
Step 4: Fins, Rudders and Stabilizer
Step 5: Fusealge Pod
Step 6: Landing Gear Design
Step 7: Finishing the Wing
Links
Aerodesign Team Sites
Ecole de Technologie Superieure
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle University-Prescott
Michigan Tech
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Ohio State University
University of Akron
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
Unversity of Saskatchewan
Unversity of Stanford
University of Kansas
University of California, Davis
Personal Websites
Paul Burke's Aerodesign Website - a must-see for any team
Photo Galleries
Aerodesign West Gallery #1
Aerodesign West Gallery #2
Aerodesign West Gallery #3
Aerodesign East Gallery #1
Aerodesign East Gallery #2
Competition Information
SAE Aerodesign West
SAE Aerodesign East
Where is the competition this year?
Palmdale, California (aka America's Sandbox...I'm still picking sand out of my Saturn from last year!)
