| DAN DOUGHERTY
will be our speaker for the September meeting. He will be
bringing his 2nd place winning entry in the 2008 SAE International Aero
Design East competition and of course it is a flying wing.
It uses a blended wing body
model with a 5' wing span. It has a 'belly flap' installed under
the
wing which was integral to the design, allowing the aircraft to rotate
at takeoff. He will be bringing the fully functioning competition
model for
display since it survived the competition.
Here's a link
to an article on their team's achievement:
"This
is the first year the team has
competed in both SAE Aero Design
East and SAE Aero Design West competitions. At the West contest in
early April, the CSULB team captured first-place honors for its micro
class oral presentation, continuing a successful run that began with a
first-place overall award for the debut of a tailless flying wing
design in the open class contest during 2007."
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| (TWITT meets at Hanger A-4, Gillespie Field, El Cajon, CA at 1:30 PM on the third Saturday of every other month beggining in January of each year. Hanger A-4 is located on the southeast side of the field on the south end of Joe Crosson Drive. We are on the inside row of building #1720 in the second hanger from the fence (the gate should be open). If you fly in, tell ground control you want to be directed to Skid Row. A-4 is on the inside of the southern most set of hangers.) Click here for a map to our location. |