AIAA SF/SVSC TechTalk
Delaying the Inevitable by 10 Seconds...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013; 6:30pm-8:00pm
Hacker Dojo, Mountain View, CA
The vast majority of contraptions in the Red Bull Flugtag competition find creative ways to leap off the pier and plunge into the water. However, an occasional design seems to just float across the waters. Such was the case on September 21, when a Mountain View-based team, the Chicken Whisperers, set a Flugtag world record of 258 feet.
It helps that they are a team of engineers devoted to a new generation of aircraft design. But in this case, they do it in such an entertaining way. Aside from the frivolity, the lead designers Bob Parks and Zach Hazen of the record setting glider offer insight into the design and testing of their aircraft. [ Details + RSVP ]
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