Workshop in SP , Journal by Elvina 25 Nov 09

Todae we went to SP for an aerospace workshop.
speaker give us a briefing on the challenge and the rules.

All of us were plit into 3 groups to go to different labs for a visit.
The first destination that our group visit is to see the launchers.

They havple aced a plane at position to show us how the launcher works.

The second stop is the place where their students usually hang out where they made their project aeroplane .
Their plane that they made is so cool and it is huge.
the size is like the same size of an real plane in airport.

The third destination that we go is the place wher alot of engine are placed.
There is a flight simulator inside the room where u can simulated that u are flying a real plane.
So cool of microsoft for coming up such a program.

Last came the refreshment.
After the refreshment we went back home.

Personally, i think i have found my so called as my future thing...
haha

Journal by Elvina 5 nov 09

Day1

Presentation of an glider.
there 4 very important forces to take note when a plane glide,
they have 2 good friend and bad friend.
good friend are call lift and thrust.
bad friend are call drag and gravity.

We also folded a simple paper aeroplane.
After lunch, we started to build our first flying glider.
the first flying glider really work,
some of the plane cant fly due to their weight is too heavy,
some of us fly nice and straight forward.
i really enjoy myself in the first training session.

Day2

Design of our glider to see wad kind of shape we want it to be.
The dimension of each part that we design were calculated.
This will ensue we don't make any mistake before making the design.
Next we split the glider drawing into 3 parts by drawing the front view,
top view and side view.
the final thing of the day is to choose our material.
We finalize the material and dimension of the glider.
calculate the dimension is difficult as u don't know
does it work with the length that we put.
the end of the day is fun.

Day3

During detail design, everyone is given a part to design.
For each part, Mr Leow has posted different kind of question and we are
suppose to find out the answer.
Next, we begin fabrication. First cut the wood into small piece and saw it.
last day was tiring as our hand is pain.
really enjoy myself at the training session.
pictue cant be post,
so sorry went got time than i will post.
the end of my 3 days post.

bye(=