Design competition has many flocking to Kentucky
June 22, 2011, 01:36 pm
During the 2011 Wing Design Competition, more than 12 high schools that make up the Kentucky Institute for Aerospace Education competed against one another, according to General Aviation News. The competition requires students, with the help of faculty and volunteers, to design and build wings for a remote control aircraft.
The students assemble the aircraft, without attaching the wing it comes with and then design their own based on teaching modules on aerodynamics and stability, the media outlet reports. The teams are also required to submit a paper about their design.
"The level of engagement was through the roof. Student learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics was demonstrated with great depth through the context of wing design," Tim Smith, KIAE's CEO, told the media outlet.
The competition's winner was based on the amount of weight the plane could carry with respect to the weight of the wing. The event is sponsored by a grant from NASA's Kentucky Space Grant Consortium, and may encourage students involved to explore a career in the aviation field and even invest in a pilots life insurance policy someday.
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