Transcript Helicopter Seminar, 2010

NASA
Connecticut Space Grant
College Consortium
Sunday
Rotor craft designs and flight demonstration (indoors, students will fly RC
aircraft) Aerospace careers
Helicopter Experience,
2010
Date: August 1-6
Location: Central
Connecticut State
University
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Monday
Helicopter aerodynamics, Helicopter preflight
Flight in a Robinson Helicopter over CT
Tuesday
Control theory, Coaxial RC helicopter construction and flight testing.
Students will build a CX-2 coaxial helicopter
KAMAN Aerospace tour, aerodynamics,
Wednesday
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control and design methods
Vertical Take Off and landing, RC VTOL design and construction
(Student teams will be instructed on the design and build RC VTOL aircraft)
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Sikorsky Aircraft tour
Thursday
Wind tunnel testing, Students will run wind tunnel test on different aerodynamic
shapes. RC Coaxial helicopter competition, VTOL aircraft competition
Friday
Aerospace Careers (Students will receive an overview of NASA related careers)
Human Powered Helicopter Tests Fixture Experimentation
(Students will run test using a coaxial rotor blade test fixture to determine how to
maximize the lift to drag ratio) The test fixture is coaxial and the rotor blade
diameters are 36 feet. Students will also run tests using a scaled Quad rotor blade
test fixture similar to the design of the YURI I.
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NASA
Connecticut Space Grant
College Consortium
Selected Students Will Receive
CX 2 Coaxial RC helicopter
Helicopter experience T-Shirt
Helicopter flight
Tour of KAMAN Aerospace and
Sikorsky Aircraft
Room board, transportation
and tuition
Class room instruction on
aerodynamics, rotorcraft principles,
wind tunnel testing, control theory,
VTOL RC aircraft, etc
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Application Requirements
•Must be a US Citizen
•Must be over 18
•Must have completed freshman year
•Must be interested in aerospace
Fill out application at
http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/ctspgrant/stud
ent-opportunities.htm
Also apply for a travel grant to cover transportation
and the 250.00 registration fee. Travel grant
application is at the above web site for colleges with
in Connecticut
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