Eagle Aero Sport - Experimental Kit Plane
Faculty Mentor Name
Joseph Smith, Cary Grant
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
Eagle Aero Sport is an undergraduate engineering team at the Prescott, AZ, campus whose main objective is to build an experimental Van’s RV-12 aircraft. The team harbors a wide variety of skills, as students from all majors are welcome. In addition to the basic blueprint of the aircraft, Eagle Aero Sport is modifying and adding flight test instrumentation, including a pitot tube, so that research can be performed by Embry-Riddle students and staff in the future. This additional instrument will allow students (particularly engineers) to study aerodynamic, structural, and performance data during flight. To promote efficiency, the team is divided into sub-teams: build, engineering, business, and safety. As build team members, students learn to follow and implement the blueprints of the aircraft, gaining hands-on technical knowledge that a typical classroom cannot provide.
The engineers focus on the design, fabrication, and installation of the new components that will be used for flight test experimentation. Construction of the aircraft would not be possible without the business team, which organizes fundraisers and ensures the other sub-teams have the equipment they need. While the aircraft is being built, the safety team ensures that the hangar is a safe environment in which to work and that all members know safety-related procedures in case an incident occurs. Upon completion, Eagle Aero Sport hopes to see this aircraft used as an extension of the classroom, available for students to experience what they learn in lectures.
Eagle Aero Sport - Experimental Kit Plane
Eagle Aero Sport is an undergraduate engineering team at the Prescott, AZ, campus whose main objective is to build an experimental Van’s RV-12 aircraft. The team harbors a wide variety of skills, as students from all majors are welcome. In addition to the basic blueprint of the aircraft, Eagle Aero Sport is modifying and adding flight test instrumentation, including a pitot tube, so that research can be performed by Embry-Riddle students and staff in the future. This additional instrument will allow students (particularly engineers) to study aerodynamic, structural, and performance data during flight. To promote efficiency, the team is divided into sub-teams: build, engineering, business, and safety. As build team members, students learn to follow and implement the blueprints of the aircraft, gaining hands-on technical knowledge that a typical classroom cannot provide.
The engineers focus on the design, fabrication, and installation of the new components that will be used for flight test experimentation. Construction of the aircraft would not be possible without the business team, which organizes fundraisers and ensures the other sub-teams have the equipment they need. While the aircraft is being built, the safety team ensures that the hangar is a safe environment in which to work and that all members know safety-related procedures in case an incident occurs. Upon completion, Eagle Aero Sport hopes to see this aircraft used as an extension of the classroom, available for students to experience what they learn in lectures.