Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.

Soaring by Design - for iPod/iPhone

Avoiding Collisions

Soaring by Design

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Soaring by Design

Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.

Modeling Flight

Transcript -- Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.

Transcript -- Modeling Flight

Transcript -- Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.

Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions

Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.

The Mechanics of Launching

Transcript -- Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.

Transcript -- The Mechanics of Launching

The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.

Wing Design: Predictions

Transcript -- The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.

Transcript -- Wing Design: Predictions

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