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

Soaring by Design - for iPod/iPhone

Transcript -- The Mechanics of Launching

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

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

Avoiding Collisions

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

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

Education

How do you go about designing an aircraft that has no engine? What forces enable a glider to become airborne and quickly reach high altitudes quickly? The tracks in this album look at the aerodynamics of gliders, ask questions relating to the 'Speed to Fly', and explores the consequences of kinetic and potential energy change, providing a useful way of modelling the behaviour of a glider in the air. This material makes up part of the course MST209, Mathematical methods and models.