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Current Speed Record:
107MPH - June 2, 2011 - JW60 at Kepp's Crossing
Much thanks to our pilot Frank Slaughter!
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The SAE Dynamic Soaring Glider Group is looking for more participants!
All students are welcome. The project needs both artistic and analytical skills to succeed. If you are interested in flight, RC, design, structural analysis, problem solving, or having a good time while applying classroom principles to a real project, send an e-mail to ayc06001@byui.edu expressing your interest and any talents or skills unique to you.
Thanks! We look forward to more flying soon.
SAE Dynamic Soaring
The BYU - Idaho SAE Dynamic Soaring Glider Group designs and constructs glider planes capable of dynamic soaring (DS).
Albatross flying over the ocean
How do these planes work? Borrowing from nature, DS is a type of biomimetics which adopts the flight techniques of birds such as the albatross. These birds are able to remain airborne for days without flapping their wings by taking advantage of wind gradients which develop over the surface of the ocean.
By strategically crossing similar boundary layers near hills or cliffs, DS gliders are able to achieve speeds in excess of 400MPH without propulsion.
Kepp's Crossing, Idaho, June 2 2011
We recently completed a foam sailplane and plan on constructing a composite glider in the coming months. Take a look at our progess with other SAE Gliders at the menu on the left.
* Albatross image above courtesy Thomas Mattern, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; GNU license; retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross
