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The Plan
The B-19 is designed as a flying wing. Why? Team 5 felt that a flying wing
offers many advantages that satisfy the course requirements: minimum drag,
high speed, and maximum power and climb rate because of the absence of the
horizontal tail. Their craft will feature an elliptical planform with a 0.4
taper ratio and 20 percent wing sweep. Winglets will be added for stability,
but the team is not planning to incorporate a dihedral as they believe the
winglets and wing sweep will provide an effective dihedral.
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wingspan of the B-19 is 5.4 ft., but will that be enough to lift the
8 lb. vehicle? Remember, even though they are designing a flying wing,
Team 5 still has to fit a GPS and transmitter, battery/power pack, and
payload into the B-19. They may need every bit of the 248.57 ft. they've
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