* INTRODUCTION

We looked at the origins of glider design and AFTER STUDYING THE

CONVENTIONAL GLIDERS
WE OBSERVED that they were balsa gliders consisting of box- like fuselages and
T- shaped wings .The prime focus of our attempt was the stability of the glider.

AERODYNAMICS
EFFICIENCY OF THE DESIGN
T SHAPE
FOR LESS TURBULENCE

FUSELAGE
A CONSIDERABLE PART OF WEIGHT IS USED IN THE FUSELAGE AND
LOWER PARTS OF THE GLIDER BECAUSE THIS PART MUST ABSORB MORE
SHOCKS. .IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS WE HAVE SELECTED FLUTE BOARD
MATERIAL AND PLACED THE BATTERY IN THE LOWER PART NEXT TO CG.
OWING TO THE LESS WEIGHT OF THE GLIDER THE FUSELAGE PART ACTS
AS THE STABILIZING FORCE

NON-SWEPTBACK
NON-TAPERED WINGS AS IN EARLY TYPE
RECTANGULAR OUTLINE
THE MAIN WING IS SMOOTHENED AND HARDENED THE SURFACE WITH A COAT OF EPOXY
RESIN (FEVITICE) AND METHANOL SO THAT THE GLIDE COULD BE CONSIDERABLY
IMPROVED AND HIGHER ALTITUDE CAN BE ATTAINED. INORDER TO OVERCOME THE
DISTURBING FORCES, THAT IS DRAG, THE MAIN WING DIMENSIONS ARE KEPT AS
LONG AS 80 CM. TO ATTAIN HIGHER ALTITUDE TRADITIONALLY GLIDERS HAVE
FOCUSSED ON BRINGING THE CG BACKWARDS.

NO AIRFOIL SQUARE SECTION THROUGHOUT

RUDDER PLACEMENT
IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE TAIL- UNIT, IT HAS BEEN PROVED THAT
LEVELLING OFF THE IMAGINARY LINE CONNECTING THE CENTRES OF
THE LATERAL AREA IS EFFICIENT.

CONCLUSION

WE ARE STILL RESEARCHING ON THE USE OF OTHER

CHARACTERISTICS IN THE DESIGN OF GLIDER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A
“NEAR-PERFECT DESIGN”.
 MAIN: 65cm
FUSELAGE LENGTH
WING LOCATION 30 cm

STABILIZER LOCATION 57 cm

VERTICAL TAIL LOCATION 57 cm

WING:
STABILIZER
SPAN 40cm
WING SPAN 80cm
ROOT CHORD 8cm
ROOT CHORD 10 cm
TAPER RATIO 1.00
TAPER CHORD 1.00
LEADING SWEEP ANGLE 0.00

LEADING EDGE SWEEP 0.00

ANGLE
VELOCITY 20KM/HR