Sentences with phrase «airplane designs»

Students and parents, for example, tested different paper airplane designs to determine which model flew best; tried various ways to illuminate a light bulb; predicted which items would stick to magnets and then tested their hypotheses; and attempted to make a paper clown balance on a finger by taping pennies to different sides.

«We all want to see flying saucers and stuff,» says Boeing spokesperson Terrence Scott, and the standard airplane design we know may seem like yesterday's news but, Scott says, it's extremely well optimized for what it does.

Also in 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trade Office issued XTI its first patent, as an entirely new airplane design and configuration.

Kids Activities Blog experiments with a paper airplane design to see what effect a small change will have on the direction of flight.

In a way, it is like answering questions about airplane design by studying a model airplane in a wind tunnel — solving problems with a physical simulation rather than a digital computer.

Boeing is exploring the technologies to more efficiently integrate the work of partners involved in airplane design.

Wurst's idea is to mate the engine with a new airplane design, take the craft up to an altitude of about 30 miles, at which point the ramjets can no longer be used, coast to an altitude of 60 miles, then release the satellite payload with a small conventional rocket attached.

To apply his theories to airplane design, Bejan teamed up with Jordan Charles, a researcher and development engineer, and Sylvie Lorente, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Toulouse, to mine the historical databases of successful commercial aircraft.

«The Wind Rises» is a deeply personal story, one of a man obsessed by his craft — in this case, airplane design, rather than animation, but hardly a million miles away.

The 2016 Lincoln MKX is said to be «Inspired by airplane design,» but we like to think of it as the MKC «s bigger brother (or the Lincoln - ized 2015 Ford Edge) replete with the latest HID / LED lighting technology, a «Panoramic Vista Roof,» a hands - free power liftgate, a 360 - degree camera up front and, of course, AWD.

In the latter sense anyone who's stayed awake in their Phil 101 course knows there's no such thing as «correct» (though you keep arguing anyway); while in the former sense the new airplane design either crashes or it doesn't.

The ability to rapidly adapt airplane design to changing needs or technology mimics the process of evolution itself.

This opens the door for rapid evolution in customer based airplane design, much like we have seen in the auto industry.

This launch vehicle is a 747 - 400 airplane designed to hold a rocket beneath its wing.

Not exact matches

«The e-Genius is a full electric battery - powered airplane with a max take - off mass of 900 kilograms,» Andreas Strohmayer, from the university's Institute of Aircraft Design, told CNBC's Sustainable Energy.

Len Schumann, also from the Institute of Aircraft Design, said that the e-Genius behaved like a «conventional airplane» during flight, and that its performance was also comparable to conventional airplanes.

He soloed in an airplane before getting his driver's license, but his real obsession was designing and building model planes.

Hawkins and his co-founder, designer Steen Strand, founded Icon in 2006, after the FAA created a new category of airplanes called «light sport aircraft,» designed for recreational aviation.

As airlines and airplanes have evolved, so have their «liveries» — the exterior designs, including paint colors and logos, on the aircraft.

There, he and his pals were well on their way to delivering scalable wind energy using airplane - size robotic kites inspired, in part, by the wings Griffith has been designing to power his kite - surfing hobby since college.

The company won a contract to train airplane safety inspectors on the fail - safe maintenance of the very kind of communications and navigation equipment Galaxy played a part in designing for the DOD.

Some detail - oriented personalities want lists that make a simple project look as complex as designing an airplane wing.

Gone are the days of airplane class wars with this innovative design idea from France's Zodiac Aerospace.

He has written a book on cosplay, designed a game about airplanes, and also runs cosplay.kotaku.com.

Regulators require airlines to replace these parts on a set schedule and once TransDigm parts are designed into an airplane, they can sell replacement parts for decades.

The initial duty in applied science, research, or teaching is to do the job well: to design an airplane wing that will hold under stress, to find a valid equation for chemical equilibrium, or to help students gain sound understanding of metabolism.

Here's a fleur de lis design: But of course my cookie cutter looks more like a kite, or a bat, or an airplane.

Our pouches are designed to withstand a normal pressurized airplane environment, and are indeed safe for air travel.

It is an elegantly designed belt and buckle device for kids 22 - 44 pounds that is easy to use and creates a safe airplane seat for your child without the hassle of carrying a 20 pound car seat.

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It is also designed for travel - it meets all of the safety standards (of course) but it is small enough to fit into most compact cars and is certified for airplane usage.

Attachment using the car seat's LATCH connectors for quick and simple use, Compact fold stows into small spaces including most airplane overhead compartments, Steel frame design for strength and durability.

Perfect for preschool, taking to Grandma's, bringing on an airplane, or just carrying treasures around the house, this Skip Hop backpack comes in an array of animal designs, including dinosaur, unicorn, and dog.

In fact, Baby Jogger designed this stroller such that it can fit the overhead compartment in the airplane and is certified for airline traveling.

And that's the reason why Fly Babee was born; it is designed with the intention to help limit and block out all external stimuli in an airplane bassinet which in turn makes flying with babies less frustrating for parents (and everyone else in the same flight!).

CARES is an elegantly designed belt and buckle device for kids 22 - 44 pounds that is easy to use and creates a safe airplane seat for your child without the hassle of carrying a 20 pound car seat.

These wireless headphones are designed with airplane passengers in mind and have an extra-long, 60 - hour battery life to match.

This RC plane has a slightly different design than most other airplanes you might have seen, because it has no rudder.

Our pick for best plastic dog crate has a lot of great things about it but our favorite is probably how well designed it is for airplane travel.

Scientists increase the resolution of so - called topology optimization to improve design capabilities for airplane wings and more.

The University of Washington (UW), Seattle, undergraduates are inside a KC - 135 microgravity research airplane, running a self - designed experiment in a lab that flies in a sinusoidal wave pattern to mimic the weightlessness of space.

Already, the bridge's novel design, with a deck shaped like an airplane wing, is being used as a template for future bridges across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Bering Strait.

The modern story starts with post — World War I barnstormers, among them Clem Sohn, who in the 1930s leaped out of airplanes across the United States wearing a batwing jumpsuit designed to emulate the aerodynamics of bats and flying squirrels.

The techniques Doyle developed to test the space shuttle have become standard tools for testing new designs of airplanes and helicopters.

Efficiency alone — even in the form of aircraft with improved engines and designs such as the Boeing 787, expected to deliver a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over existing big airplanes — is not the answer.

She plans to include winning designs in a new book, The New Millennium Paper Airplane Book, with do - it - yourself instructions, similar to one published after the original 1967 tournament.

1 EXPERIENCING TURBULENCE Koblin used the Bézier method of curve analysis (which coincidentally is also used to design airplane bodies) to accentuate any flight plan changes hidden by the map's massive scale.

A specially designed airplane could use conventional jet engines to take off and rendezvous with a tanker plane at between 15,000 and 30,000 feet.

Airplane manufacturers and airlines alike want to try out new cabin designs, seating arrangements and boarding procedures, but testing those ideas on actual passengers at 40,000 feet is prohibitively expensive, potentially dangerous and impossible to control.