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1998 OSU Team Black "Abserokee"
Summary
This airplane was designed for the 1997/1998 AIAA/Cessna/ONR Design/Build/Fly contest. The mission objective was to carry a 7.5 lb steel payload and perform as many laps as possible within 7 minutes. Aircraft were subject to several design constraints including a runway length of 300 ft., a battery weight of no more than 2.5 lb etc.
Unfortunately we are missing data for this plane. If you are an alumni team member with a final report for the Abserokee, or pictures, please contact us. aarena@okstate.edu
The Airplane The Team Multimedia The Mission Sponsors
Specifications
Wing span:
Empty weight:
Motors:
Batteries:
Features
V-Tail
Roll/yaw coupling with rudder and wing dihedral. No ailerons needed.
The Abserokee design team was led by a Chief Engineer, and divided into three primary groups: Aerodynamics/Stability and Control, Propulsion, and Structures.
Chief Engineer: Alan Anderson
Aerodynamics / Stability and Control
Adrianto Augustine (Lead)
Michael Thompson
Propulsion
Mun Kiet Ho (Lead)
Ree Hing Chua
Teng Benng Koay
Chow Sien Lim
Structures
Tony Buratti (Lead)
Gayla Iron
Onn Lin Lee
Weng Kin Low
Alvin Ng
Peng Kuan Tan
Pilot(s): Dr. Ron Delahoussaye
Dr. Andrew S. Arena, Jr.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew S. Arena, Jr.
Assistant: Joe Conner
Video
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Team Video: The music video introduces the team, and highlights the development and testing of the aircraft.
Pictures
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The mission objective was to carry a 7.5 lb steel payload and perform as many laps as possible within 7 minutes. Upon entering the course, the aircraft had to perform the flight profile shown. After completing that profile once, the aircraft could simply do laps of the course without the 30 turns.
Some of the constraints and design challenges were:
300 ft runway with T/O over a 6 ft obstacle
Maximum of 2.5 pounds of NiCd batteries
Aircraft must be lifted at wing tips for full gross weight test
Electric motor
700 ft legs in the course
The overall score was based on the number of laps accomplished times the written report score.
The following sponsors contributed to the project. The Abserokee team greatly appreciates their support, and considers them members of our team. Without their support, the project would not have been possible.