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2002 OSU Team Orange "Stinky Pete"

Summary

 

Stinky Pete (or Stinky for short) was designed by the 2002 OSU Orange team to compete in the 2001/2002 AIAA/Cessna/ONR Design/Build/Fly contest, held in Wichita, KS in April of 2002.  Aircraft in the competition were designed to complete a sequence of position, passenger delivery, and return missions.  The "passengers" were between 10 and 24 softballs, that had to be arranged in the fuselage, in much the same way as real passengers.  Flight efficiency and mission speed were important factors in the design.  Stinky Pete was an all carbon V tail design with high aspect ratio wings.  The idea for the name "Stinky Pete" came from the nephew of the chief engineer.  "Stinky" from the resemblance of the fuselage to a skunk, and "Pete" the OSU mascot. The OSU Orange team won best Report at the contest, however crashes due to cg problems at the contest prevented the design from reaching its full potential.

 

The Airplane    The Team    Multimedia    Contest Results    Sponsors

 

The Airplane

Specifications

 

Wing

Fuselage

Propulsion

Weights

Features

Performance

 

 

The Team

The OSU Orange design team was led by a Chief Engineer, and divided into three primary groups: Aerodynamics/Stability and Control, Propulsion, and Structures.

 

Chief Engineer:    Ronnie Lawhon

 

Aerodynamics / Stability and Control

 

Deric Babcock (Lead)

Mark Davey

Nic Moffitt

 

Propulsion

 

Trina Krausse (Lead)

Mark Hergenrether

Milan Kattle

 

Structures

 

Robert Darbe (Lead)

Wang Chong

Mike Heusser

Jon Hix

Kin Liu

Steve Morlan

Mark Potter

Jeremy Prince

Brady Russel

 

Pilot: Dan Bierly

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew S. Arena, Jr.

Assistant:    Joe Conner

 

*(The above team roster does not include all people involved in the project)

 

 

Multimedia

  Video

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Team Video:  The following music video introduces the team, and highlights the development and testing of the aircraft.  The video also includes contest footage.

Large Version (606 MB)        Small Version (46 MB)

 

  Pictures

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  2002 OSU Orange Written Report

This is the final report submitted by the 2002 OSU Orange team.  The report also had the highest score for written reports for that year.

 

 

Contest Results

The 2002 DBF contest required aircraft to perform a sequence of position, passenger delivery, and return missions in sequence.  Flight score was the sum of the aircrafts best 3 missions.  Overall score was the written report score, times the flight score, divided by RAC.  RAC was a "Rated Aircraft Cost" which penalized many aspects of the design.  It included penalties for design parameters such as; aircraft empty weight, engine power, wing area, etc.  A link to the complete rules may be found below.

 

Key to performance in the 2002 contest was a lightweight efficient design, that could fly the missions quickly.  The OSU Orange team going into the contest, had the best written report score, and one of the lowest RAC's.  After a crash on the first day day of the contest, the team was without a flight score.  The team worked late into the night, and arrived at the contest the next day with a rebuilt airplane.  It was too late unfortunately for the full potential of the plane to be realized.

 

OSU Team Orange Score Summary

Report Score:     94

Flight Score:       0.11

RAC:                   10.09

Total Score:        1.07

Overall Place:     17th

 

Complete Rules

Official Contest Summary

 

 

 

Sponsors

The following sponsors contributed to the project.  The OSU Orange team greatly appreciates their support, and considers them members of our team.  Without their support, the project would not have been possible.

 

Advanced Composites Group
CEAT Student Council
Frontier Electronic Systems
ICES
John and Betty Heusser
L. Andrew Maciula
May Aerospace
NASA Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium
Nomadics
OSU Student Government Association
Pat Lair
Tima Krausse
Waddell and Reed