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2000 OSU Team Black "Flight Factory"

Summary

 

The Flight Factory aircraft is an all composite, box wing design that was designed to compete in the 1999/2000 AIAA/Cessna/ONR Design/Build/Fly contest held in Wichita, KS in April of 2000.  The objective was to fly a mission consisting of alternating sorties: a short field cargo sortie where the aircraft carried water in 1L containers, and a ferry sortie in which the aircraft flew 2 empty laps.  Flight score depended entirely upon the amount of water carried, which could be done in multiple sorties.  Aircraft were subject to several design constraints such as runway length, wing span, battery type and size, motor type, etc.  The Flight Factory team finished in 2nd place overall at the contest.  And had the distinction of lifting the largest amount of cargo in any one mission.

 

 

The Airplane    The Team    Multimedia    Contest Results    Sponsors

 

 

The Airplane

Specifications

 

Wing

Fuselage

 

Propulsion

Weights

Features

Performance

 

 

The Team

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

 

Chief Engineer:    Nathan Weber

 

Aerodynamics / Stability and Control

 

Joe Parry (Lead)

Alvin Liaw

Vincent Voo

 

Propulsion

 

Rob Viggers (Lead)

Josh Cathey

Mike Holcumbrink

Clement Tang

 

Structures

 

Tommy Coulter (Lead)

Joe Cavett

Raymond Lininger

Ng Kok Poh

Kristie Robben

Joshua Bruce

Brandon Anderson

Chee Hing Hoh

Seng-Yuan Loo

Sze Nyi Tan

 

Pilot:         Dan Bierly

Spotter:    Dr. Ron Delahoussaye

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

Assistant:    Joe Conner

 

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

 

Team Logo:

 

 

Multimedia

  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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Contest Results

The 2000 DBF contest traded off heavy lift capability, with long range cruise.  For each mission, the aircraft had to fly a short field cargo mission by carrying as many 1L bottles of water as possible.  Then the aircraft had to perform an empty sortie of 2 laps.  The aircraft could repeat this process until time or fuel ran out.  Overall score was written report score, times the amount of water carried in three missions, 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.  Two of the most significant challenges of the mission requirements were the short 100 ft. takeoff and the 7 ft. wingspan limit.  The box wing aircraft was a result of the trade studies accomplished during the design phase.

 

The Flight Factory aircraft was able to lift the largest amount of water for a single mission, of any aircraft in the contest: 16 Liters.  When the top three flight scores were added, Flight Factory tied for first place in flight score, however dropped to second place overall due to report score and RAC.

 

OSU Flight Factory Score Summary

Report Score:     84.85

Flight Score:       14 + 14 + 16  (Sum of best three missions in liters of water)

RAC:                  6.37

Total Score:        586.09

Overall Place:     2nd

 

Complete Rules

Official Contest Summary

 

 

2000 Sponsors

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

 

Advanced Racing Composites

Coulter and Company

Lowrance Electronics

Ditch Witch

OSU SGA

NASA Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium

Keith Robben CPA