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Sol-Air
Summary
Sol-Air was designed and built in 1997 by a team of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Electrical engineering students at OSU as a project for MAE 4374 Aerospace Systems Design. The design goal was to build an aircraft entirely powered by the sun, that could set an FAI Speed record for airplanes in its class. No storage batteries were allowed. The aircraft is a "V-tail" design with a conventional fuselage, with the solar cells contained within a transparent film skin.
The Airplane The Team Multimedia
Specifications
Wing
Wingspan: 106 in
Chord: 17 in
Wing Area: 1810 sq in
Airfoil: RG 14
Aspect Ratio: 6.2
Dihedral: 5 deg
Fuselage
Length: 74.5
Maximum Width: 2.75 in
Propulsion
Motor: Astro Cobalt-035 geared @ 2.38:1 Custom wound for 9-12V operation at 12 amps nominal
Propeller: 13x10 Wood electric
Weights
Gross Weight: 8.125 lb
The Sol-Air Team (Team Orange) was lead by a chief engineer, and was divided into 4 technical groups: Aerodynamics/Stability and Control, Propulsion, Structures, and Systems.
Chief Engineer: Greg Miller
Aerodynamics / Stability and Control
Todd Meyer (Lead)
Propulsion
Tracy Cook (Lead)
Tan Hui Siang
Wong Peng Kit
Structures
Michael Barto (Lead)
Karen Matheny
Chee Pei-Meng
Seng-Yong Ng
Gan Eng Teck
Cheou Boon Kit
Systems and Instrumentation
Randy Carpenter
Michael Youngs
Hafida Mumallah
Soh Siew King
Lim Peng Shyong
Truong Thien-Nga
Pilots
Dan Bierly
Paul Reinman
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew S. Arena, Jr.
Pictures
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