1. MAE 3291: JUNIOR DESIGN Presentation Review April 7, 2008
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Florida Institute of Technology
D. R. Kirk

2. OVERALL PERFORMANCE GLXP Mars Wind Turbine Hybrid Rocket Channel Wing
Titan
MAV
HPV
PIFAS
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3. OVERALL PERFORMANCE (0-5 SCALE)
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4. OVERALL PERFORMANCE (3-4.5 SCALE)
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5. INDIVIDUAL TEAMS

6. GLXP
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7. MARS WIND TURBINE
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8. HYBRID ROCKET
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9. CHANNEL WING
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10. TITAN
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11. MAV
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12. HPV
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13. PIFAS
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14. INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS

15. QUESTION 1
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16. QUESTION 2
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17. QUESTION 3
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18. QUESTION 4
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19. QUESTION 5
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20. QUESTION 6
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21. QUESTION 7
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22. QUESTION 8
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23. COMMENTS: GLXP ICBM (Russian Model)???? What is that?
Need bigger font on some pictures
RTG’s (currently) rely on PU238; there is currently less than 15 kg on Earth, and is very likely not availabel for non-NASA use
What is the definition DV? What calculations did you do to find DV?
It feels like you didn’t practice enough before hand – took too much time.
Don’t interrupt each other
Show less; try to summarize info a bit more succinctly
Rover road map repeats earlier road map
Really good content, just need to be quicker
Do not include data if it is not relevant to you
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24. COMMENTS: MARS WIND TURBINE
What’s your approach for success?
Need not to read from the note cards, look up
Are you trying to put together an actual mission to Mars, or just the turbine for Mars and determining the optical design and expected output?
How do you intend to anchor down the turbine?
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25. COMMENTS: HYBRID ROCKET
What is flutter velocity?
What is gyro read rate?
What was the decision behind using a conical nozzle? Where there any calculations involved?
What is 6 DOF?
What is UCAT?
Very nice flow from person to person
What do you mean by regression rate?
Cp vs. Cg slide was embarrassing… very high school
Will NASA/AF let you use a hybrid formula?
Who else has used the fuel?
Will you be able to recover, how?
Fix fin flutter slide – hard to read
Show some equations
What about the 45th and all the red tape?
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26. COMMENTS: CHANNEL WING
Why is flow through a ducted fan asymmetric?
Did you mean asymmetric through channel wing configuration?
How will a vertical landing be achieved?
Controlability of inclined channel wing
Don’t refer to “from last time…” just present the info and move on
Good presentation, but I just didn’t feel sold on it. I can’t clearly see how you’re planning to accomplish these goals, and what numerical objectives you have, i.e., L/D, VTOL capabilities, etc.
Didn’t let everyone speak or didn’t bring every one up
Need more calculations – you can’t just say what your plane will do without proof
Why a channel wing? Better than a helicopter? How do you know?
Need clearer objectives
Need more calculations
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27. COMMENTS: TITAN Seems they haven’t done much Can barely hear them
No motivation for project other than purely scientific research
Very good picture and calculations
Might want to state what COEUS stands for at the beginning
Speak up
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28. COMMENTS: MAV Need better planning for project
Project itself if a great idea
Presentation not clear
No calculations
Materials selection?
I already feel like this is going to become a PowerPoint project
Get your sh*t together
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29. COMMENTS: HPV Could do better job with engineering approach
Very well researched, good calculations, and motivation
Presentation too long by some members
Great job on visual aids
Bad slides, can’t read left slide
CVT – nice job! Saw it wasn’t going to work, so come up with new idea – good thinking and logical wisdom
Speak up
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30. COMMENTS: PIFAS
Very nice – but did you just copy your slides form the presentation grading sheet?
Face the audience when you speak
This looks like too much work
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