OREGON TECH

Objectives:

1. Design and build a hand launched glider aircraft.
2. Maintain the maximum time aloft. Prizes will be awarded for First, Second and Third longest times and a special prize for the most creative design.
3. This contest is free and open to all students and staff members.

Vehicle Specifications:

1. All structural and airfoil materials will be constructed from aluminum, salvaged from cans previously containing the beverage of your choice.
2. All joints, on the aircraft, will be constructed with glue, epoxy, tape, thread (as in stitching), wire, solder, rivets, bubble gum, spit or your own ingenuity.
3. The size of the aircraft is unlimited, however the aircraft must be able to be hand launched. The craft is strictly a free flight vehicle. No on board power supply of any kind will be allowed!
4. All weight and balancing must be accomplished by the concentrations of glue, rocks, or aluminum.

Judging Glider Performance:

1. Each contestant will be allowed three officially timed flights with the better of the three standing as that entrants official time. The duration of each flight will bee measured from the time the craft leaves the contestant's hand to the moment the craft touches the ground.
2. If for some reason the aircraft is destroyed during the impact of a first or second run, a maximum time of 15 minutes will be allotted for repairs to the aircraft. If the aircraft is nor able to fly at this time, the contestant forfeits the remaining one or two flights.
3. A contestant may enter more than one aircraft. However, once a craft has made its three officially timed runs, that aircraft will not be able to be reentered in the contest.

Launching Pad Specifications:

1. The hand launchings will be from the "O" above the campus. This hill has a slope of about 16 degrees, so any test flights prior to the contest should be launched from a similar location.
2. This location does become windy at times so we advise this be taken into consideration in the design stage.

Miscellaneous Information:

1. There will be no duplicate prizes. In case of a tie, the tied craft will fly again, if able, in a sudden-death flyoff. If one is unable to fly again, the other wins by default. If neither can fly again, the prize in question will be divided.
2. Ties will be declared for stopwatch times not differing by at least one second.
3. Each aircraft must be emblazoned with a name or school logo for easy identification.
4. The schedule for the first flight of any entrant will be drawn by chance from a container holding the names of all entrants. The second and third flights (if any) of an entrant will be scheduled ahead of any remaining first flights and will occur as soon as the entrant can be returned to flying status at the "O".