For the past year and a half, I've been working with Flight Club Aerospace, a now 45-high school student team designing and building an FAA part 103 Ultralight Airplane from scratch. I started on the Design team, where I helped design the fuselage, control system, and the wing's attachment to the fuselage. I've ventured far beyond design as well, where I've helped simulate our fluid mechanics through XFLR5 to ensure our static stability and our truss through Fusion and Solidworks to validate our structural integrity. As well, I kick-started our Outreach team to co-create an 8-week summer camp for middle schoolers and have been working with the Finance team. Beyond technical knowledge, as President and former Design co-Captain I've learned an incredible amount about leading a team and creating a fun learning environment where people can freely follow their engineering passions. It's been a very good time - gooooo FCA!
The full ultralight plane designed in Fusion 360!
Mostly completed wing - made from XPS foam, epoxy, fiberglass, and aluminum spars/struts/aileron torque tube.
Fabrication Photos
Creating Prototype Ribs
Wing covering prototype
Testing the ribs
Final Ribs Routed out
Routing out the ribs
adding fiberglass to the ribs
Testing the spar-strut attachment
final wing with leading edge
drilling attachment holes
new spar cap design
creating the spar caps
Creating test cube gusset
Applying epoxy to ribs
Leading edge prototype
Design + Physics Photos
New Design in Solidworks
V1 Fuselage
V0 Fuselage
Simulating Fusion
Simulating Fusion 4g
Simulating Steel 4g
Design for the Aileron Bell Crank
XFLR5 before + after redesign
Old Design Full CAD
Spar-Strut Attachment
Fuselage-Strut Attachment
Strut CAD
:) Photos
Teaching XFLR5
Teaching Fusion Simulation
Beach Day!
Meeting with Elroy Air
October 2021 Team Photo!
Professor Thomas meeting
Professor Shirmohamadi meeting!
Professor Hanson meeting!
FCA Merch Logo
