LEARNING GOAL FOR TODAY: I will review past airplane designs and compare them to future imaginings of future aircraft during today's class.

WORDS O' THE DAY:

I will work with my group to evaluate the future of jet aircraft during today's class

WORK O' THE DAY:

Let's review our opener

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Wing design, engine design, materials used in construction have all change substantially in the last 50 years.

Please work with your group to make suggestions on how each of those was built/designed 50 years ago and how they are built/designed today.

Let's get those on the board

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Wing design, engine design, materials used in construction may have all change substantially in the last 50 years; but what aspects of aircraft design have changed the least in the last 50 years?

Please work with your group to make suggestions in that regard

Now let us get those on the board

 

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Now let's take a wee bit of leap into the future. What thoughts do you have for how aircraft design might change in the NEXT 50 years (Keep it real!!!)

Take a look at these somewhat radical designs:

 

 

Work with your group to identify as many design changes as you can for each aircraft.

 

 

 

Using your understanding of the four forces that act on an aircraft in motion AND your understanding of flight control surfaces, please work with your group to suggest at least 3 advantages that MIGHT result from those design changes.

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How likely do you think each of those designs are to come into reality sometime in the next 25 years?

Let's discuss

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