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The PRANDTL Interns have been working hard on their projects.
Whether it’s on our newest aircraft PRANDTL-3, creating an autopilot for PRANDTL-2
or analyzing data from flight test’s.
We all have been putting in a lot of effort
to achieve our goals for this summer.
Many of us are new to aerodynamics in general
so having the ability to gain hands on experience and learn the trade along side others students
is a spectacular opportunity.
The PRANDTL-D project has come along way since it was first established in 2012.
The fleet of 4 gliders continues to grow with each new group of interns.
All offering new ideas in technology to be implemented into the program.
“So later on you’ll go back through the data..."
As far as that go’s this black line behind you here, that’s our deadline.
Nobody go’s across that line unless they are directly involved with the flight.
So if you want to watch... cool, spread out along the line.
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Up until now our gliders have been completely human piloted
including the doublets performed for data collection.
So its exciting for us to be designing something new for the project.
The autopilot will eventually be performing a maneuver called “The Rumble”
which will excite all of the control surfaces at once in place of our pilot.
“Release”
“Alright”
“Is what exactly what it was supposed to be.”
My favorite moment for this summer was probably launching the PRANDTL-2.
Umm, just seeing it take off.
“3,2,1 Release”
“It’s High”
This summer I worked on the PRANDTL-3 Team.
I think the biggest accomplishment here is just being here and being apart of
the unique research that only happens at NASA Armstrong.
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My favorite memory here at NASA would have to be
meeting all of the other interns on the first day.
My favorite memory would have to be
taking the tour of NASA Armstrong.
It was just really cool seeing all of the fascinating research being done here at the center.
This summer I worked on PRANDTL-3.
Our biggest accomplishment this year as a team was
going from fabrication to flying within a 12 week period for PRANDTL-3.
This summer I was apart of the PRANDTL-2 team.
I specifically worked on formation flight of birds
and how it relates to the PRANDTL wing.
As a team our biggest accomplishment was
getting PRANDTL-2 in the air
and getting PRANDTL-3 ready to fly.
I think I’m a lot more prepared for the future now
because I have more of this real world experience.
Actually flying planes, getting data and then analyzing it
and just having the whole in the house thing of
concept design build and then flight.
This internship has taught me so much.
From communicating with other engineers and other interns
to not being afraid of asking questions.
I am a mechanical engineer.
I am from Duke University.
“Yo soy de Puerto Rico” I am from Puerto Rico
We are PRANDTL 2015
This summer would not have been possible without the help and support from our mentors
Al Bowers, Oscar Murillo, Red Jensen, Derek Abramson, Becky Flick and the rest of the Armstrong team.
To them we would like to say, Thank you!