Simplifly - Senior

Ever since time immemorial there is one thing that has captured the attention of man - The desire to fly and to make things that fly.

Simplifly -Senior is a tailor made 1-day hands-on workshop to explore the fun and joy of building things that fly. Come explore and learn Aeromodelling.

Duration : 1-Day
Age Limit: 16 Yrs and Above

Take Away Kit Contents
1x60cm Balsa Glider
1x40cm Balsa Glider with 4 different wings (You can Build 4 different planes)

Workshop Outline

Session 1 - 09.00 - 09.45 hrs
Introduction to Aeromodelling
- Discuss Goals of Workshop
- A brief introduction about modelling Aeroplanes -Static and Flying models
- Explore different categories - Free Flight, Powered Free Flight, Control Line and Radio-Control Flying
- Materials in Aeromodelling

Session 2 - 09.45 - 11.00 hrs
Getting your Hands Dirty
- Construction of the 40cm Balsa Glider from the Pre-cut KIT
- Flying the 40cm Balsa Glider
- Experimenting with the different Wing Configurations & Learning

Session 3 - 11.00 - 11.45 hrs
An Introduction to Flight
- What Makes Planes Fly?
- Overview of Flight Control Surfaces
- The Four Basic Forces of Flight
- Basic Terminologies
- How Planes can Maneuver

Session 4 - 11.45 - 12.30 hrs
An Introduction to Gliders
- What are Gliders? How do they Glide?
- Understanding the Wing and its Importance
- Types of Wing Construction
- Basic Glider Design - What goes where?

12.30 -13.30 hrs - Lunch

Session 5 - 13.30 - 14.00 hrs
- Design a Glider within given Constraints & Guidelines
- Discuss the Designs

Session 6 - 14.00 - 17.00 hrs
Construction of the 60cm Balsa Plane
- Cutting Techniques for Balsa
- Cutting the Design from Balsa
- Sanding & Smoothing Techniques
- Sanding & Smoothing the Cut Balsa Designs
- Putting it all together
- Discuss concepts of Balance and Center of Gravity affecting Flight
- Discuss techniques to Chuck
- Flying the Gliders - Chuck & Catapult Launch

Session 7 - 17.00 - 17.30 hrs
Demonstration of RC Flying
- Flying Demo of Basic Aerobatics, World War II Maneuvers, Pattern Flying & Stunt Flying

To know more, feel free to send us an email to info(at)simplelabs(dot)co(dot)in or call us on 044-23712636