16 episodes

How do you go about designing an aircraft that has no engine? What forces enable a glider to become airborne and quickly reach high altitudes quickly? The tracks in this album look at the aerodynamics of gliders, ask questions relating to the 'Speed to Fly', and explores the consequences of kinetic and potential energy change, providing a useful way of modelling the behaviour of a glider in the air. This material makes up part of the course MST209, Mathematical methods and models.

Soaring by Design - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

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- APR 12, 2010
Soaring by Design

Soaring by Design

A short introduction to this album.
- 46 sec
- APR 12, 2010
Transcript -- Soaring by Design

Transcript -- Soaring by Design

A short introduction to this album.
- MAY 10, 2009
- video
Modeling Flight

Modeling Flight

Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
- 1 min
- MAY 10, 2009
Transcript -- Modeling Flight

Transcript -- Modeling Flight

Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
- MAY 10, 2009
- video
Avoiding Collisions

Avoiding Collisions

Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.
- 2 min
- MAY 10, 2009
Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions

Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions

Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.