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For release December 1, 2006
UTSI STUDENTS, CIVIL AIR PATROL HELP IN AIAA
MODEL PLANE EVENT
Tennessee Section of the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently sponsored a
model airplane contest at Tullahoma Hands-On Science Center.
The event drew competitors from second grade on past high school
and volunteers from The University of Tennessee Space Institute
joined Civil Air Patrol cadets and AIAA members in helping to
keep the activities on track.
Joseph Wehrmeyer from Arnold Engineering Development Center is
Chair of the sponsoring AIAA Tennessee Section.
Competition took place in Delta Dart Free Flight and Spot
Landing and in Precision Flight. All motor winding was done by
hand without the aid of any mechanical or electro-mechanical
devices.
In Spot Landing competition – with a goal of landing as close to
target as possible – winners from all age categories included
Mark Olles, 56.25 inches, Blake Morrow, 100 inches, and Frank
Steinle, 116 inches.
Jeremy Pamplin got a special award for the best constructed
airplane.
Leaders in four age categories in the Precision Flight
competition were:
Through 2nd grade: Jarred Sebourn, 2.03 seconds, Isaac Smith,
3.94 seconds, and Hunter Smith, 5.68 seconds;
Third through sixth grade: Julia Schantz, three seconds,
Erika Smith, 5.32 seconds, and Jarred Bonee, 6.24 seconds;
Seventh grade through high school: Marco More’, 22.25 seconds,
Sommer Kline, 2.31 seconds, and Blake Morrow,
3.51 seconds, and Adult only: Mark Olles, 0.72 seconds. In this
competition the goal was to keep planes in the air for nine
seconds. The actual time in the air was subtracted from nine
seconds to obtain the absolute value of differences.
The lowest three time differences were added together for total
time difference, and those with lowest time differences won.
Olles, president of the Student Government Association at UTSI,
was joined by other UTSI student volunteers including Tonya
Nelson, Sean Fischbach, Jeffrey King, and Associate Research
Professor Trevor Moeller.
Jeremy Pamplin won special award for best
built plane.
Jared Sebourn placed
first in the second grade competition.
UTSI’s Dr. Trevor Moeller,
left, associate professor, and Sean
Fischbach with models.
--Submitted Photos
Writer: Weldon Payne
(931) 393-7222
wpayne@utsi.edu
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