Tokyo Institute of Technology's manufacturing circle "Meister" participated in the human-powered propeller plane distance section of the "40th Bird-Human Contest 2017" held at Lake Biwa in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture.The Bird-Human Contest will be broadcast nationwide on the Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV series from 8:23 pm on August 7.
According to the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the characteristics of this year's Meister are "the strongest and heaviest pilot of all time," "ultra-high-performance aircraft," and "a team consisting of only boys."The pilot is Mr. Shunsuke Igarashi, a third-year student in the Faculty of Engineering, who has experience in producing more output than designed when selecting a first-year pilot, but this time he further refined his muscles and made full use of steering technology, which is said to be the number one in history, and is stable. I showed the flight.
The aircraft used the supercomputer "TSUBAME" and focused on the fairing (* 1) design, which has good characteristics in terms of aerodynamics.As a result, we have completed an asymmetrical and unusual aircraft.
Mr. Hahei Zhang, a third-year student in the Faculty of Engineering, who is a representative of Meister, announced a comment saying, "I have been working hard for a year with a stoic team only for boys. doing.
* 1 Fairing A cover attached to the front of airplanes, automobiles, and motorcycles to reduce air resistance.
