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12/12/06
There is an epidemic at Santa Fe and it is the pertussis virus. In fact, it has spread so fast that it might be around the entire U.S., but anywho, we have all been diagnosed with the pertussis virus, or more commonly known as whooping cough, so we won't be able to even leave our houses for about a week and even after that, we would still have a nasty cough for about a month or two. So we're all crossing our fingers for a christmas miracle. Happy holidays.
There is an epidemic at Santa Fe and it is the pertussis virus. In fact, it has spread so fast that it might be around the entire U.S., but anywho, we have all been diagnosed with the pertussis virus, or more commonly known as whooping cough, so we won't be able to even leave our houses for about a week and even after that, we would still have a nasty cough for about a month or two. So we're all crossing our fingers for a christmas miracle. Happy holidays.
10/17/06
Ok, So there is one little problem with the full scale plane, or so we thought. We know that a sonic boom can get well over 200 decibels, which is dangerous, so we found an equation for the figure of merit which was............... 0.174!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and it ranges up to 0.67 thats one third of the current design of the QSST(website:http://www.saiqsst.com). Not only that, but the design shapes the sonic boom so that it is deflected almost straight and not so much down (that wasn't accidental though, thanks to NASA and their F-4 "Pelican"). Beat that SAI. to give you an idea, thats pretty much the same level of noise of someone walking (10 - 30 Decibels)
10/5/06
For those of you that aren't in New Mexico, Yesterday there was a bomb found in our school, that they had said was rigged with explosive making materials. this has set us behind, as we are trying to get everything together. That day, everyone was told to stay in their 1st period class. It honestly was one of the scariest things we had seen at our two years at Santa Fe High School. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.koat.com/news/10000681/detail.html
For those of you that aren't in New Mexico, Yesterday there was a bomb found in our school, that they had said was rigged with explosive making materials. this has set us behind, as we are trying to get everything together. That day, everyone was told to stay in their 1st period class. It honestly was one of the scariest things we had seen at our two years at Santa Fe High School. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.koat.com/news/10000681/detail.html
10/28/06
We FINALLY have it!!!!!
After hours and hours spent searching for the right numbers, we were actually able to find the Maximum Take Off Weight of the skyrunner by calculating the lift on the wings with the equation for lift. here are the numbers.
based on 120 ft length, 70 ft wingspan: Max Take-Off Weight: 134,000 pounds, Max Ceiling: 64225 ft.
based on 240 ft length, 140 ft wingspan(About The Size of a Boeing 747): Max Take-Off Weight: 164,000 pounds, Max Ceiling: 80443 ft.
all of this coming from the very lovely lift equation :
and some other equations I'm not even going to attempt to post
We FINALLY have it!!!!!
After hours and hours spent searching for the right numbers, we were actually able to find the Maximum Take Off Weight of the skyrunner by calculating the lift on the wings with the equation for lift. here are the numbers.
based on 120 ft length, 70 ft wingspan: Max Take-Off Weight: 134,000 pounds, Max Ceiling: 64225 ft.
based on 240 ft length, 140 ft wingspan(About The Size of a Boeing 747): Max Take-Off Weight: 164,000 pounds, Max Ceiling: 80443 ft.
all of this coming from the very lovely lift equation :
L=½(p*(V²)*Sref*CL)
and some other equations I'm not even going to attempt to post
9/21/06
Welcome to the Skyrunner's new Home Page. We went through 3 different styles to find the perfect layout. We are most likely going to keep this one. Also, Im sure that the original image we had on the old flash layout was the one we were going to build. Most engineers have actually told us that it wouldn't fly past mach(we already knew that though). well, we have here the "real" plans. I think most will be suprised on how different the plane looks from the old layout's photo. more details in the "About Us" section.
Welcome to the Skyrunner's new Home Page. We went through 3 different styles to find the perfect layout. We are most likely going to keep this one. Also, Im sure that the original image we had on the old flash layout was the one we were going to build. Most engineers have actually told us that it wouldn't fly past mach(we already knew that though). well, we have here the "real" plans. I think most will be suprised on how different the plane looks from the old layout's photo. more details in the "About Us" section.
On a different note, we have an Aim account for those who are more comfortable using it to contact us. Details are on the contact page. One more thing, we are thinking of adding a forum to this site, so give us your opinion. And please be patient, We are all in school now so it may take a while to get back to you if you do contact us.