Model Rocket Gliders

For articles on gliders check out the Peak of Flight index. This is a list, by topic, of all of the great articles the Peak of Flight put out over the years.

Using Rocket Gliders in Education Part 1 - The Soaring Method of Birds By studying birds, we can find out a lot about how to make our gliders fly better.

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/flyingwing.html Flying wing made from a egg carton tray. This would make a very light-weight glider that would have awesome performance if deployed from a model rocket.

http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/uiuc_lsat.html Airfoil data for low speed wings -- like on rocket gliders!

http://mysite.verizon.net/wjvincent/index.htm Jeff Vincent's page of glider plans

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