Instructions for creating the type of indoor catapult-launch glider needed for Science Olympiad. Also includes a material list and a video!

Science Olympiad (SO)

The Academy sponsors aviation events annually in the Science Olympiad and provides $5,000 annually to assist winners to attend secondary education. In addition, a member of the AMA Education Committee was the designer of the 2013 aviation challenge, a balsa catapult glider.

The AMA proudly supports Science Olympiad. One of the 2014 events is to create a rubber powered helicopter. This video shows how to bend a wire thrust bearing.

View a demonstration of how to fly and trim an indoor catapult-launch glider! Hosted by AMA members Rick Crosslin and Tom Sanders.

View a demonstration of how to build an indoor catapult-launch glider! Hosted by AMA members Rick Crosslin and Tom Sanders. Plans, a material list and instructions that describe how to build an indoor catapult-launch glider are included with this video.
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Tom Sanders demonstrates how to build one of his own designs of a basic launch glider. This is the basic version of the glider used in the 2015 Science Olympiad Middle School Challenge.
Do you need some tips on making your Wright Stuff Free-Flight Model soar in the 2015 Science Olympiad High School Challenge? We're here to show you how with our assembly, weighing and motor tips and tricks.
Do you need some tips on making your catapult-glider soar in the 2015 Science Olympiad? We're here to show you how with wing and fuselage modifications!
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