This is: T eam

1. This is: Team

2. Meet the Flight Team Team Manager Cathal Hanifin As team manager it was my job to offer assistance to every member the team and to make sure that everyone did their job to the highest standards possible. Marketing Manager Laura Geaney As marketing manager, my job was to organise the team’s sponsors and promote the team’s participation in F1 in Schools Manufacturing Engineer Ryan Prendiville As Manufacturing engineer, I made sure the car is design to the specifications of the design brief and that it would be suitable for racing and capable of constructing. Design Engineer Aaron Nolan As design manager I used solid works to design a aerodynamically correct F1 car that would be able to compete with any other F1 in Schools car. Graphic Designer Ciara Murphy As graphic designer, my job was to design the logo, the look of the car and I also design the teams t-shirts. I corresponded mostly with the Design Engineer, the Marketing Manager and the Team Manager. Resource Manager Brian Leonard As resource manager ,I organised a time planner and made sure members stuck with the time-line, offering my assistance if needed Our Name We used the name ‘Flight’ ‘because we were able to incorporate something similar to the official Formula 1 logo into our name and we felt that ‘Flight’ signified swiftness and speed, which is what we want our F1 car to have as it races. .

3. Research Aerodynamics Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket blasting off the launch pad and a kite in the sky react to aerodynamics. Aerodynamics even acts on cars, since air flows around cars.  Drag is a force that tries to slow something down. It makes it hard for an object to move. It is harder to walk or run through water than through air. That is because water causes more drag than air. The shape of an object also changes the amount of drag. Most round surfaces have less drag than flat ones. Narrow surfaces usually have less drag than wide ones. The more air that hits a surface, the more drag it makes. BalsaWood Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as the balsa tree is a large tree that can grow up to 100ft in height. Balsa wood is a very lightweight material with many uses. It is a low-density wood, but is high in strength. Balsa is a very popular material to use when making light, stiff structures, because it is very soft, light and buoyant but is very strong. Drag;is the fluid drag force that acts on any moving, solid body in the direction of the fluid freestream Lift; is the component of the force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. It contrasts with the drag force, which is the component of the surface force parallel to the flow direction. If the fluid is air, the force is called an aerodynamic force. Turbulence; includes low-momentum diffusion, high momentum convection and rapid variation of pressure and velocity in space and time. Flow that is turbulent is called laminar flow.

4. Research (continued) Challenges • Reduce drag but apply enough downforce to stop lift. • Stay within the rules and regulations. • Have car design finished in allotted time • Solutions • Construct a Formula 1 car design that will flow through air easily(be as aerodynamic as possible) • Work together and help each other out. • Check the rules and regulations regularly to make sure that design in correct. Bernoulli’s Principle Bernoulli's principle says that a rise (fall) in pressure in a flowing fluid must always be accompanied by a decrease (increase) in the speed, and conversely, if an increase (decrease) in , the speed of the fluid results in a decrease (increase) in the pressure. Bernoulli’s Principle . It works on the idea that as a wing passes through the air, it’s shape makes the air travel more over the top of the wing than beneath it and this creates a higher pressure beneath the wing than above it. The pressure difference causes the wing to push upwards and lift is created. Bernoulli’s Principle Pressure + (kinetic energy/volume)= constant Team Promotion T-shirt, Hat and Mug Designs:

5. Car Design Our first sketch was very rough, just to get an idea of the shape of the car. Our second sketch was similar to the first, but had a little more shape and definition. Our last sketch was the best sketch and we had a rough idea of the measurements that we would use. This is the base of our Solidworks car design. This an improvement of the base as we now have the body of the car. We have curved the wings on this design. This is the rough design of the car with the side and the front wings.

6. Resource/planning • Locally- • We have created a Twitter and Facebook page and are encouraging people to ‘like’ them or follow them. • We have also informed the local radio station and the local newsletter. Sponsorship: • People e-mailed for sponsorship: • Crag Cave, Castleisland • Brownes, Castleisland • Tom Murphy’s Garage, Farranfore • McElligotts, Castleisland • Divanes, Castleisland • Shoes4U, Castleisland • Garvey’s Supervalu, Castleisland Further promotion of team: • In school- • We have made posters and have put them up in the schools and we have spoken over the intercom informing students about the competition • Future Plans • We hope to; • Get through in the 1st round • Make a fast, aerodynamic, efficient car. • Create our Flight uniforms • Paint our car and put sponsors on it.