Lecture, two hours; laboratory, six hours; outside study, four hours. Requisites: courses 105A, 150A, 157 or 157W, 171A. Limited to seniors. First in two-course aerospace engineering capstone design series. Study of aerodynamics, trajectory analysis, propulsion, computational fluid dynamics, flight control, and instrumentation. Students work in teams to begin their two-term design project. Laboratory modules include structures, trajectory analysis, aerodynamics, propulsion, and sensors. Letter grading.
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