| Title: |
Flying Blanket |
| Category: |
Industry |
| Intellectual Property: |
Student team assigns intellectual property control to company |
| Year: |
2009 |
| Semester: |
Fall |
| Sponsor Name: |
Raytheon |
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| Sponsor URL: |
http://raytheon.com/ |
| Sponsor Information: |
The world leader in design, development and production of missile systems
Missile Systems designs, develops, and produces missile systems for U.S. and allied forces, including air-to-air, strike, naval weapon systems, land combat missiles, guided projectiles, exoatmospheric kill vehicles, and directed energy weapons.
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| ITAR Restriction: |
Yes |
| Scope of work: |
Fire a folded up blanket out of a tube, have the blanket unfold in mid air, and then wrap around an object at the end of its flight. The blanket will be fired from approximately 10 to 15 feet from the object. The blanket will be provided to the team. The team may use any method desired to fire the blanket from the tube. The object of the design is not focused on the launching of the blanket, but on how to get the blanket to unfold and wrap up an object at the end of its flight. The object that is wrapped up could be a living thing. The impact of the blanket or the wrapping process shall not be lethal to the object. The team will be expected to provide design details (Drawings), analysis, and a working prototype of their design (Video taped demo maybe required). |
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| Disciplines: |
Mechanical Engineering (3)
Electrical Engineering (1)
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (1) |
| Skills: |
Aerodynamics
Fuilds
CAD - Solid Modeling
Gas Dynamics |
| Additional resources: |
Students will have access to Engineers at Raytheon to answer questions and peer review material |
| Key Contact Name: |
Steve Larimore |
| Key Contact Email: |
swlarimore@raytheon.com |
| Key Contact Phone: |
520-663-8757 |
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