Eastern Tech Students Take Second in Engineering Competition

A team of junior engineering students recently took second place at the High School Cargo Plane Challenge at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

The team consisted of students Nick Breslin, Mitchell Burns, Don Creswell and Nick Glaudemans. The challenge, sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Baltimore Section) and the, required students to design and construct an electrically powered model aircraft to fly a tethered flight of at least one lap without cargo, followed by a second tethered flight of one lap carrying as much cargo as possible.

The competition was opened to students in grades 9-12 with teams consisting of anywhere from one to 10 people. The challenge also consisted of four components: a written report, oral report, design and construction and performance demonstration.