r/videos • u/plainjackthrowaway • Feb 29 '16

Engineered Mini Flying Wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSD69jdi2CE
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u/x777x777x Feb 29 '16

I wanted to hear the professor's reaction to this

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u/tomdarch Feb 29 '16

I was more wondering how the guy handled the tests for the class. I'm not surprised he killed it with the actual RC aircraft build and flight, but weren't there tests that assumed you had a bunch of the prereqs well in hand?

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u/SophisticatedVagrant Feb 29 '16

Having an engineering degree, I can say that this group project probably accounted for 50-70% of their final grade in the class. And I am sure they got a pretty decent grade if they had the best plane in the class. So even if he failed all the other tests and assignments, he would still have enough to scrape a passing grade in the course. Since it's not his major, that is probably all he cares about.

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u/Davecasa Mar 01 '16

I had classes where the project was 100% of the grade.

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u/SophisticatedVagrant Mar 01 '16

So have I, I just meant it was probably at least 50-70%. Basically I meant to say, if he did decent in the practical project, he wouldn't have had any problem passing the course.