Q: What are you doing?
A: We are hoping to create a low cost, indoor, two string, stunt kite that could be sold to consumers. By completing this task we hope to experience the engineering design process in the full. Within a ten week term out team was tasked to complete this project to finish off our first year at Drexel. At the end of the term we have been asked to pitch our idea and demonstrate our product in a formal presentation setting.
Q: What is your end goal?
A: The end goal of this project is not only to create a low cost stunt kite but it is also to understand how to go through the engineering design process. We are hoping to learn about how to work with constraints, budgets, and problems that arise along the way in such a way that our team can still be successful.
Q: What is the purpose of taking on this task?
A: The purpose us trying to complete these goals is to become better engineers. As students at Drexel University we strive to learn as much as we can. It is believed that the best way to learn the engineering design process is to actually use it and that is what we are doing here!
Q: What is an indoor kite?
A: An indoor kite serves basically the same function as a regular kite except they can be flown in light or no wind. One of the most common places these are found is on stage where there might be an outdoor scene that requires a kite but the stage is inside. They are also used to do stunts and tricks such as the kite we hope to design.
Q: Are indoor kites as cool as they sound?
A: No. They are actually cooler!!! Most people assume flying kites goes with heavy winds but this is not always the case. With indoor kites you can fly a kite in any amount of wind outside or inside! We hope that you can find our indoor kite easy to fly inside and do some awesome tricks!
Q: What is the purpose of this blog?
A: This blog is a place for the followers of our project to check on our progress. Updated at least once a week this is an easy place to get any information you might want. This blog is also a great way for us to document our journey through the engineering design process in a secure place that can only be modified by people involved in the project.
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