Merlin's Flying high with 2010 Competition - 'IT FLIES' 2010 RESULTS

Congratulations to all who took part, and especially the 2010 Winners...

First Prize:-

Coventry University's Phillip Keane, who won
£1,000 from Merlin Flight Simulation Group
The Harrier Trophy
A year's complimentary membership of the R.AeS

Second Prize:-

The team from Swansea University, who won
£500 kindly donated by The R.AeS Flight Simulation Group

Third Prize:-

Coventry University's Taavi Anderson, who won
£250 kindly donated by MBDA

Fourth Prize:-

Was tied between Glyndwr and Manchester Universities Who each won £150 kindly donated by The R.AeS Flight Simulation Group

Special Prizes:-

Swansea University won the AOPA prize for the best new aircraft design

Bristol University won the IHS prize for the best technical information, the AAU prize for the most innovative design, and also the prize for the best entry in the Presentation section - kindly donated by Messier Dowty.

Each entry received a copy of John Farley's book 'A View from the Hover'

Bristol University's entry was a Bombardier Global Express XRS with a novel Unidirectional Thrust Vectoring System. The system vectors the whole aft mounted twin engines in tandem to provide control in pitch axis. The horizontal tail of the aircraft is removed, which results in reduced trim drag, skin friction drag and horizontal and the vertical tail interference drag.

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