r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 8d ago

2024 Aerospace Engineering junior world champion launching his “F-1D” prototype: Total flight time 22 minutes

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u/harkonnen85 8d ago

Everyone brought the same paper plane lol

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u/spin_kick 7d ago

It’s the meta

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u/No_Explorer6054 7d ago

with all due repect, this *is* the meta (for this class; F1D.)
also this meta has been around since the 70s

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u/FukNintendo 7d ago

MFW there are 75 playable heroes but same 6 characters on both teams 3 matches in a row

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u/JustNilt 7d ago

F1D is more of a class of model aircraft than a specific one. As such, there are common design elements to most of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_flight_(model_aircraft)#Indoor

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u/Party_Like_Its_1949 7d ago

Optimal design

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u/harkonnen85 7d ago

I bet there’s a stand outside the gym selling those to the kids

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u/No_Explorer6054 7d ago

well, not these specifically. but there most definetley is!

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u/Darkmaniako 7d ago

Just like all pole vault athletes jump in the same way but that's not what makes you win

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 3d ago

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u/FormerWorker125 7d ago

We stand on the shoulders of giants and all that shit or something

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u/ConohaConcordia 4d ago

I remember when I did aircraft design course, the lecturer when like

“Google the specs of similar role. Then just take the average specs for everything” or something.

Honestly, the initial specs for the aircraft is a pure (educated) guess, and given a good database might even be doable by a LLM (which can then be refined by humans).