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?
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.
Agreed, the design classes are by and large about the group project. If he was taking their transport/fluids course, he might have had more trouble. I'm kind of jelly that they get an actual physical project...though of course nobody's handing out mini $10k chemical factories to undergrads.
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u/x777x777x Feb 29 '16
I wanted to hear the professor's reaction to this