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I asked Hiramoto Lab to teach me.

Hiramoto LabHiramoto Lab

Faculty of Science and Engineering,
 Department of Aerospace Engineering

Through structural design and research of aircraft and helicopters, we are cultivating the ability to apply it in the future while experiencing the joy of manufacturing.

What taught me ...

Professor Takashi Hiramoto

At Fuji Heavy Industries, he was involved in aircraft structural design and helicopter design, and was also in charge of tail wing design for the secondary trainer XT-4. He has been in his current position since 2010. My hobby is making plastic models of fighters.

Rio Prince

4th year, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Faculty of Science and Engineering and Engineering (at the time of interview). Belongs to Hiramoto Laboratory where you can learn manufacturing including airplanes. It has been unofficially decided to be a parts manufacturer for cars and airplanes.

Restore the glider that can no longer fly !!Restore the glider that can no longer fly !!

Hiramoto

The glider I received from Nippon Airplane Co., Ltd. is stored in the hangar.
There is no horizontal stabilizer. Designed to restore the horizontal stabilizer a few years ago
There was a student who worked on it, but it was not restored. Then every year
Students who inherit the research of their seniors, that is, the restoration work of the horizontal stabilizer
I was recruiting, but this year, the prince raised his hand.

I've loved airplanes since I was a kid, so I decided to try it.
What kind of skeleton is used while referring to the report left by my seniors?
I'm looking for ways to make it with my seminar friends.

prince

The research report left by my seniors
Proceed with design for reference

A research report for the restoration of the horizontal stabilizer left by my senior seminar. We are proceeding with the design of the horizontal stabilizer with reference to this report. The more you aim for acrobatic flight, the more difficult it is to design.

Hiramoto

The gliders in the hangar are for display, but they can actually "fly" and
I want you to design a glider that can fly acrobatic. On a computer
You can calculate the structure from the skeleton and judge that you can fly if the aircraft does not break.

The hurdle has risen (laughs). Of course not only the design
The goal is to complete it with the horizontal stabilizer attached.
Also, I would like to incorporate a mechanism that actually moves into the horizontal stabilizer. If the tail does not move
The glider cannot fly, and the horizontal stabilizer when steered in the cockpit
I'm excited if I move.

prince

If you compare it to a human, the spine
Carefully manufacture the horizontal stabilizer

The glider on display in the hangar. I am trying to restore the horizontal stabilizer on the vertical stabilizer with the aircraft name "NIPPI B4 T" written on it. The horizontal stabilizer is the spine if compared to humans. Careful design and manufacture is required only for the important parts that support flight.

Hiramoto

I'm with you. Please move it. Through research on the horizontal stabilizer, from planning to design,
I want you to experience the real thrill of practical manufacturing that is consistently performed up to production.
That experience will definitely be useful in the future.

I'm trying to figure out what's right and wrong, but I'd like to find the answer "fly" and make a horizontal stabilizer.

prince