Purpose: To be used as a training aid and research aircraft that will be built, maintained, operated, and owned by BAV members. It will be used for hands on training in: emergency maneuvers, aircraft systems, research instrumentation, fuels testing, aerodynamics, and any other roll found suitable for the aircraft.
Cost: Approximately $120,000
Uses: Fuels testing, Engine Performance testing and monitoring, aerodynamic studies, aircraft systems familiarization, in flight emergency situation training, ethanol fuels promotion, sponsor advertising, student usage, air show static or flight presentation, and a wide range of other uses.
Sponsorship:We are selling space on the aircraft for company logos in order to raise the funds to build the aircraft. Space on the wings and fuselage are reserved for the primary sponsor, while space on the empennage and cowling area will be available for other sponsors’ logos. We will also have a list of sponsors and donors that will be placed on a display that will accompany the aircraft while on static display at air shows, competitions, alternative fuels conferences, and other public events.
If you are interested in making a donation or sponsoring this program please contact:
Andrew Sugg, President, Baylor Aviation Organization
Phone: 682-553-2034
E-mail: Andrew_Sugg@Baylor.edu
Or
James Flynn, Staff sponsor, Baylor Aviation Organization
Phone: 254-710-3563
E-mail: James_Flynn@Baylor.edu
Baylor Institute for Air Science and Baylor Aviation Organization
Training pilots above and beyond World Class.
Baylor Student Researcher Aircraft Sponsorship Prices
All companies that sponsor the build will guarantee their name on the aircraft or display for three years after the build of the aircraft and on the display while the aircraft is built.
Company Decal on Aircraft
1.5X4 decal on empennage or cowling - $2000-$3999.99
2X6 decal on empennage or cowling - $4000-$5999.99
4X12 decal on Empennage or cowling - $6000-$7999.99
Larger than 4X12 decal on empennage or cowling -$8000.00
*Sponsorship includes same size decal on the display that will accompany the aircraft to public and private events. Prices for companies donating equipment or parts for the aircraft will be reduced to compensate for cost of equipment or parts.
Company Logo on Display
Company name listed on display - $599.99 or less
2X3 Logo - $600.00 - $799.99
3X6 Logo - $800.00 - $999.99
4X12 Logo - $1000.00
Primary Sponsor
The company who sponsors more than half the cost of the aircraft (total cost approx. $120,000) will have their company logo placed on the wings and fuselage of the aircraft. They will also be contacted when the aircraft is in the painting stage to discuss the paint scheme of the aircraft and how they want their company logo displayed.
Primary Sponsor – Company that sponsors the most money, equipment, or parts to the build totaling over $60,000.00
Please contact Andrew Sugg or James Flynn for more information.
Please make checks payable to Baylor Aviation Organization
Andrew Sugg
(682)553-2034
Baylor Aviation Organization Founder and President
Baylor Aviation Sciences Class of 2009
or
James Flynn
(254)710-3563
Baylor Aviation Organization Faculty Advisor
Baylor Institute for Air Science Research Associate
Donation Sponsor Request Letter
To Whom It May Concern:
First, thank you for taking the time to read this. I am currently coordinating with the Baylor Institute for Air Science and Baylor Aviation Organization (BAV) to build an aircraft that the students of our degree program can fly and maintain. I believe that this would help with the knowledge of aircraft systems for our students, increase the world’s knowledge on alternative fuels, promote our degree program, our research, and you, our sponsor.
Our vision is to have our current students participate in building a Van’s RV-8 homebuilt aircraft. By building this aircraft students will have a better understanding for the overall systems and complexity of modern aircraft. After the completion of the build the students will have the responsibility of maintaining the aircraft in a flight ready status, ensuring that future students will also gain a better understanding of aircraft systems. With many of our students graduating into government and airline careers, a well conditioned knowledge of aircraft systems and operations will help them to understand the aircraft that they will be flying during their careers in aviation.
Many of today’s homebuilt aircraft have come from Van’s Aircraft Inc. With such a large market using such an aircraft to promote alternative fuels is an all around good idea. By using a main stream power plant, such as the Lycoming IO-360, we plan on obtaining the STC for this engine to be converted to ethanol and make it readily available to all aircraft owners. With our department having over 20 years of experience on researching and flying on ethanol, we have a very sound and respectable knowledge on its effects on the engine. Ethanol is a cleaner burning fuel which causes the engine to run at lower temperatures, higher horse power out puts, and extended engine life by two to three times that of an engine running on 100LL. These along with the engine not using lead in its fuel increase the aircrafts environmental friendliness and life span.
Imagine this aircraft flying in a small local air show all the way up to Air Venture at Oshkosh or even the Paris Air Show. This would put out our name along with yours. By sponsoring our build and later helping us with the cost of operation we will include your name on our aircraft and booth. We will be taking this aircraft to as many air shows as our students can take it too. Fellow aviators and aviation enthusiast will see your name on the side of this aircraft and acknowledge your support for aviation research and college students.
I can not tell you the excitement that our students have in anticipation to build this aircraft. We have shared many ideas and have come up with several ways that we can use this aircraft for school, advertisement, research, training, and personal usage. Your name will travel ever where this aircraft goes. People will look at this aircraft while it sits as a static display at several air shows, they will be amazed by its performance when it flies, and gaze at it when it is taken on cross countries. The entire time they will see your name on the side of the aircraft. By sponsoring this project your money will go to work for you for several years.
Thank you for your time
Andrew Sugg
Baylor Aviation Sciences C/O 2008
Baylor Aviation Organization (Founder and President)
682-553-2034
or
James Flynn
(254)710-3563
Baylor Aviation Organization Faculty Advisor
Baylor Institute for Air Science Research Associate
Proposed Aircraft Capabilities
We plan on using this aircraft as much as possible. Many of the courses we take for our degree lack a good hands-on approach due to insurance reasons. We are not able to perform flight testing in our department’s aircraft until we have received several hours of flight training and have successfully obtained our commercial rating. This aircraft would allow low time students enrolled in courses to have more hands-on experience, and give them a chance to build up more hours.
The following is a list of usages that the students and faculty have discussed and found practical.
Here is a brief description of the courses mentioned above.
AVS 4330 Aviation Fuels – General overview of fuels, combustion processes including energy release and maximum flame temperature calculations, fuels specific to aviation-sources, properties, manufacture, and distribution. Alternative fuels for aviation-sources, properties, manufacture, distribution, pollution and other ecological issues, and safety issues. For graduate credit, students will be assigned a project.
AVS 4340 Flight Performance Test – Exploration of the theoretical and practical performance of aircraft including methods and techniques needed to determine airspeed calibration, climb and descent performance, level flight performance, takeoff and landing distance determinations, turning performance and energy performance. Practical flight tests will be conducted using different aircraft and aviation fuels.
AVS 4315 Advanced Aerodynamics – Dynamics and thermodynamics, fluid flow, airfoil and wing theory, theory of flight including lift thrust and drag, velocity, stability, and control. Advanced principles of performance and maneuvers
AVS 4360 Aviation Systems and Safety – Overview of current aircraft systems with emphasis on safety and use of each system. In addition, an examination of the fundamentals of measurement of safety, agencies involved, and effects of technology and human error.
AIRP 2333 Aircraft Systems – Overview of modern piston engine systems. Students will be introduced to the electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems used in modern general aviation aircraft.
AIRP 2355 Propulsion Systems – Overview of how the modern piston aircraft engine operates. Student will learn the different components that make up the engine and how they operate.
These are just a few of the many things we can use this aircraft for. With your donation or sponsorship we will be able to build this beautiful aircraft and provide our students with a higher degree of understanding for what they have been taught in the class room.
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