Glider Design! This is an Educational Game Mactivity's CD-ROM nr 10 advice: This application did run on a b/w 68030 processor under System 7.1. It was also tested on a big ColorScreen of a PowerMacintosh running System 7.1.2. The game was also tested on a Quadra with 68040 processor and a 13 inch Color Screen and System 7.1 by Mactivity. This program is being distributed just for your enjoyment. Docs are not written yet, so don't ask for them (but you can ask for advice). This program is a Computer Aided Design program which allows you to design balsa wood gliders, then prints plans up for them. When the program starts up, it looks for a file called DEFAULT DATA in the same folder as the program. This file contains information about the balsa wood to be used to build the gliders. There is an option under the File menu to create new DATA files. I highly recomend that a new DATA file is created when ever you buy new wood. You can purchase wood at almost any hobby shop. I recomend you buy 1/8" X 4" X 48" sheets of balsa wood for the wings and 3/16" X 1/2" X 48" sticks of spruce for the fuselage -- but you can get what ever is avialable. Notice that Glider Design! works in centimeters only! Future upgrades will make the units switchable, but no dice for now. The program will not let you do some "stupid" things in you design of the glider. If you want to do something in the design, and the program won't let you, it is probably because what you want to do is stupid. Once you have finished with a design, select Compute Forces from the Calculate menu. This will tell you if your glider will fly or not, and if not, then why not and how to fix it. Back to the Computer Games Index