Electric Propulsion Innovation Challenge STEM Challenge Pushes Students to Compete in Electric Flight
The Saint Louis Science Center and its partner, the nonprofit Lindbergh Foundation, capped a STEM-focused challenge for young students to compete for glide performance. The Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) students can attempt the annual challenge to design, create, and fly a fully electric aircraft, with their final awards granted based on how far their design can glide. Local St. Louis area students from the YES program came out to compete in late July, before competing in a public fly-off with their designs on August 3rd. The kids were awarded a whole roster of awards for specific achievements, giving everyone a little somet