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Author: Robin Ford

Once a research engineer in an aerospace company and then an engineering academic, I have been retired for over 10 years and have used some of the time to write conventional poetry, and pursue unconventional engineering themes. Sometimes I combine the two.yy
February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Robin Ford

(models) Is there something special about a delta wing for small model gliders?

February 1, 2019February 2, 2019 Robin Ford

(models) Delta gliders out of an aluminium can

February 1, 2019April 2, 2019 Robin Ford

(poem) Casserole Caring

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Robin Ford

(models) A distraction from gliders from a soft drink can.

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Robin Ford

(model-making) Testing the aluminium glider and making some sense of the results

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Robin Ford

(model gliders) A rough video on how to make a glider from a soft drink can

January 12, 2019April 2, 2019 Robin Ford

(poem) We all win!

January 12, 2019April 4, 2019 Robin Ford

(updated poem) Registration desk at the Mirror Nationals and Worlds

January 12, 2019April 4, 2019 Robin Ford

(poem) Updated sonnet ‘Homily for the start of the Mirror Worlds’

January 7, 2019April 4, 2019 Robin Ford

(poems) Registration desk at the Mirror Nationals and Worlds

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