The Great Debate: Style vs. Distance
If ‘Flugtag’ is German for ‘flying day’, you’d think that this competition was all about getting the most flight distance, right? Well…no. Red Bull wants to put on an entertaining show first and foremost, which means that they want a variety of flying machines in the competition.
When we met the other B.C. Flugtag teams a couple of weeks ago at a Red Bull sponsored meet-and-greet and saw that out of 20 proposals, approximately 15 were plane-like aircraft, while 5 were ‘funny objects’, we were enlighted. Since a giant piece of sushi probably wouldn’t get much distance, Team Sushi Gone Wild has concluded that we are in the show for the entertainment value.
That didn’t stop our team from heavily debating whether or not we should try hard for distance. The idea of a giant foam wing was floated but defeated because it would’ve been such a departure from the original theme.
So, The Wild Sushi will fly as far as a giant sushi can go – but mostly, it will fly in style.