Flight - Ariodynamics

Aim: To look at the 4 main forces of flying and how these can be overcome.

Hypothesis: I think that.......

Method: Working in pairs you are going to make a paper wing and experiment with it.

1. Make a paper wing out of A4 paper 
2. On the field you will need to record and observe how 5 different changes affect the way it flies.

Plane type	How does it behave?	Time ( secs)
Paper sheet, drop	It drops to the ground	2.15
Paper with fold down middle, drop	It turns before falling to the ground	1.59
Paper with fold and 1 paper clip, drop	Went down nose first.	2.00
Fold, 2 clips, rudder, drop	Glided then went nose first to the ground.	1.99
Fold, 2 clips, rudder throw	Glided then landed slowly.	2.18

Findings:
Without the fold in the paper went down slowly. With the fold it went down but not faster. With the clip it made it front heavy. With the 2 clips the plane stayed balance.  It glided and but it was a bit fast. The rubber throw made the plane fly better. It glided and landed nicely.




Conclusion:
To make the plane fly better is to push it. Then to make it heavy so it would land nicely. Over all the plane was really good.

Flight - Build a plane

 Brainstorm: What are the forces acting on an aircraft?

1.   Drag
2.   Lift
3.   Gravity / Weight
4.  Thrusr

How can we overcome some of these forces?

Force	Their effect on a plane	How to overcome them?
Gravity / Weight	Make the plane go down.	Making things light.
Drag	Slow it down.	Streamline.
Lift	Make it go up.	Making thing light.
Thrust	Go forward.	Powerful engine.