Mass Of A Paper Airplane

Science projection

Paper Airplanes

Blazon

Aeronautics

Grade

2^nd – 4^thursday grade

Difficulty of Project

Medium

Cost

Less than $5.00

Prophylactic Issues

None

Textile Availability

Readily available

Approximate Time Required to Consummate the Project

I to two hours to make the paper airplanes and collect the information; one day to prepare the science fair brandish.

To understand forces that crusade paper airplanes to wing and determine which type of paper airplane flies the farthest.

Directions for making paper airplanes
Paper
Record
Masking record
Measuring tape
Reckoner

Four forces are at work to make an airplane fly: weight, lift, thrust, and drag. Weight pulls the aeroplane downward. Lift pulls the airplane upwardly. Thrust moves the airplane forward. Drag pulls the airplane dorsum. The same concepts that allow a commercial airplane to fly, crusade a newspaper plane to wing.

In this investigation, weight, lift, thrust, and drag are considered in an attempt to determine which newspaper aeroplane flies the farthest.

Terms

weight: gravitational force; the force that causes an aircraft to go downwardly

lift: the force that causes an aircraft to elevator

thrust: the strength that causes an aircraft to motility forward

drag: the force that causes an aircraft to pull back

Concepts

Weight, lift, thrust, and drag affect the flight of airplanes as well as newspaper airplanes.

Inquiry Questions

What makes newspaper airplanes fly?
Does irresolute the mode a paper airplane is folded, have an bear upon on the distance it flies?

Locate directions for making three different types of newspaper airplanes. Some suggested resources are provided in the bibliography.
Gather the necessary materials.
Fold the three different paper airplanes according to the directions?
Determine an indoor location such as a gymnasium or auditorium to wing the planes. Flying the planes inside will keep the wind from being a factor.
Use masking tape to marking a starting signal on the flooring.
Throw each plane four times. Measure the distance each plane flew and record the distances. Use a estimator to add the distances each aeroplane flew and carve up by 4 to find the average distance.

Books

Blackburn, Ken and Jeff Lammers. The World Tape Newspaper Airplane Book. New York: Workman Publishing, 1994.

Manufactures

"Alex's Paper Airplanes" at www.paperairplanes.co.uk

"Larn How to Make 10 Dandy Newspaper Airplane Designs with Costless, Easy-to-Follow Blithe Instructions!" at www.10paperairplanes.com

"The Science of Flight" at www.yesmag.ca/focus/flight/flight_science.html

Websites

"Flying" at pbskids.org

"The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age" at Smithsonian National Air and Infinite Museum website at www.nasm.si.edu/wrightbrothers

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