Aerodynamics Flight - Science

FLIGHT

Aim: To learn about flight and Aerodynamics. 

• In your groups of 3 you will make a paper plane and measure its distance and behaviour.
• In groups of 3 you will make a water rocket and record its distance and behaviour. 

Definition:
The study of the properties of moving air and the interaction between the air and solid bodies moving through it.   


4 forces of flight:

1.  Gravity
2.  Thrust
3.  Lift  
4.  Drag 

Paper Plane:

Material:

1. Paper
2. Large amount of space


Steps:

1. Fold the paper in half / portrait way
2. Create triangle shapes up the top that lines up with the line down the middle.
3. Then do the rest like the normal paper plane and your finished. 

Plane Type	Distance	Behaviour
Normal	4m	Curved to the side
Ailerons	4.2m	It used gravity and pulled to the ground at the end.
Rudder	2.8m	It dropped as soon as Keyana threw it.

Conclusion:
Today one of our experiments were involved paper planes. What we did was to create a paper plane then use different strategies each time we measured how far the plane goes. Once I threw the paper plane with the paper clip on it, I knew straight away that it was going to fall straight to the ground because the paper clip adds more weight onto the paper.

Here are the two strategies we used for our paper plane:
We cut out Ailerons for the wings
We used a paper clip to give the plane more weight.