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Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Flight - Aerodynamics

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



Paper with fold down middle, drop



Paper with fold and 1 paper clip, drop



Fold, 2 clips, rudder, drop



Fold, 2 clips, rudder throw




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