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The Perfect Paper Airplane

We are going to uncover the secrets of paper planes, lift, gravity and everything else that is fundamental to the perfect paper plane, we will also try to create a paper plane that will be displayed along with instructions on how to make it

Hudson Belenkie Joseph Doepker

Grade 6

Presentation

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Problem

If you have ever made a paper air plane then you probably know how hard it is to make a good one. Simply put our problem is our planes arent flying far enough.

Method

we are thinking critically about the things that make paper planes fly straight, far, and predictably. we are also making many different paper plane designs and testing them.

Research

we researched the forces that make paper planes succeed and fail including lift, drag and gravity.

SOURCES

Google Youtube The Paper Airplane Guy

@ThePaperAirplaneGuy•82.7K subscribers

... that shows you how to make the plane: "The World Record Paper Airplane”. Available on my website, The Paper Airplane Guy.

Data

The flight of a paper airplane is influenced by dihedral angle, gravity, drag, and lift. wings with upward tilt will give good stability, while gravity pulls the plane down. A well-balanced lift to gravity ratio ensures a smooth glide. Drag slows the plane, but a max lock fold reduces it for better efficiency. Lift, generated by air pressure on the wings, can be increased by slightly bending the wing tips upward. Fun Fact: A perfect balance of these forces would allow a plane to fly straight until it loses speed and stalls. this is a summary of the research we have done.

Conclusion

our conclusion is that it is almost impossible to create a perfect paper plane without extensive knowledge of physics and origami, we did not succeed in making a perfect plane but we learned a lot about physics and discovered many amazing paper airplane designs