Teacher: Mrs.Estep Class: Honors Physical Science Period: 4th By: Ethan Haas
Airplane Experimentation
Introduction: I am doing my project and research on how far you can get an airplane to go. There are many possible ways to improve the airplane's flight length. In the next paragraphs or topics, I will be discussing how there are multiple ways to improve the flight length. We want the planes to fly as far as they can.
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How does adding paper clips to a paper airplane affect its flight? Also whether the distance of a paper plane flies is affected by increasing how much drag it experiences.
Experiment of this problem: The experiment that I have done to test these problems was making 3 types of the same airplane. These airplanes are not made perfectly the same. One airplane is not messed with, the other two are. Will call the original airplane, plane #1. Will call the airplanes with paper clips, plane #2. Last airplane with different thrusters will be called plane #3. I found changing the thrusters substantially affects the flight. When a paper plane is flying, the four forces of thrust, lift, drag, and weight are acting upon the plane thus affecting how well its journey through the air goes.
Variables controlled: The independent and dependent variables both vary greatly from one another. On the other hand, the controlled variables in all three airplanes remained the same. The controlled variables would have been:
The distance
Airplane Experimentation
Introduction: I am doing my project and research on how far you can get an airplane to go. There are many possible ways to improve the airplane's flight length. In the next paragraphs or topics, I will be discussing how there are multiple ways to improve the flight length. We want the planes to fly as far as they can.
Problem: …show more content…
How does adding paper clips to a paper airplane affect its flight? Also whether the distance of a paper plane flies is affected by increasing how much drag it experiences.
Experiment of this problem: The experiment that I have done to test these problems was making 3 types of the same airplane. These airplanes are not made perfectly the same. One airplane is not messed with, the other two are. Will call the original airplane, plane #1. Will call the airplanes with paper clips, plane #2. Last airplane with different thrusters will be called plane #3. I found changing the thrusters substantially affects the flight. When a paper plane is flying, the four forces of thrust, lift, drag, and weight are acting upon the plane thus affecting how well its journey through the air goes.
Variables controlled: The independent and dependent variables both vary greatly from one another. On the other hand, the controlled variables in all three airplanes remained the same. The controlled variables would have been:
The distance