The creation of the paper plane isn’t exactly credited to any one specific person. There are many theories of when, where, and who created them. One theory is that the very first flying device that was created originated from China about 2000 years ago. In the 1700’s two brothers used paper to create the first balloon which then lead to the creation of the early hot air balloon. Even though those newly created flying contraptions were all made with paper, none of them were airplanes. In the 1920’s Jack Northrop used paper airplanes to develop his ideas of a winged air plane that later led to the creation of a large bomber airplane. Although Jack is credited for the first paper plane, some say that the Wright Brothers were the first to the
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Out of all the designs I chose to make three different planes. After practicing flying the planes I chose to only fly one of the planes, the interceptor, during the flight trials. The interceptor is classified as an HTA, or heavier-than-air craft. The whole class was preparing for the events hang time, accuracy, and distance. During the actual competition my plane didn’t perform as well as I hoped but it was also not as intricate as some of the other competitors planes. My plane did well in the accuracy category because it was designed to glide in the air in one stable direction with good accuracy. In the accuracy trail my plane proceeded to stay true to it’s design allowing me to throw it directly through the hoop, placing me first along with B. Culp. The next event was distance which I thought I did fairly decent in. I believe this because my plane had a good flight path and stayed in the air for longer than I expected it too. I places 3rd in the group with a distance of 6.85 meters. Some of the other competitors used a plane that was very narrow and that helped it to cut through the air faster and longer. This in return cut down on the air resistance and allowed the planes to travel farther. The last event was hang time, where my placement was a disappointment for me. This was a disappointment because of the fact that I prided myself on building, What I thought, was a
Out of all the designs I chose to make three different planes. After practicing flying the planes I chose to only fly one of the planes, the interceptor, during the flight trials. The interceptor is classified as an HTA, or heavier-than-air craft. The whole class was preparing for the events hang time, accuracy, and distance. During the actual competition my plane didn’t perform as well as I hoped but it was also not as intricate as some of the other competitors planes. My plane did well in the accuracy category because it was designed to glide in the air in one stable direction with good accuracy. In the accuracy trail my plane proceeded to stay true to it’s design allowing me to throw it directly through the hoop, placing me first along with B. Culp. The next event was distance which I thought I did fairly decent in. I believe this because my plane had a good flight path and stayed in the air for longer than I expected it too. I places 3rd in the group with a distance of 6.85 meters. Some of the other competitors used a plane that was very narrow and that helped it to cut through the air faster and longer. This in return cut down on the air resistance and allowed the planes to travel farther. The last event was hang time, where my placement was a disappointment for me. This was a disappointment because of the fact that I prided myself on building, What I thought, was a