Brainstorm

There are things I want to basically hypothesise

-That paper airplanes with a greater wingspan will fly for a longer distance

-That paper airplanes with a shorter wingspan will fly for longer but a shorter distance

-That paper airplanes with a weight (standard paper clip) at the nose will fly better (longer further)

-That paper airplanes made of heavier materials will fly a shorter distance.

-Higher elevation will result in further flight

The thing with my secong hypothesis is that if the plane with the short wingspan were to fly longer - its is because it was thrown directly upwards but gliding would be directly forward. the variation in throwing styles is a annoying changing thing.

Time aloft for a paper airplane can be optimized by either throwing a paper airplane with a short wing span real high, and having it glide downward fairly quickly

excerpt from :http://paperplane.org/paero.htm

I do not have the fine details of the experiment down, but here is the basic brain storm:

- airplanes can apparently fly quite a distance, so I think I will book the school hall and do flight experiments there

-Will use the stairs for different elevation

- Borrow the tape measure from p.e staff for this experiment, friends will help measure the distance

-Record results in a table like this:

-ok tried to paste a picture but blogging made it all weird

Flight of a Paper Airplane With an Added Weight
Plane
Wingspan (cm)
Distance Travelled (m)
Time (s)

-different materials will consist of paper, thin paper (think I'll find some in an art shop) and thicker paper (art shop again)

- Will use 30 people at least to throw the planes to hopefully narrow down the chance of someone being supergood with throwing one type of plane and crap at throwing another

sure I've left something out but hopefully I'll remember it in my next post

Over and out

EmmaBaylissChan