Paper Plane Sciance

4 forces.
Thrust
Lift
Drag
Gravity

Making a paper plane

Q. What are the forces acting on a paper plane?

There are 4 forces acting on a paper plane.



Thrust pushes the plane forward
Lift pushes the plane up.
Gravity (or Weight) pulls the plane down.
Drag pushes the plane backwards.

Challenge:  To find a paper plane that beats the rest of the class.

Aim: I want to find a paper plane design that can fly the furthest and beat the rest of my class.

World Record for Longest Flight

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

How can you change the forces from above to make the airplane go further?

• Need to increase the thrust - to do this, i will throw harder.
• Reduced drag 
• Change air flow - add ailerons

1. Write up the experiment using the Scientific method
2. Record your findings on the chart
3. Take a photo of all your planes and upload them onto your blog
4. Graph the results in a bar graph.

Plane	Distance
Glider
Jet	6.9m
Cruiser
Round wing