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- The Keys to Building a Paper Airplane [84]
We have talked about the forces that act upon an airplane to make it fly, so now we need to go through how to build the best paper airplane that can take advantage of all of these factors. To start, here are so... (read more)
- What Makes Paper Airplanes Fly? [82]
AerodynamicsWhat makes a paper airplane fly? Air — the stuff that's all around you. Hold your hand in front of your body with your palm facing sideways so that your thumb is on top and your pinkie is facing the... (read more)
- Kahului, Hawaii - Paper Airplane Museum [77]
This museum bills itself as the "First Aviation Museum on Maui" and the "World's Only Known Paper Airplane Museum". It holds a collection of over 2,000 cardboard airplane models and kits as well as photos relat... (read more)
- History of Paper Boats (Part 1 of 2) [75]
Over a hundred years ago a prosperous industry emerged in Troy, New York in the manufacture of rowing boats and canoes from paper. These ranged from simple single-person rowing shells to a 45 foot "pleasure bar... (read more)
- A paper plane ready to glide
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A paper airplane falls down due to gravity and glides forward through the air at the same time. We'll measure the glide ratio the ratio of the distance glided to the distance fallen.
Material
A paper airp... (read more)
- Make a Simple Wind Tunnel [73]
The following information is provided courtesy of the "Take Off!" project at the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications. The text and images were adapted for the web from the FAA publicati... (read more)
- Paper Airplane Science [73]
Most elementary students do not have a good grasp of the scientific method or how to set-up an experiment, collect data, test a hypothesis, or organize the information after an experiment. Children can do real ... (read more)
- Make Paper Airplane Tips [70]
Would you like to design and make paper airplane yourself ? Here are some essential and useful tips about designing and making your own paper airplane.
Tips for Straight and Stable Flight
1. Design the pape... (read more)
- Why Airplanes Crash? [69]
In addition to understanding the forces that affect flight, it is helpful to know some of the properties good airplanes share. Most important is the property we call STABILITY, which helps an airplane return to... (read more)
- Designing your own Paper Airplanes [69]
The best way to begin designing your own airplanes is to modify my designs. Try adding wing tip fins to an existing design by bending the outermost half inch of the wing up or down. Or make your plane is fusela... (read more)
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