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Take off!
Paper Aeroplanes
Research
Investigate
Design
Make
Evaluate
What is involved in design and making a
Take off! Paper aeroplane?
Materials and resources● A4 paper
● A4 light weight paper
● Pencil
● Glue stick
● Ruler
● Scissors
● Paper clips
● Sticky tape
● Bluetack
Making techniques Folding paper
Creasing paper
Cutting paper
Paper aeroplane 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veyZNyurlwU
Paper aeroplane 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbFlFKUt8Y
Activity One - Investigation
Follow the video guides to help you make paper aeroplane 1 and paper airplane 2.
At this stage, I’d suggest using plain paper for theses models and pay particular attention to neatly flattening the fold lines down.
Investigation activities
Try flying the aeroplanes - How long do they fly for, do they fly straight, do they nose dive or do they fly upwards and then stall?
Consider the following modifications;
Trim any excess paper from folds or flaps
Glue folds or joins using the Pritt stick glue
If the paper airplane flies upwards or downwards weight may need to be added to the front or rear. Paper clips or a small amount of Bluetack can be used.
Year 7 Design and Technology - Take off!
Activity One - Adapt, modify or even remake, with refinements, each aeroplane.
Repeat the testing of each aeroplane and record the results for the modified plane.
You are able to apply any modification or refinement you wish to consider. Add weight, reduce weight, make from light card, glue joins together,
bias weight towards the front/back………………………….
● Duration of flight
● Straightness of flight
Present your findings with photographs and any additional observations you may have.
Activity Two
Produce a report to show the performance of your
initial aeroplanes 1 and airplane 2.
Add to the report the effect of the modifications you
have made.
Conclusions - Suggest why the original and modified
aeroplanes performed the way they have.
Flight investigation report
Thought for improvements
To make any of the planes fly better and longer you need to make the centre of lift and the centre of gravity at the same location
(if not already). This makes the plane stable.
You can do this by using blue tack or paper clips to adjust the weight and the centre of mass. Keep testing until there is
performance enhancements. If done accurately it will fly better. Another thing which can be changed. Instead of having the wings
at a 90 degree angle to the fuselage bend them up a bit to an approximate 120 degree angle. Make sure both wings are at same
or very similar angles. This will make it so the lif is no going directly up but at an angle towards the centre giving the plane more
stability in flight.
Plane Original Time Modified Time Original Straightness Modified
Straightness
1 6.40 seconds 7.01 seconds Not very straight
In flight
Pretty straight
In flight
2 9.73 seconds 11.27 seconds Pretty perfect straightness
In flight
Perfectly straight
In flight
3 1.64 seconds 1.73 seconds Very bent flight Still pretty bent flight
4 7.17 seconds 7.91 seconds Pretty straight flight Near perfect straightness in
flight
5 9.15 seconds 10.07 seconds Very straight in flight Perfectly straight in flight
Effectiveness of improvements
Today I have tested my best airplane and considered the effectiveness of the adaptations and modifications.
Plane Duration of flight Straightness Extra information
My plane 10.42 Very straight The improved plane flew for a great distance.
It is not very clear on the photos but there is a curve in the wing to add stability.
Conclusion and findingsThe reason this plane was better than the other designs is because it had curved wings, curved edges for straightness and a big wingspan to fly longer. This plane has a good shape as well so there is not much drag therefore it can also be thrown harder with more velocity. Weight was not needed to be added for this plane as I folded it with centre of mass and centre of lift in mind.
Design and Technology