1). The challenge of this projecet was to create a glider out of balsa wood and tissue paper. This glider had to be able to glide as far as possible, and be able to beat other gliders in distance. A simple yet fun challenge.
2). Brainstorming solutions:
- create a glider that is basically a giant sheet of tissue paper, with balsa wood supporting its wings and forming fins for air direction
- a traditional plaen shape, with the wings seperated to the tail fin with a strip of balsa wood
3). The materials we are allowed to use are a piece of tissue paper and several strips of balsa wood. The Criteria of this project is to be able to make a glider that can go a certain amount of distance and be aloft for as long as possible.
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Testing Phase
Unfortuantely, I wasn't here for the testing phase, so I really have no idea what went through my groups minds. Apperently, my group's initial testing turned out pretty well, and the glider was going a decent distance. When I came back on Tuesday, the nose was slightly ripped and David was gluing it back to the balsa wood.
Goals
My goals for this project was to create a glider design that would be able to float further than any other plane that we faced.
The End (of the world) Results
Our glider did amazing! Our group beat the crap out of the other gliders! And the way it flew into that tree...
Yeah, our glider flew into a tree. Great job person who is not Michael and did not launch the plane into a tree! Oh well, I'm pretty confident that our glider could have gone farther if the tree wasn't there, or if we had aimed in a different direction.
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