Ubt1 Task 1
Measurement of the distance a paper airplane will fly in a controlled environment
UBT1 Task 2
Western Governors University
Introduction:
This report describes an experiment to show what types of paper airplanes will fly the furthest while meeting certain controlled variables. While the general term of flight refers to all aircraft, the experiment does not deal with powered aircraft. Due to this, paper airplanes should be looked at more like a glider or sailplane.(Aerodynamics of flight, n.d.)
Considering that the design, and airframe of each aircraft will be different, this experiment specifically looks at the horizontal velocity as dictated by Bernoulli’s principle in relation to lift, and the principle of glide in relation to the aircraft. …show more content…
Nose Heavy did however, have the longest duration of flight. “Double Wing” for example did not fly very far but seemed to float down to the ground keeping the duration of the flight longer than it otherwise would have been; whereas the flight pattern of “Nose Heavy” did a loop after take-off, glide to a stall, lose altitude and gain horizontal velocity and repeated the process of stall to horizontal velocity gain until it stopped on the floor.
Conclusion:
There was not a strong correlation between the distance and the duration of the flight for most of the aircraft. The difference in air frame architecture can account for some of the differences in flight duration and distance. The difference in flight between the double wing and nose heavy aircraft is a great example where two wildly different styles of architecture, can make a difference in the duration and distance of the flight; considering there is no airflow to affect the flight pattern.
Some of the aircraft took impacts with the ground better than others. The ones which did not seem
UBT1 Task 2
Western Governors University
Introduction:
This report describes an experiment to show what types of paper airplanes will fly the furthest while meeting certain controlled variables. While the general term of flight refers to all aircraft, the experiment does not deal with powered aircraft. Due to this, paper airplanes should be looked at more like a glider or sailplane.(Aerodynamics of flight, n.d.)
Considering that the design, and airframe of each aircraft will be different, this experiment specifically looks at the horizontal velocity as dictated by Bernoulli’s principle in relation to lift, and the principle of glide in relation to the aircraft. …show more content…
Nose Heavy did however, have the longest duration of flight. “Double Wing” for example did not fly very far but seemed to float down to the ground keeping the duration of the flight longer than it otherwise would have been; whereas the flight pattern of “Nose Heavy” did a loop after take-off, glide to a stall, lose altitude and gain horizontal velocity and repeated the process of stall to horizontal velocity gain until it stopped on the floor.
Conclusion:
There was not a strong correlation between the distance and the duration of the flight for most of the aircraft. The difference in air frame architecture can account for some of the differences in flight duration and distance. The difference in flight between the double wing and nose heavy aircraft is a great example where two wildly different styles of architecture, can make a difference in the duration and distance of the flight; considering there is no airflow to affect the flight pattern.
Some of the aircraft took impacts with the ground better than others. The ones which did not seem