Paper Airplanes Project Design Plan: * I want to know what type of paper airplane model will fly the farthest. I believe airplane design is very important when trying to see how far a paper airplane will fly. The different shape and narrowness or width as well as weight distribution are all factors in flight distance. So if I have a narrow paper airplane‚ a very wide one‚ and one in between‚ which on will fly the farthest? * The relevance of this experiment is similar to understanding
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stable with streamed line airflow at any height * The base knife sharp to create a stream lined flow on the water table * Proper calculations for motor power to support the throttle required for takeoff and airflow around the hydrofoil Why are you interested in the project? What are the key questions the project attempts to answer? What Research Methods do you intend to use? * Internet Browsing: Forums‚ youtube‚ RC websites and various pages on hovercraft and wing design
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Introduction The Internet Is The Greatest Invention of Mankind There are two sides to every story‚ and in this case‚ two sides to every argument. The above statement poses such questions as: if the Internet is not the best invention of mankind‚ what is? And‚ what would life be like without computers and the Internet? I hope to answer these questions and form a fact-based opinion on whether I think that the Internet truly is the greatest invention of mankind. One of the obvious benefits of the Internet
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Air plane I. High Speed: Air transport is the fastest mode of transport and therefore suitable carriage of goods over a long distance requiring less time. There is no substitute for air transport when the transport of goods is required urgently. II. Quick Service: Air transport provides comfortable‚ efficient and quick transport service. It is regarded as best mode of transport for transporting perishable goods. III. No Infrastructure Investment: Air transport does not give emphasis on construction
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I had a great desire to fly in an aeroplane. It was a sort of obsession‚ with me since childhood. Whenever I heard the droning of an aeroplane. I looked round to see where it was. How I wished to be in it flying over the world like a kite! When I grew up‚ I persuaded3 my father to take me to the aerodrome. The inside view of the plane was breath taking. Such a huge structure with rows of seats! I could not imagine how this aeroplane could fly up and beyond the clouds‚ sometimes‚ at a height of
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half a mile. 1903 First sustained flight with a powered‚ controlled airplane Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton‚ Ohio‚ complete the first four sustained flights with a powered‚ controlled airplane at Kill Devil Hills‚ 4 miles south of Kitty Hawk‚ North Carolina. On their best flight of the day‚ Wilbur covers 852 feet over the ground in 59 seconds. In 1905 they introduce the Flyer‚ the world’s first practical airplane. 1904 Concept of a fixed "boundary layer" described in paper by Ludwig
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have built a solar aircraft which promises a new generation of flight without burning an ounce of fuel. The plane is called Solar Impulse and is powered entirely by the sun [1]. The Solar Impulse is not the only solar airplane ever designed‚ but it certainly is the most ambitious. None of its predecessors has ever managed to fly right through the night with a pilot on board. With the wingspan of a jumbo jet and a scooter-sized engine‚ the Solar Impulse is one of a kind
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History of civil aviation does not exceed a hundred years. Therefore‚ the understanding of aviation safety as well as the cause of the airplane accidents remains limited. Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 has defined an airplane accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft‚ which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked‚ where a person is fatally or seriously
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9.11.01: The Skyscraper and the Airplane: questions 1 & 3 10/08/13 1. Goodhearts approach was to make an analogy of skyscrapers and airplanes. He gives you the background on both and how they started. He starts by giving you this terrible vision that reminds you of 9/11 and then talks about each item that was involved. I was slightly confused on his way of writing because I am still not sure of his point to this essay. 3. "To be modern‚ " he wrote"‚ "is to find ourselves in an environment
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SCIENTIFIC INVENTION ASSEMBLY LINE: Primitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ran some Eli Olds (1864-1950)‚ an early car-maker (he manufactured the Oldsmobile‚ the first commercially successful American car). Henry Ford (1863-1947) used the first conveyor belt-based assembly-line in his car factory in 1913-14 in Ford’s Highland Park‚ Michigan plant. This type of production greatly reduced the amount of time taken to put each car together (93 minutes for a Model T) from its
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