Hey, so since my experimenting is finished, I just thought u guys could see my results. Yeah, it turned out better than I expected. so here it is.

Well, the experimenting is pretty much finish and right now I'm analysing all my results. It's going good and even though I have 5 tests, the other two column graphs keep on stuffing up so for now I guess it's just gonna have to be these three

So obviously I'm testing aerodynamics but with paper planes and I really have learnt quite alot. Apparently the reason why paper planes fly is cos when we shoot the paper planes, the air above the paper plane has to travel faster to catch up to the air below and this causes low air pressure which pushes the paper plane up. Yep, amazing but u'lll get the full details in the report.

Toodles.

Ahh...the beauty of every living and dead....not its not paleontology, its AERODYNAMICS. Ok so I exaggerated but srsly, I thought this experiment was just about shooting paper planes into the air but it's about soooo much more.
So what is aerodynamics, well aerodynamics is a branch of dynamics concerned with studying the motion of air, particularly when it interacts with a moving object. Aerodynamics is a subfield of fluid dynamics and gas dynamics, with much theory shared between them. Yeah...wiki...but its does explain it quite well.......atleast I get it rite????

So the experiment is nearly done and the results are coming out well. I'm trying to make sense of them all right now. The variables are controlled but it's still hard to work out what exactly determines the distance travelled by the paper planes. I'm testing every week for 5 weeks so tomorrow is the last test date before I get to put the results together. Hopefully,

Experiment

The distance travelled by paper planes in relation to plane design and wind speed

Hypothesis: The dart with the help of the highest wind speed will travel the furthest.

Aim: To experiment how far paper planes will travel when differently constructed and flown in different wind speed environments.


Materials:

• sheets of paper



• metal screw-on hooks



• elastic band

Equipment:

• Speed-o-meter



• ruler



• measuring tape

Method:

1. Screw the screw-on hooks into two parralel poles.



2. Connect one side of the elastic band to each of the two hooks.



3. Construct each plane according to the instructions. ( The rapier - www.paperairplanes.co.uk/rapier.php , the dart - www.paperairplanes.co.uk/peteplan.php , the dragon plane - www.paperairplanes.co.uk/dragon.php , the flying fish - www.paperairplanes.co.uk/fish.php


4. Draw a starting line on the ground.


5. Measure the wind speed with the wind speed-o-meter.


6. Insert the paper plane into the elastic bad device and pull it exacting 10 cm back, measuring with the ruler.


7. Let go of the paper aeroplane.


8. Measure the distance covered by the plane with the measuring tape.


9. Repeat the experiment with the same plane twice more.


10. Repeat the experiment with the other paper aeroplanes.


11. Make sure that the wind speed is recorded before every throw.


12. Record the results of the experiment.


13. Undo the screw-on hooks from the poles and pack every up.

Climate graph:

Ok...I'm going to post my whole method and climate graph in about 10 minutes but here's a taste of some of the paper planes.

The rapier -

The dart -

The dragon plane -

I'm posting the other planes and info about these ones with my method and climate graph.

Bye

Paper planes????

Ok....so I know that this is late but I've finally decided that I want to do paper planes. The different type of planes and how temperature and wind speed can affect the distance they travel. The experiment, I feel, is quite realiable in the fact that all the variables will be controlled by me. All experiments, if the same type of plane is needed, will be conducted with exactly the same planes and I will experiment with the different temperatures and wind speeds.
I have an efficient way of recording the wind speed and temperature and therefore I feel that this experiment will be quite good.
The final details, I will post tomorrow. I have already started my experiment and it is going quite well.