We have started making paper airplanes in class and doing research about the 4 forces of flight to help our planes fly well. The 4 forces of flight are thrust, drag, lift and gravity. So far I have made 2 paper airplanes the first one was just from my head that I thought of myself and the second one was from a website my teacher provided for me.
Here is the first plane I made:
This plane might look very cool but it doesn’t fly well. It gets a good amount of lift but it doesn’t get enough thrust.
Here is the second plane I made:
This plane is very good. It gets the perfect amount of thrust but over time the lift kind of stops so the plane stops and hits the ground.
Next we are going to make planes out of wood and I’m going to try to make my wood plane a mix of the planes I’ve made so far. I’m going to try and make a long nose and have long aerodynamic wings.