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Student Name: ____________________Date: ____________________
Activi ty Sheet 1Paper Airplane Competition Rules
There are two parts to this competition: length of flight
(distance) and length offlight (time). The time competition will
follow the rules established by theGuinness Book of World Records
for Paper Airplane Duration.
Should you beat the current world record for airplane time in
flight of 20.9seconds, you will be the new WORLD CHAMPION!
1. The RecordThe record is for the duration of a flight of a
paper airplane flown indoors,in a closed, still-air environment.
Outdoor flights are not acceptable.
2. Construction
The airplane must be constructed from one sheet of paper
only.Use 8.5 by 11 inch paper only.
The weight of the paper must be no more than 100 g. The papercan
be cut, but any piece of paper cut off may not be rejoined to
theairplane.
The use of standard light duty 25mm wide clear cellulose
tape
(Scotch) is permitted, but no longer than 30 mm in total on any
oneaircraft may be used. The tape may be cut up into smaller
pieces,but only be used to hold down folds, not layered, not
joinedtogether, not used as a weight, not used to laminate a
surface, orused as a control device (eg: a trim tab or flap).
3. ThrowingThe aircraft should be thrown by one person, from a
reasonably staticposition. Thus a run-up or fast walk as part of
the launch is not permitted.This rules out the use of ramps or
other devices. When launching theaircraft, the throwers feet should
not intentionally lift off the ground to gainadvantage. The
duration is to be from the exact point that the aircraftleaves the
hand to the point where it first hits the ground (unless #4
belowapplies).
4. Foreign ObjectsIf the aircraft hits any object such as a
wire, lighting, etc, during the flight,the time should only be
recorded until that point.
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Student Name: ____________________Date: ____________________
Activi ty Sheet 3
Airplane Flight
Record the time and distance your airplane traveled according to
the rules onActivity Sheet 1 in the table below.
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average
Time in Flight (s)Distance of Flight (m)
1. What design choices do you think improved your design, why?
Make sureto relate your answer to Bernoullis Principle and consider
aerodynamics.
2. What design choices hampered your design? How could you
improvethese issues in the future?
