ziomatrixacs
May 02, 2008, 03:51 PM
Alrightyo.. I got a physics project dealing with the forces that make airplanes fly. My teacher knows I am very experienced with model airplanes and he even eliminated an extra credit category since I have an unfair advantage against my class mates. I am also being held barred against using google but I can use any other resources.
Here are the rules, I get 3 throws in two contest. I can use a different plane each time. The two contest are: Linear distance and Time of flight.
Linear distance is how far straight a plane flies.
It can go 3 miles to my left and 1 foot forward but I will only get points for the 1 foot. Where as if it flies 3 miles straight, and only veers off by 1 foot, I get points for the 3 miles. The minimum distance is about 50 feet, and I cant have a running start. If the plane lands behind me, I loose points!
Time of flight. I have to throw a plane and it has to fly for over 5 seconds. If it bumps anything , teacher, me , a wall, ect. The stop watch will stop then.
I can use any type of paper as long as it is a standard 8x11.5 inch piece of paper. I can not use glue, tape, weights, google, or even markers. If I violate any of the rules, I get disqualified.
Heres my problem, I suck horribly bad at building paper airplanes and there is no specification for using RC groups.com for help. The other students have the advantage of not only being able, but being told to just google up a design. This grade counts as 2% of my grade which is very significant! So if I were to end up with a negative distance and a negative time (such irony!) I loose even more points than 2%!
So if there are any guru's here who have a magic design capable of fulfilling those requirements, I would appreciated it vvery much if you were to help! I am able to have 3 planes for distance and 3 for time, for a total of six planes. 50 feet and 5 seconds is all I need to keep my grade, and if I get more than that, I get to increase my grade.
Yes I know the way grades are done is very weird, but the class is designed to work against the student and anyone who takes physics at my school knows its the hardest class by far..
Here are the rules, I get 3 throws in two contest. I can use a different plane each time. The two contest are: Linear distance and Time of flight.
Linear distance is how far straight a plane flies.
It can go 3 miles to my left and 1 foot forward but I will only get points for the 1 foot. Where as if it flies 3 miles straight, and only veers off by 1 foot, I get points for the 3 miles. The minimum distance is about 50 feet, and I cant have a running start. If the plane lands behind me, I loose points!
Time of flight. I have to throw a plane and it has to fly for over 5 seconds. If it bumps anything , teacher, me , a wall, ect. The stop watch will stop then.
I can use any type of paper as long as it is a standard 8x11.5 inch piece of paper. I can not use glue, tape, weights, google, or even markers. If I violate any of the rules, I get disqualified.
Heres my problem, I suck horribly bad at building paper airplanes and there is no specification for using RC groups.com for help. The other students have the advantage of not only being able, but being told to just google up a design. This grade counts as 2% of my grade which is very significant! So if I were to end up with a negative distance and a negative time (such irony!) I loose even more points than 2%!
So if there are any guru's here who have a magic design capable of fulfilling those requirements, I would appreciated it vvery much if you were to help! I am able to have 3 planes for distance and 3 for time, for a total of six planes. 50 feet and 5 seconds is all I need to keep my grade, and if I get more than that, I get to increase my grade.
Yes I know the way grades are done is very weird, but the class is designed to work against the student and anyone who takes physics at my school knows its the hardest class by far..