Scientific Method Paper Airplanes

For this assignment, our group wanted to see how tilting the tips of the wings would affect the distance from which the plane was thrown. We compared the distance from three different airplanes, one with the tip tilted up, one titled down and the other with no adjustments. After the experiment, we found out that when the tips were folded in general the plane would fly further with the plane with no adjustment having an average distance of 2.6 meters. When we folded the the tip of the wings, we found greater results from the plane with the wings tipped downward averaging a distance of 4.47 meters and the plane with the wing tipped up averaging 3.5 meters. However, if this experiment were to be conducted again I would prefer if the arm swing and the air plane design would be more consistent from each other. In conclusion, when crafting a paper air plane consider folding the tips of the wings.

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