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Paper Airplanes
Many school children and many adults have made at least one paper airplane. For a traditional plane, a single sheet of paper is symmetrically folded until it resembles a very pointy airplane. For those that take things a little farther, more sheets of paper are sometimes added. The folds and designs become more complex.
271 Questions
Does the wing of a paper airplane affect the speed of a paper airplane?
Yes and no.
The speed of an airplane is determined by how hard you throw it. After you throw it, the plane will slow down because of drag. The more drag a plane has, the faster it will slow down.
In full scale airplanes a high aspect wing (long skinny) such as a glider has a high lift and low drag. A low aspect wing( short and thicker) has more drag. Until trans-sonic speeds.
In a paper airplane the Reynolds number is so low that the transition from laminar to turbulent flow happens almost immediately so airfoil shape means little here. What is important is that the Center of Gravity is in front of the Center of Lift. This is why most paper airplanes are delta shaped, and the ones that aren't are flying wing designs with a great majority of folds in the front for added weight there.
So, as mentioned before, the speed of a plane is affected by how hard you throw it. What should be considered is that if the wings are small, you need to throw it harder to give it enough lift, and if the wings are long and narrow then you should throw it softer. In this regard, the wing would affect the speed of an airplane.
What effect does wind have on the flight of paper airplanes?
The wind can push the airplane in all driecrions which causes the airplane to go crazy.
Why is copy paper best for paper airplanes?
a plane that is well armored and fast and that can hold heavy weights
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Does a hole affect a paper airplane?
The effect of a hole on a paper airplane would depend on the type of paper airplane the hole is on, and where it is on the aircraft.
In which Harry Potter movie does Draco throw a paper airplane at Harry during class?
I think it's the third one after the dementor attack. He's mocking him for fainting.
You want to find out different types of density for foil paper?
Bubbles on water that are caused by farts
How does adding paperclips to the nose of a paper plane affect its flight?
It shifts the center of gravity forward. If the paper airplane originally had the center of gravity too far back, causing it to nose up and stall a paperclip or two can correct this and produce stable flight. If the paper airplane originally had the center of gravity correctly positioned or was too far forward the paperclip will cause it to nose down and crash.
How many components are in an airplane?
Airplanes can be simple and have a few hundred parts or in the case of a Boeing 747-400 it can have 6 million different parts.
How far will a paper airplane go off the Eiffel tower?
That would be a function of the glide ratio of the paper airplane in question.
How many grams can a paper airplane hold?
A little bit less than a train made out of paper, but way more than a boat made out of paper. Of course, the size of the airplane wasn't stated in the question. If it was a really, really BIG paper airplane, it could weigh more than a teeny-tiny paper train. Although, if it was a tiny paper airplane it could weigh less than a HUGE paper boat. I'm pretty sure it would also depend on what kind of paper you use. A construction paper airplane would definitely weigh more than a tissue paper airplane. But one of those airplanes made out of copier paper would weigh about average. I wouldn't reccommend a toilet paper airplane. It would also depend on what kind of plane you were making out of paper. A 747 made out of tar paper is going to completely outweigh a Cessna made out of freezer paper. All in all, I would have to say a medium sized airplane made out of a mid-gauge paper would weigh in at around 3,982 kilograms.
How does a paper airplane apply Newton's 3 laws?
First law: The speed of the paper airplane remains constant unless acted upon by an external force. At launch, until thrown by someone, the airplane is at rest. In the air, drag (friction) is slowing the aircraft down.
Second law: The airplane's acceleration at every instant is equal to the sum of all the forces on it divided by its mass.
Third law: As the paper airplane's wings generate lift, they are subject to gravity. When thrown, the airplane has thrust, but drag is also generated.
What is a catchy title for a science project about aerodynamics of paper airplanes?
the smallest airplane will fly the farthest
Why can airplanes not be used as spacecrafts?
Hi for any object to enter into space it takes tonnes of pressurised liquid nitrogen to be combusted. A normal aircraft hasn't got the capacity or the strength to hold the amount of fuel required to produce enough thrust to pierce the earths atmosphere. space shuttles have to be covered kevlar plates to withstand the heat produced with entering through the almosphere , if these plates were added to normal aircraft they would be too heavy to gain any speed or lift to keep them airborne.
What shape paper dart flies furtherest?
The records for paper airplane flight are measured in the time aloft. These competitions usually pit "wider" paper airplanes against each other rather than the "dart" planes a lot of us made when we first began to construct them. It's kinda hard to figure out how "far" one of these world record planes "went" in the course of its flight into the record books. The planes are launched vertically, the idea in competition being to get as much altitude as possible and rely on the lift of the broad wings to make for a long, slow return glide. If you just want to cover absolute measured distance across a flat course like, say the way they measure the discus throw in the olympics, the dart shape will get farther from the point of origin than a wide-winged glider because the wide plane will not hold a straight course very well. The wide wings would have to be absolutely identical to keep the plane on a linear course, and that's nigh on impossible with a paper airplane. By the way, the world record (measured in time aloft) plane can be seen by going to the sight hosted by - who else? - the world record holder himself, Ken Blackburn. There are a number of shapes shown and discussed on the site, and not just his wide-winged flyer. Got a couple of links for ya. Surf on over, even if just for the pics. It'll be worth your time.
How design effect paper airplanes?
Design can effect paper airplanes just as it does real aircraft. Paper airplanes can be a huge variety of designs and be specialized, just as real aircraft. This can be for style orfor performance.
