In order to find out a best design, we tried to fold lots and lots of different type of paper plane.
It was not an easy job at all. Since none of our group member has the experience of folding paper plane or making plane model, we have to spent time to find resources from book and the internet which teach us how to fold paper plane. However, we can’t just simply follow the steps and instruction. We have to recall all the key features which can make an airplane fly stable and far such as increasing lift or reduce drag. And with all these knowledge, we then make changes to improve on the original design.
Finally, we made out our paper plane, which is called The Avenger Flyer!
For our design, we have certain features to highlight.
Firstly, the nose of the paper plane is heavy to ensure stable fight, and we put on a paper clip on the nose to allow the paper plane to fly further. In addition, the heavy nose will also keep the centre of gravity towards the front to prevent the plane from stalling.
Secondly, the wings are angled upwards and winglets are added to the edge of the wings which are good features to reduce drag.
Lastly, to make sure the paper plane is entirely symmetrical and this can be check by looking down the nose of the plane. Thus, the air plane will fly smoothly and maintain optimal balance.
We incorporate all these features into our design and it works well, thus we choose this as our final design.
This picture is the source of our plane where our idea came from.
And the videos below shows the process of us doing our paper plane.
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