PlaneDesignObser-11

Assignment #1: Paper Plane Design

Students will use the links and worksheet provided below for a preliminary exposure to working with 3D Design. The purpose is to learn how different design elements effect product design outcomes. The objective is to build 3 distinct paper airplanes from the templates provided in the linked websites, make measurable observations, adjust and/or modify the designs based on those measures, in order to achieve better flight results.

Students may choose any design to meet the 3 plane requirements, and will complete 3 trial flights for each. Trials are recorded with a final report being completed using the Trial’s Template from the link below.

Reflection; First I started by making the Arrow. Then I did 3 trial fly’s with it. Each time i added a certain amount of paper clips to see if the weight made it go farther. Then i did that with the Delta and the Condor.

I thought this project would be somewhat easy. But since i have never made a paper airplane before it was actually kind of hard. But it was fun to see how much i failed at making them. I would do this project again for a good laugh!

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