My Plane Designs ^^

Hmm...I've uploaded some designs of paper aeroplanes that I will test (they are not the actual planes I will test, but just models). All of these planes are made out of A4 sheets of paper, so that is a controlled variable that I will not be changing. Also, I've decided to base all my designs on the first plane, so that the changes in shape aren't dramatic, and therefore, can obtain more accurate results and conclusions.

Here they are:

This is the simplest paper aeroplane design there is, and all my other designs are based on and built from this design. I'll call this The Simple Plane.

This is a built-on design from the previous image. I'll call this The Bird.

This design is known as The Arrow....yeah awesome name isn't it? It's also a very simple design that I will build on.

Yep, this is The Arrow with part of its wings folded up. I'll call this model The Arrow Folds Up. Wonder how that will affect the distance it flies....

This model is quite the same as the image above, but instead of folding the wings UP this time, I folded them DOWN. I'll call this The Arrow Folds Down (creative ain't it?). See how that affects the distance it flies =D.



Muahahaha, this is called The Dart. Yes...reminds me of a ninja...hope it's just as fast and that it travels far. The Dart is a bit shorter than The Arrow, so from this, I will be able to see how the shortness of a plane affects its flight. The shortness is also part of the shape of the wing, so I have to investigate that too.

My dear friends, I would like to sadly announce that this is unfortunately my last model that I will be testing out in my experiment (sorry for 1. the enormous amount of creases on the paper and 2.the very unnaturally formal language used in the above sentence). Anyways, this design is known as The Moth...the names just keep on getting more interesting as we go don't they? This is the model with 'the blunt nose' so I'll be testing that out too, like if a paper plane needs 'a pointy nose' to be able to fly steadily and far.

Now you guys have probably noticed that I have used models that are quite similar in shape. This is because although I am testing whether the shape of the wings of planes affect the distance it flies, I want to be able to control the amount of change I make to each model, because it's only then that I can obtain the most accurate results and conclusions to answer my aim. I try to change one variable at a time with my different models.


I did not use this model as it is too different from the other ones, and I would not be able to reach accurate conclusions if I compared this with the other models as I would've had to change too many variables.

NOTE: real models will not contain creases, as I know these can affect the flight of the plane.

How aerodynamic are each of these designs. Stay tuned to find out =D.