1. Intuitive Solutions For Engineering
“Engineering at its best”
Teamwork: Different people working to accomplish the same goal.
Team Words
1: Efficient
2: Optimistic
3: Determined
4: Success
Team Sayings
1: Encourage positive communication
2: Pull your own weight
3: Be on task.
Drew Bard

3. ◦ The purpose of this project is to design and construct the
longest and furthest flying paper airplanes possible.
Requirements/ Instructions
1. Each team builds two paper airplanes using only the materials listed below.
2. One paper airplane should be designed to fly as far as possible. Build the other paper
airplane to stay in the air as long as possible
3. For the "distance" category, each student throws his or her paper airplane while the
teacher records distances in feet and inches. All distances must be measured from the
starting line to the point where the plane first touches the ground or floor -- not to the
final resting place if it slides. Each team has up to three chances to get their best distance.
4. For the "time in air" category, each student throws his or her airplane while the teacher
times the flights with an accurate stopwatch. Report the times in seconds and hundreths of
a second. Each team has up to three chances to get his or her longest "time in air."
Materials
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one standard-size sheet of copy paper (required)
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one standard paper clip (optional)
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three inches of tape (optional)
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a dab of glue (optional)
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three staples (optional)

5. 
The Four Forces in Balance
Long flights come when these four forces — drag, gravity, thrust, and lift — are balanced. Some
planes (like darts) are meant to be thrown with a lot of force. Because darts don't have a lot of drag and
lift, they depend on extra thrust to overcome gravity. Long distance fliers are often built with this same
design. Planes that are built to spend a long time in the air usually have a lot of lift but little thrust. These
planes fly a slow and gentle flight
Plane 1: A sleek, angular, dart form. Designed to fly as far, as fast as possible.
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Multiple, smaller folds
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Front heavy
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Smaller wingspan, longer
Small precise folds and weight distribution are key
Plane 2: A wide, well balanced, glider form. Designed to fly as long as possible.
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Few, large folds
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Even weight distribution
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Larger wingspan, Shorter/ Wider
Large folds and even weight distribution will allow the glider to fly smoothley

10. 
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Plane 1: Remove paperclip, accent wing tips
upwards
Plane 2: Accent win tips upwards
Should allow for both planes flight distance
and time to increase