CAN A SHOE BOX FLY

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CAN A SHOE BOX FLY?

• MALCOLM
• NA-IL
• GENERAL
• MARK

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QUESTION

• DO different heights affect the glide slope ratio
  of a shoebox glider?

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Hypothesis

• When thrown a shoebox glider at different heights
  the glide slope ratio will change at every height.

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materials

• Shoebox
• Hot glue
• Meter stick
• Packing tape
• Foam board
• Blade

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Procedures for testing a shoebox glider

• Locate a place with no air
• Determine height to throw from
• Same person to throw gliders
• Make sure glider is leveled
• Throw glider
• Measure distance it flew
• Determine glide slope ratio

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Measurements

• Wing length-76mm
• Wing width-20 mm
• Shoe Box Length-29.5 mm
• Shoe Box Width-14 mm
• Shoe Box Height-11 mm

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Data
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Data
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results

• Overall our data shows that our plane was not too
  inconsistent. But some flights were really bad.
  This means that our model should have been
  sturdier with better wings and tail fin. Our
  best flight was the first flight with a glide
  slope ratio of 16.8. Our worse flight was a 23
  glide slope and was the second test.

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conclusion

• Our out come was inconsistent because all our
  glide slope ratios weren't that great or similar.
  The reason why is because our wings were somewhat
  straight when Mr. Cruz told us to curve them and
  we did somewhat but they weren't that curved.
  Which created drag and didnt keep us moving.
  Since our wings weren't straight the air didnt
  get caught which didnt give us enough lift to
  sustain flight. The tail fin was not sturdy
  enough to keep the plane going strait. When we
  threw the plane it kept turning left or right.
  Sometimes the nose would pitch up, this meant
  that the nose was not heavy enough. We should
  also kept the wings attached the plane better,
  every once in a while they would slide out and
  cause it to crash.

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bibliography

• American Military Air Craft Bill Gunston
• Air Plane Adventures by Karen and Glen Bledsoe
• Special task air craft by Phyllis Emert