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The document describes an experiment conducted to test how the flight distance and time of an O-wing glider are affected by variations in the wingspan. An O-wing glider was constructed and its wingspan gradually decreased in 1 cm increments. The flight distance and time were recorded for each increment. The results showed that as the wingspan decreased, the flight distance and time also decreased, validating the hypothesis. Some sources of error are discussed, such as inconsistencies in construction and throwing technique. In conclusion, the experiment demonstrated how wingspan affects an O-wing glider's flight performance.

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B Y P A D D Y N O A K E S O WING GLIDER EXPERIMENT
O WING GLIDER • An O wing glider is a modified version of a paper plane. It is designed using a straw and 2 pieces of paper curled into a circle. An O wing glider works on the same principles as an aeroplane, as it uses the thrust generated to move and the gravity on top of the plane helps it to stay down. The O wing glider is a fairly new concept, and it is being trailed on real commercial airlines at the current time. • • The O wing glider confused me at first, with so many variables it was very difficult to decide which one to harness. At first I thought that changing the amount of straws on the gilder would be the best variable to use, but then I realised that this would not be the best to use. Then I went to the length of the paper on the O wing, I thought that would be fairly influential, but after testing that I realised that does not make much difference. That is when I finally decide on the variable that I would use, which was the position of the wings on the straw, this directly influenced the flight pattern of the experiments, which you will see later in the report. • • Next was actually constructing the O wing. I made a 1 inch line on the long side of a piece of A4 and cut and stuck that together to form a circle. I did the same with a smaller side of the paper. I then stuck these circles onto a straw, at the very end of the straw. • • The next thing I did was do some background research on how far an O wing would go normally, as an average for all my experiment, however I was not able to find an average flying length, which was a bit of a setback. However after watching videos on the O wing glider, I was able to gain a basic understanding of the O wing gliders flight time and length. • • The final thing I did was to find a safe and easy place to do the experiment. I found that my room was long enough to do the experiment safely and effectively because there was little to no wind and my family would not be endangered by the flying O wings. I was then successfully able to conduct the experiment. • • All up the O wing experiment was fairly easy and stress free and yielded a wide variety of results to use to better my knowledge of flight. • • • •
BACKGROUND RESEARCH • The O wing glider confused me at first, with so many variables it was very difficult to decide which one to harness. At first I thought that changing the amount of straws on the gilder would be the best variable to use, but then I realised that this would not be the best to use. Then I went to the length of the paper on the O wing, I thought that would be fairly influential, but after testing that I realised that does not make much difference. That is when I finally decide on the variable that I would use, which was the position of the wings on the straw, this directly influenced the flight pattern of the experiments, which you will see later in the report.
• Next was actually constructing the O wing. I made a 1 inch line on the long side of a piece of A4 and cut and stuck that together to form a circle. I did the same with a smaller side of the paper. I then stuck these circles onto a straw, at the very end of the straw. • • The next thing I did was do some background research on how far an O wing would go normally, as an average for all my experiment, however I was not able to find an average flying length, which was a bit of a setback. However after watching videos on the O wing glider, I was able to gain a basic understanding of the O wing gliders flight time and length.
• The next thing I did was do some background research on how far an O wing would go normally, as an average for all my experiment, however I was not able to find an average flying length, which was a bit of a setback. However after watching videos on the O wing glider, I was able to gain a basic understanding of the O wing gliders flight time and length. • The final thing I did was to find a safe and easy place to do the experiment. I found that my room was long enough to do the experiment safely and effectively because there was little to no wind and my family would not be endangered by the flying O wings. I was then successfully able to conduct the experiment. • All up the O wing experiment was fairly easy and stress free and yielded a wide variety of results to use to better my knowledge of flight.
O wing glider-Paddy Noakes
EXPERIMENT Aim: To test how far and long an O wing glider would fly under different circumstances and different wingspan lengths. Hypothesis: it would be believed that the glider with the longest wingspan would fly the furthest, as it would have the most air between the wingspans. Also as the wingspan would shorten it would have meant that there is more space at the beginning and the end of the O wing, which would have meant that the gilder would have less air to use. Furthermore, it would be estimated that the O wing glider with the least amount of space between the wings would flight very short distances, or not even fly at all because there is not wingspan to use and little or no thrust to generate upwards and downwards force to propel the O wing glider.
EXPERIMENT Ingredients: 1. 1 roll of sticky tape 2. 1 piece of A4 paper 3. 1 straw 4. Ruler 5. Scissors 6. Pencil or pen
EXPERIMENT Method 1. A 1 inch increment is drawn on either side of the long side of the A4 sheet of paper. 2. A ruled line is drawn to connect the 2 increments. 3. Scissors are used to cut out the strip of paper. 4. The paper is stuck together to form a circular object. 5. The circular object is stuck onto the straw. 6. A 1 inch increment is drawn on either side of the short side of the A4 sheet of paper. 7. The process was repeated, making sure that the long side and the sort side were stuck on the same side of the straw. 8. The O wing was thrown and the results recorded 9. The wings of the plane were moved in 1 cm and the O wing was thrown and the results were recorded 10. This was repeated until the wing met at the centre of the O wing
RESULTS Length away from centre Time in air Length flown Photo 20cm 0.04.37 4m 21cm Click here 18cm 0.003.96 4m 3cm Click here 16cm 0.003.71 3m 85cm Click here 14cm 0.003.43 3m 91cm Click here 12cm 0.003.21 3m 76cm Click here 10cm 0.003.00 3m 23cm Click here 8cm 0.002.93 2m 98cm Click here 6cm 0.002.75 2m 56cm Click here 4cm 0.001.98 1m 90cm Click here 2cm 0.002.43 2m 1cm Click here 0cm 00.001.16 1m 60cm Click here Continue…
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GRAPH OF INFORMATION 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7 Test 8 Test 9 Test 10 Test 11 Time in air (seconds) Distance (meters)
CONCLUSION In conclusion, my hypothesis has been proven most correct. There was a few instances where the distances were not correct, however the results followed a trend that the closer the wingspan got, the shorter the O wing glider flew. The only other thing that was noteworthy was that the time went down at a slower rate, as compared to the distance. This may not mean anything, but it is an interesting factor to consider.
DISCUSSION On the whole, I believe that my assignment went really well. However there was a few things that it could have improved on. These thing were: • Human error- In my opinion, human error was the biggest thing that was a problem in my testing. There was no way I could ensure that the glider was all thrown at the exact same trajectory, with exactly the same force, in the exact same throwing style. This was the section that I believe most people fell down on, because it is impossible to eliminate human error • Building of the O wing- Although great care was taken in building the O wing, there was no way that the O wing were all built the same, whether the wings were a fraction of a millimetre out of place, or whether the same amount of sticky tape was used each time, the possibility of the tests being slightly out was very large, and although the best was done to minimise this event, it still occurred.
USE OF O WINGS O wings have a very promising future in modern society, whether they have been already made advances, like the Dyson no blade fan, which uses the same principles of the O wing, or actual aircraft that use the o wing principles, the O wing shows promising signs of the future.
BIBLIOGRAPHY The O wing experiment ,http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/l esson_plan06.pdf, date accessed 20/8/13 O wing gliders, Paper planes revamped, jaysonn.hubpages.com , date accessed 20/8/13 21st century vehicles, http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/OtherP RINT/Bookmarks/21stAerospaceVehicle.pdf, Date accessed 20/8/13

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O wing glider-Paddy Noakes

  • 1. B Y P A D D Y N O A K E S O WING GLIDER EXPERIMENT
  • 2. O WING GLIDER • An O wing glider is a modified version of a paper plane. It is designed using a straw and 2 pieces of paper curled into a circle. An O wing glider works on the same principles as an aeroplane, as it uses the thrust generated to move and the gravity on top of the plane helps it to stay down. The O wing glider is a fairly new concept, and it is being trailed on real commercial airlines at the current time. • • The O wing glider confused me at first, with so many variables it was very difficult to decide which one to harness. At first I thought that changing the amount of straws on the gilder would be the best variable to use, but then I realised that this would not be the best to use. Then I went to the length of the paper on the O wing, I thought that would be fairly influential, but after testing that I realised that does not make much difference. That is when I finally decide on the variable that I would use, which was the position of the wings on the straw, this directly influenced the flight pattern of the experiments, which you will see later in the report. • • Next was actually constructing the O wing. I made a 1 inch line on the long side of a piece of A4 and cut and stuck that together to form a circle. I did the same with a smaller side of the paper. I then stuck these circles onto a straw, at the very end of the straw. • • The next thing I did was do some background research on how far an O wing would go normally, as an average for all my experiment, however I was not able to find an average flying length, which was a bit of a setback. However after watching videos on the O wing glider, I was able to gain a basic understanding of the O wing gliders flight time and length. • • The final thing I did was to find a safe and easy place to do the experiment. I found that my room was long enough to do the experiment safely and effectively because there was little to no wind and my family would not be endangered by the flying O wings. I was then successfully able to conduct the experiment. • • All up the O wing experiment was fairly easy and stress free and yielded a wide variety of results to use to better my knowledge of flight. • • • •
  • 3. BACKGROUND RESEARCH • The O wing glider confused me at first, with so many variables it was very difficult to decide which one to harness. At first I thought that changing the amount of straws on the gilder would be the best variable to use, but then I realised that this would not be the best to use. Then I went to the length of the paper on the O wing, I thought that would be fairly influential, but after testing that I realised that does not make much difference. That is when I finally decide on the variable that I would use, which was the position of the wings on the straw, this directly influenced the flight pattern of the experiments, which you will see later in the report.
  • 4. • Next was actually constructing the O wing. I made a 1 inch line on the long side of a piece of A4 and cut and stuck that together to form a circle. I did the same with a smaller side of the paper. I then stuck these circles onto a straw, at the very end of the straw. • • The next thing I did was do some background research on how far an O wing would go normally, as an average for all my experiment, however I was not able to find an average flying length, which was a bit of a setback. However after watching videos on the O wing glider, I was able to gain a basic understanding of the O wing gliders flight time and length.
  • 5. • The next thing I did was do some background research on how far an O wing would go normally, as an average for all my experiment, however I was not able to find an average flying length, which was a bit of a setback. However after watching videos on the O wing glider, I was able to gain a basic understanding of the O wing gliders flight time and length. • The final thing I did was to find a safe and easy place to do the experiment. I found that my room was long enough to do the experiment safely and effectively because there was little to no wind and my family would not be endangered by the flying O wings. I was then successfully able to conduct the experiment. • All up the O wing experiment was fairly easy and stress free and yielded a wide variety of results to use to better my knowledge of flight.
  • 7. EXPERIMENT Aim: To test how far and long an O wing glider would fly under different circumstances and different wingspan lengths. Hypothesis: it would be believed that the glider with the longest wingspan would fly the furthest, as it would have the most air between the wingspans. Also as the wingspan would shorten it would have meant that there is more space at the beginning and the end of the O wing, which would have meant that the gilder would have less air to use. Furthermore, it would be estimated that the O wing glider with the least amount of space between the wings would flight very short distances, or not even fly at all because there is not wingspan to use and little or no thrust to generate upwards and downwards force to propel the O wing glider.
  • 8. EXPERIMENT Ingredients: 1. 1 roll of sticky tape 2. 1 piece of A4 paper 3. 1 straw 4. Ruler 5. Scissors 6. Pencil or pen
  • 9. EXPERIMENT Method 1. A 1 inch increment is drawn on either side of the long side of the A4 sheet of paper. 2. A ruled line is drawn to connect the 2 increments. 3. Scissors are used to cut out the strip of paper. 4. The paper is stuck together to form a circular object. 5. The circular object is stuck onto the straw. 6. A 1 inch increment is drawn on either side of the short side of the A4 sheet of paper. 7. The process was repeated, making sure that the long side and the sort side were stuck on the same side of the straw. 8. The O wing was thrown and the results recorded 9. The wings of the plane were moved in 1 cm and the O wing was thrown and the results were recorded 10. This was repeated until the wing met at the centre of the O wing
  • 10. RESULTS Length away from centre Time in air Length flown Photo 20cm 0.04.37 4m 21cm Click here 18cm 0.003.96 4m 3cm Click here 16cm 0.003.71 3m 85cm Click here 14cm 0.003.43 3m 91cm Click here 12cm 0.003.21 3m 76cm Click here 10cm 0.003.00 3m 23cm Click here 8cm 0.002.93 2m 98cm Click here 6cm 0.002.75 2m 56cm Click here 4cm 0.001.98 1m 90cm Click here 2cm 0.002.43 2m 1cm Click here 0cm 00.001.16 1m 60cm Click here Continue…
  • 22. CONCLUSION In conclusion, my hypothesis has been proven most correct. There was a few instances where the distances were not correct, however the results followed a trend that the closer the wingspan got, the shorter the O wing glider flew. The only other thing that was noteworthy was that the time went down at a slower rate, as compared to the distance. This may not mean anything, but it is an interesting factor to consider.
  • 23. DISCUSSION On the whole, I believe that my assignment went really well. However there was a few things that it could have improved on. These thing were: • Human error- In my opinion, human error was the biggest thing that was a problem in my testing. There was no way I could ensure that the glider was all thrown at the exact same trajectory, with exactly the same force, in the exact same throwing style. This was the section that I believe most people fell down on, because it is impossible to eliminate human error • Building of the O wing- Although great care was taken in building the O wing, there was no way that the O wing were all built the same, whether the wings were a fraction of a millimetre out of place, or whether the same amount of sticky tape was used each time, the possibility of the tests being slightly out was very large, and although the best was done to minimise this event, it still occurred.
  • 24. USE OF O WINGS O wings have a very promising future in modern society, whether they have been already made advances, like the Dyson no blade fan, which uses the same principles of the O wing, or actual aircraft that use the o wing principles, the O wing shows promising signs of the future.
  • 25. BIBLIOGRAPHY The O wing experiment ,http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/l esson_plan06.pdf, date accessed 20/8/13 O wing gliders, Paper planes revamped, jaysonn.hubpages.com , date accessed 20/8/13 21st century vehicles, http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/OtherP RINT/Bookmarks/21stAerospaceVehicle.pdf, Date accessed 20/8/13