In Part 3 of the project, you will post a summary of your glider design testing results to this discussion forum, and engage in a discussion with your instructor and classmates in both analyzing and comparing the results, and in reflecting on your learning experiences during the project.
From the results submitted, the best-performing glider designs will be recognized as the most likely to succeed in the mock glider competition.
Create a summary of your design testing results, to include:
the name of each of the team’s chosen glider designs
a reference (URL) that contains an image of each glider and the instructions for building it a hypothesis for each design that incorporates predictions for how each of the four main forces that act on aircraft will affect the motion of the glider in allowing it to achieve its objective (distance or duration)
a specific description for how thrust should be imparted to each glider design to maximize its desired performance (distance or duration)
the best average flight time achieved by a distance design test plane
the best average flight time achieved by a duration design test plane
a summary of the specific design features and external factors that likely influenced the performance of the test planes for each design
(Note: A-D were completed in Part 1 of the project; E-G will come from your glider design testing worksheet Results and Conclusions section)
Part 3 – Wrap-Up Discussion
In Part 3 of the project, you will post a summary of your glider design testing results to this discussion forum, and engage in a discussion with your instructor and classmates in both analyzing and comparing the results, and in reflecting on your learning experiences during the project.
From the results submitted, the best-performing glider designs will be recognized as the most likely to succeed in the mock glider competition.
1. Create a summary of your design testing results, to include:
A. the name of each of the team’s chosen glider designs
B. a reference (URL) that contains an image of each glider and the instructions for building it
C. a hypothesis for each design that incorporates predictions for how each of the four main forces that act on aircraft will affect the motion of the glider in allowing it to achieve its objective (distance or duration)
D. a specific description for how thrust should be imparted to each glider design to maximize its desired performance (distance or duration)
E. the best average flight time achieved by a distance design test plane
F. the best average flight time achieved by a duration design test plane
G. a summary of the specific design features and external factors that likely influenced the performance of the test planes for each design
(Note: A-D were completed in Part 1 of the project; E-G will come from your glider design testing
worksheet Results and Conclusions section)
This summary will be part of your initial post to the wrap-up discussion.
2. Follow the specific initial and reply post instructions in Module 8 Paper Airplane Project Part
3 – Wrap-Up Discussion. Your initial post is due by day 4 of the module, and your response is due by the end of the module
