Balsa Wood Airplanes (Gliders)

For the past couple of weeks, my partner, Sean Lee, and I built a Balsa Wood Airplane. It was a long and tedious project, but it was fun, especially when we were able to fly them in the gym. We had a few challenges to achieve when we flew the airplanes, like the farthest flown, the longest flight, and the highest height reached. Our Balsa Wood Airplane achieved the longest flight, competing with Sammy, Israel, and Chase. On the other hand, we had to make a ton of adjustments with the eggshell white tape, which basically threw us out of the Best Decorated Flyer contest. We had to make a ton of adjustment, including fixing a broken wing and changing the tilt of the plane. Overall, it was an awesome project, I enjoyed the construction and viewing our projects in action.
My partner and I used the Project Lead the Way Design Process when we identified the constraints and criteria, finding out what we could do, based on our materials. We also tested and evaluated how the plane flew, as shown by the pictures below. Lastly, we refined the glider to make an excellent design that flew well, also, as shown below.


Throwing our Glider



Our repaired and adapted glider



Me and Sean with our finished Glider



Our repaired and adapted glider