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Subject: Which airplane wing will fly the farthest?

Date: Sat Dec 11 20:26:37 1999
Posted by Andrew
Grade level: 7-9 School: Lincoln Park Academy
City: Port St. Lucie State/Province: FL Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 944965597.Eg
Message:

I tested 5 different wing designs 50 times each to see which one would fly 
the farthest. I tested a triangle wing design, a modified triangle (looks 
like a star trek badge), a rectangular wing, a semi circular wing and a 
sloping wing (looks like a rectangle bent backwards). I thought the 
triangle wing design would fly the farthest because of a greater surface 
area. I thought the greater surface area would give it a greater air foil 
and therefore more lift allowing it to fly the farthest. I was wrong. The 
smallest wing, the modified triangle flew the farthest. Looking at all the 
wings together the only thing I've noticed is that the angle of the front 
tip(the nose of the wing) is smaller than all the rest. Can you help me 
explain these results?


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