Glider Challenge: Deliverables

Challenge: To create the best glider in the class.


Brainstorm solutions:
-To brainstorm we must think about design, about ideas that will make the glider work the best, last the longest in the air, or go the furthest. Although the design is important it's better to worry more about the technical function of our glider

-Long rectangular wings, support inner triangles for resistance, cover with paper glue it by adding glue to the skelleton of our glider and then cover it all up and let it dry



Sketches:






Specification:

-We are all given the same amount of time to come up with a glider, we can only use tissue paper, the couple sticks of wood (that is easily broken), glue, and scissors



Sketches of Developed Solutions:

Test Phase notes:

It's been a pretty windy week and our gliders are all pretty light. Let's hope when we go out there the wind stops winding :)

The wind had no mercy so we had to go in front of the dance building to help our gliders a bit, it helped as they took off

the harder they were being thrown the less distance they'd travel

Our glider sadly did not make a very good performance due to it's accident of a broken wing when found the morning of the competition. Other than that I feel like maybe if Rickey would have been a little more gentle when throwin it maybe the Friendship would have had a longer and better glide. We probably should have added some weight at the tip of the glider so that it wouldnt go up in a circle and crash. If we had a stronger material holding it together like some stronger wood it probably would have helped it glide. Over all i feel like our design was built the best way possible with the time and materials we had. It was a fun activity :)