The Perfect Paper Airplane

If you have ever made a paper air plane then you probably know how hard it is to make a good one. Simply put our problem is our planes arent flying far enough.

we are thinking critically about the things that make paper planes fly straight, far, and predictably. we are also making many different paper plane designs and testing them.

we researched the forces that make paper planes succeed and fail including lift, drag and gravity.

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... that shows you how to make the plane: "The World Record Paper Airplane”. Available on my website, The Paper Airplane Guy.

The flight of a paper airplane is influenced by dihedral angle, gravity, drag, and lift. wings with upward tilt will give good stability, while gravity pulls the plane down. A well-balanced lift to gravity ratio ensures a smooth glide. Drag slows the plane, but a max lock fold reduces it for better efficiency. Lift, generated by air pressure on the wings, can be increased by slightly bending the wing tips upward. Fun Fact: A perfect balance of these forces would allow a plane to fly straight until it loses speed and stalls. this is a summary of the research we have done.

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our conclusion is that it is almost impossible to create a perfect paper plane without extensive knowledge of physics and origami, we did not succeed in making a perfect plane but we learned a lot about physics and discovered many amazing paper airplane designs

Authors: Joseph Doepker, Hudson

Title: The Perfect Paper Airplane

Date: March 17-2025

https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaperAirplaneGuy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNg4fDJC8A&pp=ygUScGFwZXIgYWlycGxhbmUgZ3V5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KqjRPV9_PY&t=19s&pp=ygUScGFwZXIgYWlycGxhbmUgZ3V5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-RUB-qNQ4g&pp=ygUPZm9sZGFibGUgZmxpZ2h0

HUGE shoutout to foldable flight and john collins.