Now that we have practice designing/drawing and building simple shapes, let's get a bit more advanced and design/draw and then build a balsa wood glider.

Step #1: Let's do a practice *sketch* first. Take a paper and measure it so that you can find the exact center-- you can go long ways (landscape) or short ways (portrait).

Step #2: Sketch a side view of your plane on one side of the line

Step #3: Sketch a top view of your plane on the other side of the line -- make sure the nose of each lines up and the tail of each lines up.

You will not turn this in.

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The Following "Packet" is Due at the end of Class on Tuesday, May 3rd

Page #1:

Create an engineering diagram showing a side view and a top view for your plane.

The nose of each view and the tail for each view should line up. All lines should be drawn with a straight edge, all lines should show measurements.

The drawings must be drawn to scale and the scale should be listed.

Page #2:

Write a paragraph (4 - 6 thoughtful, well-written sentences) describing how your plane actually flew.

You MUST describe the motion in the 3 dimensions of flight: Pitch, Yaw and Roll

Page #3:

Create an engineering diagram showing a side view and a top view for your new and improved version of your plane.

The nose of each view and the tail for each view should line up. All lines should be drawn with a straight edge, all lines should show measurements.

The drawings must be drawn to scale and the scale should be listed.

Page #4:

Write a paragraph (4 - 6 thoughtful, well-written sentences) describing how well your improvements worked.

You MUST describe those in terms motion in the 3 dimensions of flight: Pitch, Yaw and Roll