For several weekends, he and his dad set about cutting, glueing, and sanding the foam sheets to resemble the fuselage. Upon settling upon a style, he began designing and constructing his own glider out of a sheet of Styrofoam we purchased at Lowe’s. When air flows past the wing, due to the difference in curvature of its upper and lower parts lift is generated, which is responsible for balancing the weight of the plane, and the glider can thus fly. It is composed of three main parts, the fuselage, wing, and the tail.
Research & ConstructionĪ glider is a light, engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult. I’m not so worried about the actual flying it is the landing that gives me pause.įor our annual homeschool science fair, he expressed interest in designing different airfoils (cross sectional shape of a wing) for a glider to see how the different shape or camber (convex or concave curvature of an airfoil) would affect the flight distance.
#Glider airfoil simulator
He insists that he is capable of flying a plane and enjoys proving this to anyone who will watch him as he plays a simulator game. Presently, he is focused on airplanes and would like nothing more than to fly one himself. His interest in each will ebb and flow like the tide, depending upon various things that give spark. Like most young men, my son is fascinated by planes, trains, automobiles, and ships.
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