GIANT Paper Airplane off a HUGE Mountain
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Published 2020-01-08
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I saw a video on TikTok of a huge paper airplane and thought it was awesome, so I went on YouTube and saw some other videos of people making these giant foam paper airplanes.
The one thing I noticed however is that all of the planes had flat wings and did not have any airfoil shapes to their wings.
While flat wings do in fact create lift, the force keeping the plane in the air, having wings that are more in an airfoil shape is much more optimal for increasing glide distance (which is what we’re going for).
There are a ton of physics for creating the perfect wing shape but today I wanted to take a stab at redesigning the giant foam “paper airplane” with a little added airfoil shape and see how it fairs being thrown off a huge mountain peak!
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All Comments (21)
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It really isn’t the shape of the airfoil that’s keeping the plane from stalling; it’s the weight on the nose keeping the plane from pitching up.
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It is tail heavy the foam just made it heavy in the nose it was not the airfoil
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That's not the "air foil" adding lift, it's extra weight front of the CG that's benefiting the glide ratio.
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What matters is balance. It should be slightly nose-heavy. This will prevent it from nosing up and stalling. Your "airfoil" is adding weight forward, and that's why it works. By the way, if you want it to travel slower but go farther, put a small upward fold into the trailing edges of the wings.
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Lol and this is why construction never gets finished on time.
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Construction woman: just aim for that tower over there awkward silence
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The extra foam you added as an “airfoil” was simply adding additional nose weight to the plane. That made it fly better it really didn’t have anything to do with aerodynamics / the air flow over the top of the wing.
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7:47 Am I the only one who was hoping for it to go over those branches so it could keep on flying?
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When you removed the airfoil you changed the center of gravity. You need to move the center of gravity more forward of the lift to maintain stable flight. The center of gravity and the center of lift need to be at the same point. Or the center of gravity needs to be forward of the center of lift. So when you remove the air foil you could have added weight to the craft, and gotten a better result. Like a big GIANT paper clip!
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The “airfoil” just added the needed nose weight to get the CG (center of gravity) in the correct place. Try ditching the airfoil and adding weight to the nose so it doesn’t stall
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Who else was cheering for it to clear that ridge?
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Nick message the guys over at flight test their foam board would work significantly better, strength, elasticity and you can round it off so you get a better curve on your wings. It also really helps to measure the center of gravity that would help you balance its flight characteristics so it keeps just a little bit nose down that way you don't stall out. Good luck keep flying!!
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You definitely lucked out with its final landing spot lol
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The CG was further forward with the airfoils that’s why it worked
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Construction workers on the job. How do they react ... "Do you wanna throw it off our machine?" Machinery safety at it's finest.
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When you take the airfoil section OFF, it changes the centre of gravity (CofG) and that's why it's stalling (stopping and goes backwards) mate. Also, put some small elevators on it, that way it you can "Trim it for straight flight.
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Wish I coulda thrown that at my teacher in high school.
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You should get int touch with Peter sripol. He s another youtuber that does a lot of airplanes stuff!
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Nick, Your living the dream for us. Those of us who have built (smaller) paper airplanes. Who hasn't wanted to climb to the highest point (usually mom & dad's house) and throw your best built paper airplane. What you did was next level, thank you.
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It stalled without the airfoil because the airfoil added nose weight. removing it made the plane too nose heavy. It is Center of gravity that needs to be adjusted
