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| Top view of our plane |
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| Under view of our plane |
- The challenge is to build a glider to be able glide as far as possible with limited paper and wood
2) Brainstorm solutions:
-What are the rules of brainstorming? (oxymoron)
- the rules of brainstorming are to develope and write down your ideas on paper so you can see all your ideas
-List your ideas - we had a couple, one was two small wings in the front and back and a raised big wing in the middle - we did this one
- another idea we had was had 1 big bending wing from the front to back but when we tried it the wood broke
-Sketch at least two of them
- we chose the first idea
3) Specify:
-Criteria
- our criteria was to build a glideable glider with soft paper and bendy wood
-Constraints (be specific about materials available) - we had limited bulsa wood and limited soft paper to build a glider
- quadrant
What are your goals for your glider and how did you adjust your design in order to help it better meet them?
- our goal is to make it glide straight without it leaning back or diving straight into the ground. We adjust the lifting of the wings so it doesnt make it fly back and we added more weight to the back and middle.
How did your glider perform? What would you change if we competed again?
- our glider performed not that great because the wind was against us so no ones did very well. I would make the wings bigger and more flyable more weight to it.
Good job sketching out some ideas. Add some dimensions to your sketch to let people know what size design you're talking about.
ReplyDeleteYou're on the right track as far as using the 4 Quadrant technique to generate actionable ideas from your feedback.
You make a good point regarding the wind. Perhaps environmental conditions are a constraint on your design?
Would big wings work better in windy conditions?