Glider Challenge



The Grom Chillib Flyer

Design Phase: 

1. Challenge: to design a glider that will fly the farthest, and a glider that will hang the longest in the air.
2. Brainstorming rules: to discuss with all your group members to come up with the best designs that meet the criteria and the contraints.
1. 1st rule: don't just use your own ideas, let others contribute and make a group effort to decide which one is the best.
2. 2nd rule: draw the designs as you go so you don't forget!
1. Ideas:
1. have two wings, and one main part with paperclips in the front for weight
2. have 4 wings, and one main part with paperclips on the front, and a bolt on the bottom for extra weight in the front.
3. shape the wood in the front so it isn't squar, and then have two rectangular wings to provide the plane with more wing surface area.
2. Sketches

  

1. Criteria: make a glider with the given materials (tissue paper/computer paper, balsa wood, glue), tape, although many people added other materials
2. Constraints: only allowed to use tissue paper or computer paper, certain amount of balsa wood, glue, and tape to construct a glider that beats everyone elses designs.
3. Design:

CAD Model of The Grom Chillib Flyer

Test Phase

4 Quadrant Feedback Notes

Goals:

1. Have glider stay in the air the longest
2. Have glider fly the longest distance

In the first round we won both the challenges, but in the second round Jordan and his group won the longest distance challege.

We could have our wings more flexible, so they move up and down (fluttering) in order to keep the air under the wings at all times!!

Looking Over the Challenge

1. Our glider won both the longest distance, and the longest time in the air in the first round.
1. We were pretty happy, but then in the second round Jordan and his group came out with a great glider that soared and flew pretty far! Impressive for sure!!
2. Looking back at Jordan's glider, we would have made our wings able to move and flutter like theirs in order to keep the plane flying straight for a while!
1. The wings fluttering helps keep the air underneath the glider longer!!