My gllder was consLrucLed Lhrough a

llsL of sLeps llrsL l made a deslgn on

Aery whlch LesLed lf lL would fly
nexL l prlnLed ouL my deslgn on
Lhree sheeLs of paper AfLer LhaL l
copled Lhe deslgns onLo a slngle
plece of graph paper whlch l used as
a LemplaLe Lo cuL ouL Lhe balsa wood
parLs l Lhen glued Lhe pleces
LogeLher wlLh wood glue 1he flnal
Louch for consLrucLlng my gllder was
Lo decoraLe lL
My flnal fllghLs were compleLed aL a
0' angle of aLLack on a Lhree fooL Lall
Lable l used a caLapulL Lo launch Lhe
gllder each Llme so change ln lnlLlal
veloclLy was mlnlmal (See Lable on
Lop rlghL for gllder LesL resulLs)
rocedure
uanlel SLanelle
11/21/2011
1r|a| D|stance Vert|ca|
Stab|||zer
nor|zonta|
Stab|||zer
kev|s|ons
1rlal 1 13 fL
Crashed rlghL
13 feeL afLer
belng shoL
PlL Lhe floor 13
feeL afLer belng
shoL
uecrease nose
mass on rlghL
slde of fuselage
1rlal 2 23 fL
Crashed rlghL
23 feeL afLer
belng shoL
PlL Lhe floor 23
feeL afLer belng
shoL
uecrease nose
welghL on rlghL
slde of fuselage
1rlal 3 38 fL
SllghL LllL Lo
Lhe rlghL
llewaL
somewhaL level
fllghL
noLhlng
Concluslon
G||der G||der
AlLhough my plane sLlll LllLed Lo Lhe rlghL lL
flew 38 feeL whlch passed Lhe challenge
1esLs were made ln a 8" wlde by 9" Lall
hallway 1he gllder had Lo fly aL leasL 33
feeL from Lhe caLapulL