Essay On Rubber Band Airplane

There are many factors to why a rubber band airplane flies like lift, gravity, thrust, stability, angle of attack, and air drag, but let me start at the beginning The Wright brothers were the first to produce a manned, heavier-than-air machine that left the ground by itself, moved forward, but didn't decrease speed, and landed on a higher point than where it started. Their airplane flew in 1903, but was only in the air for 12 seconds, as months went by they improved the flight time to 38 minutes. They never graduated high school, but developed the first flying airplane.

The four forces that help a rubber band airplane fly are thrust, air drag, lift, and gravity. Thrust is important in making a rubber band airplane fly because it propels the airplane forward and without thrust your airplane would never take-off. Air drag is also important in making a rubber band airplane fly because air drag is when air is hitting the surface area of the airplane. Lift is important also because it is the ability to overcome gravity, which makes the airplane leave the ground. Another crucial thing for an airplane to fly is gravity. Gravity pulls the plane down while

lift pushes the plane up which keeps the plane balanced.

Lift is the ability to overcome gravity.

It affects a rubber band airplane with gravity and itself because it helps the plane be balanced on the top and bottom. Bernoulli's Principle and Angle of Attack are both factors in lift. Bernoulli's Principle states: that as there is an increase in velocity the air pressure will decrease. Bernoulli's Principle relates to the lift of an airplane because the velocity on top of the wing moves faster than the underside which creates a vacuum on the top side of the wing and creates lift. The other factor of lift is Angle of Attack which is the angle from horizontal to the chord line. This creates lift because the air hitting the bottom of the airfoil pushes the wing upward. For example, when you stick your hand out of a car window and then tilt it you are changing your Angle of

Attack.

There are two types of stability on a rubber band airplane. They are the horizontal stabilizer and the vertical stabilizer. The horizontal stabilizer controls the pitch while the vertical stabilizer controls the yaw and the roll. The pitch is when the air comes from the side, the yaw is when the air comes from the top, and the roll is when the air hits the center. Another type of stability is the dihedral which controls roll and is the angling upward of the wings.

There are many factors to why a rubber band airplane flies like gravity, thrust, Angle of Attack, stability, Bernoulli's Principle, lift, and air drag. The four forces are lift, gravity, thrust, and air drag. The two types of stability are the horizontal stabilizer and the vertical stabilizer. The Angle of Attack is when the airfoil pushes the wing upward. Air drag is when air is hitting the surface area of the plane. In conclusion, there are many crucial factors in how and why a rubber band airplane flies.