glider challenge:design phase

1) What's the challenge? The challenge thast you have presented us with is to see how big of a glider you can make with given materials.

2) Brainstorm solutions:
-What are the rules of brainstorming? (oxymoron)- The one rule of brainstorming is to not have any rules. The purpose of Brainstorming is to jot any ideas that pop up in your head, by setting limitations or rules you wouldn't be brainstorming anymore.
-List your ideas-I would use lighter materials that can catch wind fairly easy but still have some weight on it. Than i would use a strong base material and hopefully try and find some material that would shift with the wind.


3) Specify:
-Criteria- longest fly distance, lightest weight and having a fast plane are probaly the things that would be judged
-Constraints (be specific about materials available)balsow wood and paper or whatever material you feel that works best as the covering

4) Develop Solutions:
-Sketch (with labels)
-Model in CAD (Engineering Design courses only)

5) "Prototype the Prototype"
-You can only build once with your balsa/tissue paper materials. Use paper-aircraft to test your ideas. Each memeber of your team will build a paper airplane.