Les Payne's Class

Tech Shop Test Flight Results - 3/17/99:

Testing Conditions: Inside Testing
Temperature: 68 degrees
Each plane was thrown three (3) times.

Here are the results for the hand-thrown gliders averaged out:

Name	Weight	Distance	Motion
Mike	13.7 g	10'5"	tumbling
Matt	12.5 g	7'6 1/2"	pulled to left
Eric	10.7 g	7'5 1/2"	no stabilizer
Geoff	15.0 g	11'3"	not stable (flips-twist)
Sean	13.5 g	9'	nose dips
Sean	16.5 g	9'2"	straight flight
Joe	16.0 g	11'10"	straight/nose down
Adam	14.5 g	8'3"	tumbling

The final testing was done using a launching device. The results:

Name	Weight	Distance	Motion
Mike	13.7 g	10'2"	nose up
Matt	12.5 g	15'	straight flight
Eric	10.7 g	9'	no stabilizer
Geoff	15.0 g	17'	flips
Sean	13.5 g	10'	nose up
Sean	16.5 g	5'	straight up
Joe	16.0 g	13'	nose up
Adam	14.5 g	10'5"	tumbling

We have begun redesigning and construction of a new group of planes.
Basic design modification might be:
1. Lighter body weights
2. More wing surface area
3. Modification of stabilizer
4. Decreasing fin drag
5. Improvement of launching device