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How to make paper airplanes, model planes,
rubber band powered planes, and build homemade blimps, and why
they work: the principles of aeronautics.
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Aeronautics
Adventures In Skydiving & Air Resistance
Skydiving is a great activity for experiencing some key laws
of physics. Skydivers jump from planes flying high above the
earth. Immediately, and in a rather dramatic way, they become
keenly aware of the force of gravity.
Aviation for Kids
Homeschool Dad, George Bartan, and his son (in video) have created this site so that you and your parents can join in the fun of learning all about how flight works, and create fling projects easily at home.
Beginner's Guide to Propulsion
Propulsion means to push forward or drive an object forward.
A propulsion system is a machine that produces thrust to push
an object forward. On airplanes, thrust is usually generated
through some application of Newton's third law of action and
reaction.
Forces
of Flight
Fasten your seatbelts! Ynez Isabela Fligh is here to help you
understand how planes take off and stay up in the air.
Forces
of Flight
Use these pages to explore the science behind flight. Just click
on the links round the diagram to find out about the four forces:
lift, thrust, weight and drag. From the Franklin Institute.
How
Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift
We will also show you that the popular explanation that most
of us were taught is misleading at best and that lift is due
to the wing diverting air down.
How
Things Fly
In order to fly you have to overcome the force of gravityyour
weightthat holds you to the ground. From the National Air
and Space Museum.
Jef Raskin's Coanda Effect: Understanding Why Wings Work
This explanation will also intrigue those interested in learning
about how to throw a curve ball in baseball. [Note: Jef Raskin
invented the interface design for the Macintosh computer. His
website here has many other articles of interest to young inventors.
The index is at the bottom of the page.]
Kites - NASA
Learn how "wind warping" makes a kite fly, and why
you need to understand this aerodynamic force to get your kites
to really soar.
A
Physical Description of Flight
Almost everyone today has flown in an airplane. Many ask the
simple question "what makes an airplane fly?" The answer
one frequently gets is misleading and often just plain wrong.
Pulling
Cs and Gs
You may think you have nothing in common with the kinds of forces
a fighter pilot experiences. But you may be wrong.
Field Trips
Civil Air Patrol
This program provides tremendous support to our youth in the
area of leadership training and education. There are a number
of free resources that are available and very beneficial to homeschools.
Aerospace Education resources.
Young Eagles Program
The goal of the EAA Young Eagles Program is to give one million
young people ages 8-17 a free introductory airplane flight by
the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight
in the year 2003. See if this program is near you.
Hot Air Balloons
& Blimps
Hot Air Balloon Model
Instructions how to build small homemade birthday candle engine
powered "UFO" fire balloons. Parental supervision required.
Julian Nott's Home Page
Julian Nott is a founder of the modern ballooning movement and
one of its greatest, most creative exponents.
Model Planes
Build an Ornithopter
An ornithopter is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings! Here is a simple monoplane design powered by a rubber band. It's motion is similar to a bird in flight. Advanced project.
The
Challenge of Flight
Here's a challenge for you: design your own model aircraft that
flies well. You will have to find out about how an aircraft flies.
You will have to test your aircraft.
How to Build
a Model Airplane
The model airplanes of yesteryear actually could fly. They
did not contain anything as complicated as a motor, but merely
used basic aeronautic principles to fly short distances and short
heights. Learn how to build this sort of model airplane.
Model Flight
Lots of references and charts to help you build a 2- or 4-stroke
model airplane.
The
Toothpick Airforce
Building and flying toothpick glider replicas of the Wright gliders
and flyers require the student use and understand the same knowledge
of flight and control surfaces the Wrights pioneered one hundred
years ago! Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for flight!
Paper Planes
Alex's
paper airplanes
Paper airplane directory of Alex Schultz's Web site with free
paper airplane patterns for you to enjoy. Learn how to make the
best paper airplanes on the web.
Fun Paper Airplanes
You don't need any experience folding paper airplanes to build
the models on our site. Each model has a template that you print
right from your computer with clear, easy-to-follow directions
and flying tips.
Joseph
Palmer's Paper Airplanes
These planes are designed to fly! They are not meant to be models
of real planes, and they are not meant to be pretty display models.
(In fact they really fly much better if you don't decorate them!)
The
National Paper Airplane Contest
Calling all paper airplane experts! Start a Paper Airplane Contest
in your homeschool support group and prove just how far and how
long your airplanes can fly. It's a fun way to learn about aerodynamics!
World of Whitewings
Everything you need to know about fine-tuning and having fun
with your Whitewing paper airplanes.
Yes
Mag Flyer
Almost everyone has folded a paper plane. They're fun and easy.
The designs are endless--from war planes to sleek gliders to
stunt planes. Here's one paper airplane design. Try it out, and
then experiment on your own.
New edition of a text for pilots, technicians, flight students,
kitbuilders, and others who need the basics explained and illustrated
in simple terms for undertanding.
The book presents standard aerodynamic theory as it applies
to model flight in a concise and practical form for enthusiasts
wishing to better understand the behavior of their models in
flight.
A book of simple, bright, innovative planes with bold graphics
teaches children how to design their own planes, do stunts, and
build a 3-D airport with things around the house, along with
sixteen models, seventy-six full-color planes, and a colorful
pull-out airport poster.
This book of original paper airplane patterns is a unique
and inventive approach to design that describes flying characteristics
and gives clear step-by-step assembly instructions.
This book is an amazing book. It has every possible airplane
design you could ever want. If you want a stunt plane, you got
it. If you want a glider, you got it. If you want a plane to
smack your sister in the forehead, you got it.
