Can you make the best possible air vehicle? You will be learning about various vehicles, creating and testing different templates, deciding upon your own type of air vehicle, learning about forces of flight, using the scientific method, making a flight log, making blueprints and a working model of your air vehicle.

You will be learning how to define what the “best” means in regards to possible flying devices. We will create criteria as a class and then you will be given the opportunity to pick your own design. Once you have chosen a design you will then begin the planning and revising stages of your air vehicle. You will be presented with information that will help you maximize the potential of your model, but you will also have to discover some information on your own. You will be given some time in class to work on your creation, but some of the work will have to be done at home.

Procedure:
(Check these off as you complete them)

_____ Step 1 Start your Flight Log (See checklist for details).
_____ Step 2: Begin to create blueprints and test prototypes.

_____ Step 3: Test and revise your model to ensure that it meets the criteria of what the “best” means.

_____ Step 4: Continue to test and revise your prototype (making notes in your Flight Log along the way).
_____ Step 5: Have a meeting with your teacher to show your progress.
_____ Step 6 Make final preparations for The Class Airshow.
_____Step 7: Participate in the Class Airshow.
_____ Step 8: Complete a self-assessment and a write up about the results of the airshow and how your air vehicle performed.
_____ Step 9: Hand everything in (WITH YOUR NAME ON IT) to your teacher. (See Checklist).

Flight Log:

In your flight log you will include:

A Title Page
A description of what you think “the best” air vehicle includes.
A description of your air vehicle- including the name of it, materials it is made from and why you choose those materials.
Results from at least 5 different tests, testing different variables (including graphs, charts, diagrams and any descriptions that you think are relevant to the results of your tests).
A description of the forces of flight (what they are and how they help something fly) and how you incorporated them and overcame them with your air vehicle (lift, thrust, force and drag).
Steps on how you built your air vehicle (there should be at least 5).
You will also create Blueprints of your air vehicle (see description below).

What To Hand In:

Your Flight Log_____
The Blueprints _______
Your Working Model_______
Your Self-Assessment _______
Your Post-Airshow Write up _______

How The Class Airshow Will Work:

There will be an in-class presentation where you will be able to explain to your peers what type of air vehicle you made, how you made it, variables that you overcame and all of the work that you have put into creating your air vehicle.
Part of the airshow will be completed outside where we will test to see who made “the best” air vehicle.

Class Airshow Date (Date Due for Everything): ___________________________

Due Dates:

You will hand in your project in steps (check Moodle for dates):

Flight Log:_____________
Working Model and Presentation: _____________________
Self-Assessment: _________________