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Purpose

The purpose of my science project is to determine which paper airplane design will fly the farthest. The three paper airplane designs that I will be testing are the Arrowhead, F-15 Fighter Jet, and Dagger. I looked at several paper airplane designs and watched several videos of how different paper airplane designs fly.

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Hypothesis

My hypothesis is that the F-15 Fighter Jet will fly farther than the Arrowhead and the Dagger paper airplanes.

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Materials

3 Pieces of 12” x 18” Construction Paper (Green, Red, and Yellow)
25 feet of Measuring Tape
Scissors
1 Orange Cone
2 Pairs of Shoes
Cell phone (video record trials)
Notebook
Pencil

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Materials

Arrowhead

F-15

Fighter Jet

Dagger

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Procedure

Make the paper airplanes: Arrowhead, F-15 Fighter Jet, and Dagger. Click the link below and watch the video for plane folding instructions. YouTube Video For Making Paper Airplanes
Get a 25 ft.tape measure, orange cone, 2 pairs of shoes, & a notebook.
Test the planes out to make sure they fly.
Fully stretch out the 25 ft tape measure on top the ground.
Put the orange cone at 0 ft. and each shoe at every 5 ft. mark.
Stand next to the orange cone.
Fly each plane towards the other end of the tape measure.
Record the distance of each airplane in a notebook.
Repeat steps 6-8 for each paper airplane for two more trials.
Calculate the average distance for each paper airplane by adding the distance of each trial and dividing by three.

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Data Tables

Plane Design	Distance (feet)	Video
Arrowhead	17 feet
F-15 Fighter Jet	16.10 feet
Dagger	22.3 feet

Plane Design	Distance (feet)	Video
Arrowhead	14.3 feet
F-15 Fighter Jet	10 feet
Dagger	18 feet

Trial 1

Trial 2

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Data tables

Plane Design	Distance (feet)	Video
Arrowhead	18 feet
F-15 Fighter Jet	12.2
Dagger	15.6

Plane Design	Average Distance
ArrowHead	16.43
F-15 fighter jet	12.77
Dagger	18.63

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Trial Results

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Conclusions

My hypothesis was proven to be incorrect. The F-15 Fighter Jet paper airplane did not fly the farthest. The F-15 Fighter Jet had the shortest average distance, in feet, out the three paper airplane designs. The Dagger paper airplane flew the farthest with an average distance of 18.63 feet. I think the F-15 fighter jet was the heaviest design, because it had the most folds. I liked the F-15 Fighter Jet design the best.

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Real World Connections

Paper airplane designs can affect how far they can fly. When building a real jet or airplane the design is very important. The engineer’s design of a real jet or airplane can determine how far, high, fast, and smooth they fly.

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