The objective is to make a kite from a standard 8 by 11 sheet of paper and plastic drinking straws. Each student will make a kite and practice flying them. The team will select one of the kites for the competition. The winners of the competition will be the kites that reaches the greatest altitude with a fixed length of string. Familiarization with concepts of forces, compression, tension, deflection, and strain.
Materials consist lengths of pine and builders glue.
The project involves one of various cross-section design, analysis, drafting, layout and construction. In some cases mentors may need to provide weights. The objective is to design and build a device to throw a ping pong ball accurately at a target 25 ft distant. Available materials include plywood, rubber tubing, springs etc. Please allow three weeks for manufacture and delivery of parts.