dr wogz
Fly caster
OK, hypothetically speaking, and a proposal:
You're on the ISS; in space, in a 0-G environment. Better yet, you're one of the new Mars colonists en route to Mars (No major gravitational influences). Again, a 0-G environment. And it just so happens that NASA engineers gave the ship / station a massive gymnasium. A typical high school gym. A massive volume pressurised with a typical earth atmosphere. But no gravity.
You & the other space voyagers are board one day, and you decide to hold a paper airplane contest in said large room. Many different designs are created, and all are eager to fly the farthest, longest duration, etc...
Everyone is lined up against one wall, and the planes are launched (tossed?).. What are their flight paths? Do some designs perform differently than others?
(Standard 'letter' folded paper planes (or A4 for the European travellers) )
You're on the ISS; in space, in a 0-G environment. Better yet, you're one of the new Mars colonists en route to Mars (No major gravitational influences). Again, a 0-G environment. And it just so happens that NASA engineers gave the ship / station a massive gymnasium. A typical high school gym. A massive volume pressurised with a typical earth atmosphere. But no gravity.
You & the other space voyagers are board one day, and you decide to hold a paper airplane contest in said large room. Many different designs are created, and all are eager to fly the farthest, longest duration, etc...
Everyone is lined up against one wall, and the planes are launched (tossed?).. What are their flight paths? Do some designs perform differently than others?
(Standard 'letter' folded paper planes (or A4 for the European travellers) )