The Foss Plane Experiment

This is a picture of Ryan making a Foss plane. We made these in science. This was a experiment in the variables unit.

The way we made these was first we had to sand some Popsicle sticks into a special shape. Then we had to bend a straw in half and cut it so there would be two half's of a straw. After that we had to flatten out the edges of the straw. Next we got a straw and we had to pt both half's of the other straw into the one that we just got and that gives us are bases to keep up the top of the plane. Next we had to staple the Popsicle sticks to the bottom of the plane. Next we had to put on the propeller and the tail on the plane. After that we put a rubber band on the bottom of the plane. We had to spin the propeller to make the plane move. The way we tested the plane was we winded the plane up and then let it go and see how far it would go on a 234cm string. My plane went all the way across with 26 winds. We also did a test that you had to put two rubber bands on the plane. When we did that are plane went so much faster because it had twice the wind's!!!! What I learned was when you put two rubber bands on the plane, It goes faster because it has twice the wind's. The most important thing in this experiment was to get the plane moving. And this is what i learned doing the Foss plane experiment