Designed to meet the requirements of myself for an aircraft to serve as a "smaller Voyager-like cruiser" and those of teachers for an educational demonstrator, the SkyVoyager is a miniature "drone" paper airplane that has done just that. The performance of the SkyVoyager is roughly equal to that of the larger, less compact Voyager, and uses almost a square inch of paper less than the former.
Even months before the Voyager first flew in November 2011, the concept for this airplane existed and was being pursued. The concept was for a small paper airplane that could be easily made and operated in the classroom for demonstrations of a variety of topics to students. I spoke with several teachers about how they could use a small paper airplane and for what. From there, I optimized the aircraft toward their needs. Due to some delays, I eventually merged my requirement for a new small cruiser paper airplane into this initiative. The SkyVoyager is the result.
The SkyVoyager is suitable in the classroom for experiments looking into:
Even months before the Voyager first flew in November 2011, the concept for this airplane existed and was being pursued. The concept was for a small paper airplane that could be easily made and operated in the classroom for demonstrations of a variety of topics to students. I spoke with several teachers about how they could use a small paper airplane and for what. From there, I optimized the aircraft toward their needs. Due to some delays, I eventually merged my requirement for a new small cruiser paper airplane into this initiative. The SkyVoyager is the result.
The SkyVoyager is suitable in the classroom for experiments looking into:
- Glide ratio
- Weight and balance
- Hangtime versus other aircraft
- How surface inequality can affect aircraft (geometry/shape studies)
- Other physics experiments
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May 21, 2012. 4:47 PMReplyAwesome! Very precise!
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in reply to May 21, 2012. 4:56 PMReplyWonderful! :)
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