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Does the length of the wing affect the speed of the paper airplane?
If so, should the length of the wing be long, short, or medium to increase speed. Please help me!
3 Answers
- TechnobuffLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
It's generally area that matters, as area produces lift.
So regardless of length, a wing with smaller area will need to travel faster than one with a large area, to support the same weight.
An aircraft in level flight must have lift equal to weight, so a small wing would need to travel faster. But a paper glider has no propulsion, so gravity must provide speed and lift. For this to happen, weight will need to exceed lift.
Generally speaking, a long narrow wing (high aspect ratio) is more efficient, but in paper, this is impractical. A delta configuration is more practical in paper.
- Anonymous5 years ago
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- Anonymous8 years ago
In general the faster the plane is thrown the shorter the wings can be (think about how a dart is thrown)