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Engineering Planes


Today we built planes in school using card. It’s a balancing act! As with real airplanes there are 4 main forces, called aerodynamic forces, that enable a paper/cardboard plane to stay in the air:



Force
Description
Thrust
when you throw the plane forward 
Lift
is a force that acts on the wings and helps the plane to move up. Big wings increase lift 
Gravity
is the force that pulls the plane down. The right materials can create a lighter aircraft that stays up longer. 
Drag (caused by the tail)
is the opposite of thrust and it makes the plane slow down 

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