My science Fair Project

This web page is dedicated to my project in the 2001

 General Wolfe science fair. It was both hard and 

fun to partake on this project and found the 

information new and exciting.

                                                                                                                                 My project was on airplanes. I estimated what the job of the airplane was and told why I had thought this. Even though I know a lot about planes and jets, I got a few surprises out of this project.

 

The first thing I did was find pictures of planes and found out what I could about planes and engines in the short time I had. Next I estimated the jobs of the planes and put them on a sheet of paper. Let me give you an example

#1 a agile fighter because it had a \_____/ as a tail.

It was actually meant to fly strait because the tail was meant to cut the resistance from the air coming out of the jet. I was surprised that I was wrong but the answer made me see it in a new way.

As almost all people know, planes fly by air moving over their wings like so 

You can see that more air goes under the wing then over, giving lift. With different designs and flaps, the flight of the plane is adjusted to the changes. Giving various planes different purposes.

 

                                                                                                         
Plane Info
      

 

      

 

      

 

      

 

    		The jet engine is very       different from a propelled engine. not only is it faster, but the higher       it goes , the faster. With a propeller its the other way around. When a       propelled plane goes higher, it runs out of air to fly on. With a jet the       air only gets in the way..                                                                     
            

            

 

          

            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Carrier-based                     multi-role strike fighter. 
                    

                  		Grumman                     Aerospace Corporation.

                  		F-14: two                     Pratt & Whitney TF-30P-414Aturbofan engines with                       afterburners. F-14B and F-14D : two General Electric                     F-110-GE-400augmented turbofan engines with afterburners.
F-14: 20,900                     pounds (9,405 kg) static thrust per engine; F-14B and F-14D:                     27,000 pounds (12,150 kg) per engine.
61 feet 9                     inches (18.6 meters).
16 feet (4.8                     meters).
64 feet (19                     meters) upswept, 38 feet (11.4 meters) swept.
Max Mach =                     1.88, Cruise Mach = 72 ; Carrier Approach Speed = 125 kts.
72,900 pounds                     (32,805 kg).
Two: pilot                     and radar intercept officer.
          
      

 

I am kind of sad that this project was not as tough as I thought it would be. Most of the models I had used where old and ones I had already seen. I still found this to be highly educational and hope to learn more in the upcoming years.

 

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