How LIFT works:
Airfoil research:
Video
Video
Airfoil Simulator
This is a simulator of wing lift. Click HERE to launch it.
Everyone must use the following settings:
Speed: 100 mph (the speed of the airplane)
Altitude: 0 feet (the altitude of the airplane)
Wing Area: 100 square feet (the surface area of the top of the wing)
You can change:
The ANGLE of the wing, the CAMBER of the wing, the THICKNESS of the wing.
Your goal is to produce as much LIFT as possible and to use this as inspiration for your wing design.
Your wing design:
Lift Calculator
Use the website "The Measure of Things" to compare the surface area needed to lift you to other objects that have the same surface area. Click here to launch it.