medamuppet

is there any where that i could get hold of the plans for a wing. all i need is the wing to investigate lift but i could really do with some plans. cheers

Bunkerbarge

Firstly a warm welcome to the forum.

There are almost as many differrent wing forms as there are aircraft but there are many model aircraft magazines that give away free plans with the mag so they may be worth investigating.

rjwood_uk

welcome to the forum mate

here you go....hope it helps!

http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/aer...ial/wings.html

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wonwinglo

Hello Medamuppet ! forget the plans and follow these instructions to make a working instructional wing that will serve you well for experiments-

1/Take a piece of A5 thin card and fold it lengthways into two,then open it up so you have one piece going straight up .
2/At a point aprox 1/3rd of the card on the lower piece glue a strip of wood approx half an inch from tip to tip.
3/Next pull the top surface ( ie the vertical piece of the card ) directly over the strip of wood and glue down the end of the two pieces of card,this will give you an aerofoil lifting shape.
4/ To demonstrate the lift gained from the card wing place it onto the edge of a table with two pins pushed into the ends of the wood strip and balancing on two blocks of hardwood,next use a fan to generate the lift.
5/Observe how the increased and decreased pressure of the aerofoil will lift the wing.

A even simpler demonstration is to hold a flat piece of paper in front of you and move slowly forward,the sheet will lift even if it is only a flat piece of paper.
Or you could even sand a piece of foam to the shape of any aerofoil section and use that.

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