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Yesterday we put the final modifications on our plane.  The only thing left is to paint the glider.  We had some difficulty finishing the plane.  We were trying to find a way to secure the light bulb to our plane using foam and rubber bands.  Before we put the light bulb on the plane, we just used a block of foam and rubber banded ot to the plane.  This idea of holding the light bulb didn't work well.  It continued to throw off the balance of the plane.  This took us back to square one.  We d...
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Today we attempted to fix our gliders problem.  To do this, we used pennies to help weigh the glider.  First, we put pennies on the tail end and that pushed the back end down causeing the plane to stall.  We then decided to put a penny in the front of the plane one in the back.  This worked well but the plane was still stalling.  We then decided to place the pennies under the center part of the wings.  This modification worked the best.  The plane was still drifting to the right so we taped a...
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The problem with our glider was that at would dive head first. To fix this problem, we taped five pennies to the back of the glider. We found that the glider's back would drop and the plane would point up and fall to the ground. We then took two pennies off and the plane flew straighter. We are still trying to fix the drift to the right.
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Our first test flight was on February 12 2012.  We found that our glider drifted to the right.  It consistantly went about 10-12 yards.  Without the front wings, the glider went about 30 yards and straight.  To modify the plane we are going to weight the left wing to try and achieve balance as well as adding a little bit of weight to the tail to increase the angle of attack. 
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We have opened our first website.  We will be posting updates about our glider.
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