Paper Airplanes Just a Thought
 

They might be annoying but here is why I think FIRST lets this happen at championships. It is science and creativity all in one.

http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories...-airplane-guy/

Just a thought.

:)

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I remember taking an aerospace engineering class in high school and building planes from wood and launching them down the hallway*, it was a great experience and I hope more people get to do it. But that experience came after classroom learning, we studied how the wings of a plane interact with the air and how that is effected by the shape of the wing. We also did not do it while sitting in a speech by the principal to the entire school.

*Fun fact, the best distance was achieved by a plane that was just a stick of glue destined for a glue gun.

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Of course, it is so obvious, Steamworks end game flying object - Bot will have to launch paper airplane of team's creation from far end of field back to driver's station. Genius!

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oh the equinity!

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I am taking Aerospace Engineering this year in high school, it is so much fun and a great learning experience. We just finished up our planes made of wood

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Over here being jealous of the high schools with Aerospace Engineering classes.

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Steam powered paper airplanes? Sounds perfectly feasible to me.

Saaaaame.

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Yep, same..

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I'm glad that the culture is changing for them to stop. There is a point where it is just rude.

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FIRST should just put the audience in a big net.
Fix all the projectiles, paper and frisbee ;).