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    The Paper Helicopter Experiment

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    The document describes an experiment to test how the addition of a paperclip affects the falling speed of a paper helicopter. The hypothesis is that adding a paperclip will cause the helicopter to fall faster due to increased weight reducing air resistance. Two helicopters are dropped from 1.86 meters, one with and one without a paperclip, and the time taken to reach the floor is recorded over three trials. The data shows the helicopter with the paperclip had a lower average time, supporting the hypothesis that increased weight causes faster falling. However, variables like the paperclip position could also affect speed.

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    The document describes an experiment to test how the addition of a paperclip affects the falling speed of a paper helicopter. The hypothesis is that adding a paperclip will cause the helicopter to fall faster due to increased weight reducing air resistance. Two helicopters are dropped from 1.86 meters, one with and one without a paperclip, and the time taken to reach the floor is recorded over three trials. The data shows the helicopter with the paperclip had a lower average time, supporting the hypothesis that increased weight causes faster falling. However, variables like the paperclip position could also affect speed.

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    The document describes an experiment to test how the addition of a paperclip affects the falling speed of a paper helicopter. The hypothesis is that adding a paperclip will cause the helicopter to fall faster due to increased weight reducing air resistance. Two helicopters are dropped from 1.86 meters, one with and one without a paperclip, and the time taken to reach the floor is recorded over three trials. The data shows the helicopter with the paperclip had a lower average time, supporting the hypothesis that increased weight causes faster falling. However, variables like the paperclip position could also affect speed.

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    The document describes an experiment to test how the addition of a paperclip affects the falling speed of a paper helicopter. The hypothesis is that adding a paperclip will cause the helicopter to fall faster due to increased weight reducing air resistance. Two helicopters are dropped from 1.86 meters, one with and one without a paperclip, and the time taken to reach the floor is recorded over three trials. The data shows the helicopter with the paperclip had a lower average time, supporting the hypothesis that increased weight causes faster falling. However, variables like the paperclip position could also affect speed.

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    The key takeaways are that adding weight to an object increases its speed of descent due to decreased air resistance and increased force of gravity.

    The purpose of this experiment was to test whether adding weight to an object by attaching a paperclip would cause it to fall faster through the air.

    Adding a paperclip decreased the average time for the helicopter to land, supporting the hypothesis that increased weight leads to faster descent by reducing air resistance.

    The paper Helicopter Experiment

    Introduction :gravity (the force that attracts a body


    towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other
    physical body having mass. the degree of intensity of
    gravity, measured by acceleration.The speed of movement
    of an object is directly proportional to the resultant force
    of the outside world (or the gravity of the object itself) and
    inversely proportional to the viscosity of the moving
    medium of the object.(Gravity is the main reason why
    everyone and everything sticks to Earth.)Air resistance
    (describes the forces that are in opposition to the relative
    motion of an object as it passes through the air. These
    drag forces act opposite to the oncoming flow velocity,
    thus slowing the object down.)
    Question:
    How does the quality of the helicopter by adding a
    paperclip and the quality of the helicopter without a
    paperclip affect.
    Hypothesis:
    If a paperclip is added, then the helicopter will drop faster
    because the increased weight will make the helicopter spin
    in a way that reduces air-resistance.
    Materials:
    Paper Helicopter Template
    2 paper clips
    1 Scissor
    1 Stopwatch
    1 Pencil
    Ruler
    Laptop
    Chart that describes the speed of the helicopter
    Calculator (to find the average)

    Procedure:
    1.Take out a piece of paper and draw the outline of the
    helicopter with a pencil and ruler.
    2.Cut off the outline with scissors and cut off two
    helicopters.
    3.After cutting out, and folding out the look of the
    helicopter.
    4.One of helicopter has a paperclip and the other does not.
    5.Dropped from a height of 1.86 meters to record the
    speed of the drop
    6.Measure the time it takes for it to touch the floor.
    7.Record the value in the laptop.
    8.Do 2nd and 3rd trial
    9.Get the average of the three trials.
    10.Plot the graphs.

    Copter Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average


    Time (s) Time (s) Time (s) Time (s)

    1 1 with a clip 1.13 0.78 1.06 0.99

    2 1 without a 1.69 1.81 1.65 1.7167


    clip

    3
    Copter

    1 1 with a 1.88
    clip
    2 1 without 1.08
    a clip

    Data analysis
    The increased helicopter time of the paper clip reduces the
    average time the helicopter landed on the floor. Adding a
    paperclip to the helicopter will be faster. The data supports
    this assumption. Assuming a paperclip on the helicopter,
    the helicopter will fall faster because of gravity and air
    resistance. As a result, the average time is reduced by
    adding a paper clip. This means that the speed of the
    helicopter has increased.
    In conclusion
    This experiment yields whether it is faster to test whether
    the weight of the object will cause the object to fall. One
    finding is that when falling, if the mass of the object
    increases, the air resistance decreases, but the force and
    speed increase. Therefore, the data supports this
    assumption. An independent variable that may affect the
    experiment is the position of the paper clip. The
    dependent variable is that the paper clip is placed in
    another way. It may affect the speed of the helicopter. A
    constant variable will be the height of the door (the
    position where the helicopter is lowered) may affect the
    result. The reason is that if you make the following points,
    the helicopter will have a faster landing time.

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