Level: 2
Category: Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies
Year: 1944

Airplane Modeling

1. Build and successfully fly an airplane from a kit made of balsa wood and tissue paper; it can be either rubber band or gas powered.
2. Build a balsa wood glider from a kit and observe its flying characteristics as related to the variable positions of the wings.
3. Make and successfully fly two different styles of airplanes using sheets of paper between 8 and 14 inches (20-35 cm) in width and length.
4. Define, locate, and explain the usage of the following basic items:
   1. Fuselage
   2. Wing
   3. Airleron
   4. Rudder
   5. Horizontal stabilizer
   6. Strut
   7. Cockpit
   8. Engine
   9. Landing gear
   10. Propeller