I have to do a project on anything to do with a aircraft. So can you please give me some ideas.?

Question

In the project, i have to create a portfolio, make a model of the thing im going to do my prject on, do presentation etc. So i wanted to know what type of project can i do relating to aircraft.
The project can be anything to do with aircraft or anything within the aircraft industry.
Thanks.

Answer 1

How about some thing as simple as what makes an airplane fly.

Answer 2

A friend's son did a cool demonstration of the Bernoulli Principle - he made a reasonbly accurate model of a wing and ran thin teflon tubing straight up through the wing and glued it flush with the top surface at several points starting near the leading edge of the wing and going toward the trailing edge.

You can often obtain small diameter teflon tubing at electronics supply stores, or possibly medical supply stores (tho' it will for sure be more expensive at the latter).

He used a powerful blower to blow air across the wing, wind-tunnel style. Not a leaf-blower - but a cannister vacuum cleaner with the hose attached to teh output should work fine.

Then he placed the bottom ends of the tubes into a bottle of colored water and lined them up vertically so you could see the different levels of the water as it was drawn upwards by the negative pressure.

The idea is to show the profile of negative pressure at various points on the top of a wing shape, from front to back.

Answer 3

Your answers are on the Internet, the pictures are there as well. Why not go surfing to either World War 1 or two, after all we've just had Remembrance Sunday. Even the war in Iraq, or even the latest conflicts, all of which needed brave service men and women, ground crew and pilots.
Write to any RAF stations, ask for any leaflets etc (you'll find these addresses on the internet) or and you sound young, ask your grand-dad or someone elderly, their experiences in the war (just make sure you don't insult their age !).

Good luck with your project ! a friend xx

Answer 4

i would go with the arms race just before the second world war, when Germany developed the mono winged plane and when the spitfire was rushed into development, and how aircraft design was going forward in leaps and bounds, and there is also at the end of the war when jet engined aircraft where being developed. the second world war was the most exiting time for aircraft development.

Answer 5

Production of aero parts will give you plenty of insite into aircraft try the plane manufacturers on the web and Rolls Royce, BAE systems and the Farnborough Airshow website it will give you a full list of companies involved.

Choose a topic or company you understand avaiation is fun and not rocket science, you should enjoy learning about it, I did.

Good luck with your project would love to know how you get on.

Answer 6

How about doing Naval aircraft and how they differ from other military aircraft because of their ability to take off and land on aircraft carriers.

Catapult launches and arresting wire landings while the runway is moving up and down left and right.

Answer 7

Have a look at the Vulcan Bomber - they have restored one recently and its just flown again (video on you tube)- it made one of the longest raids ever when it took out the runway in the falklands. I think you can get models of it still to put together yourself.

Answer 8

well, some good answers already, but as a guide, how about the differences between for example a boeing 737NG and an A320. A good place to start there and a lot of pro's and con's for each side. good luck :)

Answer 9

The rise and fall of Concorde

Answer 10

How about you talk about the F117 Nighthawk, and it's stealth capabilities.