Thursday, May 18, 2017

Passion Project part 1



For my passion project I decided to find a new way of transportation. I have always been interested in transportation, I always like better and faster. I wanted to design a fast,efficient but eco-friendly way of traveling. That's when I thought of it, since there are air-powered land vehicles why not an air-powered plane. Then started brainstorming idea's, and decided on having  two massive air-compressed tanks that replace the engines. They would also have refill vacuums,and have pressure censors to indicate that the tank is low.

I will try to include a model made out of styrofoam and a CO2 tank, the wings will be made out of paper or cardboard and must be symetrical, and have the same weight in order to balance the plane. But first I need to figure out how a plane works, because I can't just remove parts without knowing their purpose. The materials might be a problem. I also need to create an efficient design for the plane and present it in a powerpoint. I need to learn how to design on a website, and how to create the wings for the model. At  the end I will have an efficient way of travelling and a model  to present the idea. Sadly I cannot test this design as I can't create a real plane.