A group from Queensland University of Technology conducted an experiment where they recorded the distance flown by paper aeroplanes. The experimenters used a sealed corridor at the University, and controlled the design of the aeroplane, the weight of the paper from which each aeroplace was constructed, and the angle of incidence at launch for each paper plane. The data and further notes for this experiment can be found at http://www.statsci.org/data/oz/planes.html.
plane.dfA data.frame with 16 rows and 5 columns:
Distance travelled in mm.
Paper weight in grams per square metre (gsm), either 80 gsm or 50 gsm.
Angle of launch, horizontal or 45 degrees.
Design of the plane, either high performance or simple.