| Abstract |
| Question |
| Hypothesis |
| Materials |
| Procedure |
| Observations |
| Results |
| Conclusion |
| Applications |
| Bibliography |
| Acknowledgements |
Conclusion |
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My hypothesis was correct. The smaller lifter achieved less thrust than the larger lifter, and had a smaller thrust to weight ratio. However, the difference was not very large, so it can be concluded that size minimally affects thrust.
I also discovered that a larger gap between the foil and wire increases the efficiency of the lifter, or the thrust produced for a given input power. However, and since I performed my tests using only 3 different gap spacings, it is difficult to tell if this trend can be extrapolated for gaps that are much greater or much smaller than the ones I used in this experiment. Another interesting phenomenon I discovered while doing my testing is that the power and thrust seem to be linearly related. I do not believe that anyone else has discovered this. This may be the key to developing better lifters in the future. |