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Team Members and Their Roles
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Before you can perform this experiment, each of you must be assigned
a certain role or have a certain job to do. For this experiment there
are four jobs. Each of the jobs is described below. Before you begin
the experiment, make sure that you understand what you will be responsible
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- Flight Data Recorder
- This team member records the launch angle and the distance measurements
for each flight.
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- Pilot
- This team member is in charge of launching the airplane. This
member must make sure that all airplane parts are securely in place
before launch. That means the tail section is firmly in its slot,
the wings are centered through the fuselage and are in the back
position. The pilot must pull the rubberband back exactly three
inches and keep the fuselage of the airplane flat against the launch
board.
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- Launch Manager
- This team member is in charge of measuring the angle of attack
on the launch board. The Launch Manager holds the launch board firmly
in place at its proper angle. This member also makes sure that the
base board does not move as the pilot pulls back on the rubberband.
The member also double-checks that the airplane is lying flat against
the launch board before takeoff.
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- Spotter
- This team member follows the airplane’s flight and spots the airplane’s
first point of contact with the ground. Then he or she measures
the distance, reports the measurement to the Flight Data Recorder,
and then returns the airplane to pilot.
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