Flying Fiesta

INVESTIGATORY PROJECT (FLYING FIESTA)

MEMBERS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Amira Belle D. Reyes Rogerio B. Bausa Ferlina D. Vidal Bernice Salud Angel D. Manarang Eloisa P. Ignacio Mikhail Adrineda

CHAPTER 1

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This investigatory project is a miniature flying fiesta which aims to determine, how to make an improvised model of a flying fiesta and how it can help incoming fourth year students to easily understand the principles of centripetal force.

CHAPTER 2

RELATED LITERATURE Flying fiesta is a ride where when the structure starts to spin the swinging arms begins to rise and pull away from the structure. The spinning is what you call the centripetal force. Centripetal force comes from the Latin word “centrum” which means “center” and “petere” which means “to seek”. It is a force that makes a body follows a curved path: it is always directed orthogonal to the velocity of the body, toward the instantaneous center of curvature of the path. Isaac Newton's description was: "A centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled or in any way tend, towards a point as to a center." The centripetal force is supplied by gravity. Some sources, including Newton, refer to the entire gravitational force as a centripetal force, even for non-circular orbits, for which gravity is not aligned with the direction to the center of curvature. The centripetal force can also be supplied as a 'push' force such as in the case where the normal reaction of a wall supplies the centripetal force for a wall of death rider. Another example of centripetal force arises in the helix which is traced out when a charged particle moves in a uniform magnetic field in the absence of other external forces. In this case, the magnetic force is the centripetal force which acts towards the helix axis. www.wikipedia.org www.answers.yahoo.com

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Illustration Board

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String or Yarn

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Folder

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PVC

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Batteries

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Glue Gun

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