Experimental Design Form
Your goal is to construct a windmill that can raise a paper or plastic cup or weight to touch the nacelle, which is the area directly behind the center of the blades. Which team can design and build a windmill that will raise their cup or weight the fastest?
Parameters: Wind turbines can be secured to the edge of a desk and cups must hang beyond the edge of the desk. Towers must be 12″ high. String length (from top of the cup to the nacelle) must be 14″. “Weather conditions” will be decided by your teacher, and must remain constant during testing and presentation stages.