Working with different blade materials to determine which material will produce the best results. We experimented with Baisa Wood, Cardboard, and Styrofoam. We measured the volumes and mass to calculate the density of each material. We also wanted to test how much power each material produces depending on the type of material.
We made multiple blades of each material so we could test them for the amount of power they generated. We would later test to determine their flexion values which is the amount of stress each material can take before breaking.
We determined that the Cardboard was the best material to make our blades at. It had the best results overall and had some of the lowest standard deviations among the three materials. It also performed the best on the flex test and did not break on any of the tests. The other two materials would break early on. While we determined the cardboard was the most efficeint, the Baisa Wood was a close second. This concludes that if we need a more sturdy material for our blades we can always fall back on the Baisa Wood as an option.
