{"id":2804,"date":"2017-07-02T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=2804"},"modified":"2021-02-01T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T13:08:39","slug":"2804-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/2804-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stow Maries Pedal Planes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Essex Students build pedal planes at\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Stow Maries Great War\u00a0<\/strong>Aerodrome<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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During the recent Easter holidays sixteen pupils from Essex Schools spent four days building four pedal planes. The pupils were mentored and supervised by volunteers from the Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome.<\/p>\n

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Pupils from the following schools took part in the Little Planes Project:-<\/em>
\nBasildon Academy, Beauchamps High School, Billericay School, Passmores Academy, Stewards Academy, Westcliff High School for Boys, Woodlands Secondary School.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by :- The Essex Employment & Skills Board
\nEducation & Industry STEM Programme<\/p>\n

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The RE Workshop was busy for four days last week with groups of young people making pedal planes.
\nThe Little Plane project was inspired by our very own Ron and taken forward under the auspices of Essex\u00a0County Council. Ron set up the workshop by laser cutting all the wooden parts and making many other\u00a0components such as pedals and other fittings. Denis, Ian R, Roger B and other volunteers supervised the\u00a0young mechanics who assembled and painted the little planes.
\nThe project was a great success considering that most of the young people had never even picked up\u00a0a screwdriver before. They are to be commended for their enthusiasm and determination to get the job\u00a0finished. We would like to thank Ron for all his hard work and expertise.<\/p>\n

One of them, Sri Haran, made his own report of the project<\/p>\n

From the 10th \u2013 14th April Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome ran the Little Planes Project. The premise was\u00a0rather simple; four teams of four Year 9-10s would construct a small pedal plane in four days whilst also\u00a0getting to experience working in engineering and aeronautical fields. The project was run by volunteer\u00a0workers and I would have to say, the whole thing was very enjoyable.<\/p>\n

On the first day, we were assigned our teams and deployed to our work stations to start the fuselage.\u00a0Although the sanding was laborious, it was worth it in the end when we were able to see the progress we had\u00a0made by the end of the day.<\/p>\n

On the next day, we began work on the painting with the primer coat and the crank for the pedals.\u00a0There was a lot of work to be done so we really had to get stuck in and I think some of us managed to get\u00a0more paint on ourselves than on our planes. Nonetheless it was an enjoyable experience. Following this the\u00a0third day was when we applied our paint and sanded off all of the remaining rough edges ahead of the final\u00a0session.
\nAt the time of writing I have yet to do this final day but it does look plausible that we may finish; we\u00a0really have to hope. Regardless of whether we finish or not, I would say that we all look forward to seeing our\u00a0little planes in the end.<\/p>\n

The construction aspect in itself, however, isn\u2019t always the most interesting when it comes to drying\u00a0paint, waiting for it to settle or just waiting for other teams to finish, but we were very lucky to be hosted by\u00a0such wonderful engineers and experts that we barely noticed!
\nDuring the breaks a number of us experienced VR plane simulations and others even received their own\u00a0boomerangs. We\u2019ve also launched rockets, flown drones, watched real planes take off and land and all this\u00a0whilst learning more about the history of the site and the science of aerodynamics.<\/p>\n

Because of all these activities I would like to thanks all of the volunteers who gave up their time and energy\u00a0putting up with all of us to make the entire event just that little bit more fun.
\nIf you didn\u2019t believe me, here\u2019s what some of my peers said<\/p>\n

Lewis: \u201cReally fun.\u201d
\nAlicia: \u201cBanterful.\u201d
\nJake: \u201cThoroughly enjoyable.\u201d
\nSonny: \u201cVery rewarding”<\/p>\n

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Essex Students build pedal planes at\u00a0Stow Maries Great War\u00a0Aerodrome During the recent Easter holidays sixteen pupils from Essex Schools spent four days building four pedal planes. The pupils were mentored and supervised by volunteers from the Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome. Pupils from the following schools took part in the Little Planes Project:- Basildon Academy, … Continue reading Stow Maries Pedal Planes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2804","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4011,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2804\/revisions\/4011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}