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Paper airplanes are beloved for a reason: they're cheap, easy, and awesome. You can create a wide range of styles and designs, all from a simple sheet of paper. From
complex designs resembling origami to the most simple airplane shapes, you can find them on Instructables!
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Step 8: Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Step 2: Folds 1 - 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Step 3: Fold 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 4: Fold 5 + 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Step 1: Step 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Step 4: Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Step 3: Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Step 5: Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Step 2: Flipping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Step 2: Next fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Step 4: Step 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Step 5: Step 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Step 6: Step 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Step 7: Step 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Step 8: Finished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Step 6: Flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Step 1: Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Step 7: Taping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Step 8: Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Step 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Step 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
The Eagle Jet Paper Airplane "you cannot hide" ;-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Intro: The Eagle Jet Paper Airplane "you cannot hide" ;-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
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Step 1: Take a sheet of paper (A4 or Letter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Toss It! Speed Challenge _ Paper plane : the unthrown one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Intro: Toss It! Speed Challenge _ Paper plane : the unthrown one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
paperang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
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Step 4: Step 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
No, this is the absolute greatest and easiest to make paper airplane, no really, try it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Intro: No, this is the absolute greatest and easiest to make paper airplane, no really, try it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Step 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Step 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Step 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Step 4: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Step 5: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
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Author and Copyright Notices
Instructable: Twin jet paper airplane
Author: neelandan
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
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Author: one-lightbulb
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Instructable: Toss It! Speed Challenge _ Paper plane : the unthrown one
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License: Public Domain (pd)
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Author: dunnos
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Instructable: No, this is the absolute greatest and easiest to make paper airplane, no really, try it!
Author: SoDDiggerCpl
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Disclaimer
All do-it-yourself activities involve risk, and your safety is your own responsibility, including proper use of equipment and safety gear, and determining whether you have
adequate skill and experience. Some of the resources used for these projects are dangerous unless used properly and with adequate precautions, including safety gear.
Some illustrative photos do not depict safety precautions or equipment, in order to show the project steps more clearly. The projects are not intended for use by children.
Many projects on Instructables are user-submitted, and appearance of a project in this format does not indicate it has been checked for safety or functionality. Use of the
instructions and suggestions is at your own risk. Instructables, Inc. disclaims all responsibility for any resulting damage, injury, or expense. It is your responsibility to make
sure that your activities comply with all applicable laws.
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Twin jet paper airplane
by neelandan on March 6, 2008
Interested in building small circuits around tiny chips (the electronic kind).
The first step is to tear off (or cut) a rectangular piece of paper from suitable stock. I am illustrating the process with an old magazine I had lying around.
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Step 2: Diagonal fold
Now fold the paper diagonally as shown in the picture. This forms one fold needed for the plane, and also to mark a square shape.
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Step 3: Straight fold
Now fold the bottom part upwards. This puts a fold exactly where the rectangular piece of paper may be cut to make it into a square one.
The body of the plane is folded from this large square piece.
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Step 4: Cut and separate the tail
Now open up both folds, and tear off or cut at that straight fold. You will end up with a large square piece, to make the body of the plane, and a smaller, rectangular piece,
that makes the tail.
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Step 5: Fold along the other diagonal
Now fold the paper along the other diagonal and open it up again. You will have a square piece of paper with folds along the two diagonals.
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Step 6: Turn paper over
Turn the paper over, so that you are looking at the back of the folds you just made.
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Step 7: Parallel fold
Fold the paper in half, so that the three folds cross each other at the centre of the square. Open it up, again.
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Step 8: Magic
It's magic. There is no other explanation, since the paper will automatically fold itself into a sort of triangular hat shape with four leaves at this point.
If it doesn't, (you're a squib?) just take up that piece of paper and urge it to fold along those three lines, all at once.
The two pictures show the paper on my scanner, and the picture taken by the scanner. It is a great way to document instructables, since the scanner automatically takes
care of all lighting and framing and exposure.
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Step 9: Fold the fuselage
Now you take the two top 'leaves' and fold them forward, diagonally. This will form the fuselage of the plane.
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Step 10: Fold the engines
The ends of the triangular pieces you have just folded are folded inwards to make the two engines.
Keep them small if you want performace. Or make them large for your plane to have large mean looking engines.
Fold the body in half, along the line of the tips of the engines. This fold will also lock the tail in position, and prevent it from taking independent flight when you launch it.
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Step 12: Pull out engines and add dihedral
Now pull those two last fold out so that they look like jet engine nascelles.
Put a dihedral on the wings by folding lengthwise. This also stiffens the tail, and makes the plane stable in flight.
Some control may be excercised over the flight trajectory by warping the wings and tail.
Warp the wings downwards to increase lift. Warp the tail upwards to make the plane climb.
Because of the large weight of the plane in relation to the wing area, this is a fast plane, and flights will be short but fast.
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Step 13: Launch it!
That's it, have fun.
The plane is best launched by an overhand throw, nose pointed slightly downward. It shoud swoop close to the ground, then climb because of the initial speed, and then
level out and settle gently into a descent.
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Image Notes
1. The pilot
If you think you may need help deciding where to fold, print out the guide. it is exactly 11" by 8.5".
Print Guide Note : If you cannot print it borderless than format the margin in paint to match your printer margin. For instance my printer prints with a top margin of .12, so
since there are 72 pixels per inch and .12 of 72 is 9, subtract 9 pixels from the top and 18 from the bottom. My left margin is .25, so i subtract 18 from the left and 32 from
the right. Print Guide Download Link
If you want a cool plane like the one in the intro, print out the decal sheet, it to is exactly 11" by 8.5".
Before you build it here is a small video of some test flights with the second or third one i made.
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Image Notes
1. Pilot
2. The Windows
3. Well, thats just what it is!
4. The contest!
5. The instructable author!
Step 2: Folds 1 - 3
Terms:
The colored side of the paper is the top face.
The side with the triangle is the top and the other sides are relative to it.
Fold 1:
Turn the paper onto its back side, then fold the the upper left hand corner, down across the paper, forming a right triangle, with two identical sides.
Fold 2:
Open the paper back up, and repeat for the other corner.
Fold 3:
Open the paper up again, and then fold the paper so that the upper left hand corner meets the end of fold 2, and the upper left hand corner meets the end of fold 1.
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Image Notes Image Notes
1. Top Side 1. Fold 1
2. Left Side
3. Bottom Side
4. Right Side
5. Top Face
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Image Notes Image Notes
1. Fold 2 1. end of fold 1
2. end of fold 2
3. Bring this corner down to the end of fold 2.
4. Make sure this corner also lines up with the end of fold 1
5. Fold 3 across this line
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Image Notes
1. If your paper looks like this, then you are ready for Step 3: Fold 4
Step 3: Fold 4
This fold is slightly tricky to do (well) but fold 3 should have helped make this easier.
First make sure the top side of the paper is facing away from you and that the paper is face down.
Bring the left side of fold 3 and the right side of fold 3 together. Now holding the corners, lower them onto the center of the paper. Then crease the left and right sides of
the newly formed triangle.
Image Notes
1. The two ends brought to the center.
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Image Notes
1. The fold ends brought together.
Image Notes
1. Result of fold 4.
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Step 4: Fold 5 + 6
Have the colored face down, so the large triangle made from fold 4 is facing you.
Fold 5 : Fold the lower right hand corner of the triangle up to the top of the triangle. This fold should be across the green line.
Fold 6 : Repeat for the left side, except this time fold along the red line.
Image Notes
1. Lower right hand corner.
2. Lower left hand corner.
3. Top of the triangle.
4. Fold the fifth fold across this line.
5. fold the sixth fold across this line.
Image Notes
1. Fold 5 Success!!!
Image Notes
1. More success!
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1. Fold 5 + 6 Success!!!!
Fold 8:
Repeat fold 7 using the right triangle and the yellow line.
Fold 9:
Now take the left hand corner of the left triangle and fold it so it meets the triangles hypotenuse. Fold it across the purple line.
Fold 10:
Repeat fold 9 using the right triangle and the orange line.
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1. Topmost corner of left triangle. 1. Fold 7 SUCCESS!!!!
2. Topmost corner of right triangle.
3. Lowest corner of left triangle.
4. Lowest Corner of Right Triangle
5. Fold 7 across this line.
6. Fold 8 across this line.
7. Fold 7 across this line.
8. Fold 8 across this line
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1. SUCCESS!!!!!
Fold 11:
Basically you are going to tuck the bottom of the right hand triangle underneath itself, so that the inner fold is on the blue line. Now the pink and blue lines might not line
up perfectly with your fold, as it depends upon how perfect your precious folds were (or they could just be a little off).
Fold 12:
Repeat fold 11 for the left side, using the pink line.
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1. Fold 11 SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!
If you do not have scissors available (like your at school), fold the bottom of the paper up until it meets resistance (triangle folded in step 2), or fold it across the green
line. Now slowly drag the fold across your tongue. Then fold it onto the other side, and drag it across your tongue again. Repeat this until you have severely weakened
the fold. Now simply tear down the fold, the weakened fold should easily tear down itself.
Fold 14 :
Hold the newly torn piece with the colored face up and fold it in half the long way. (Bring the bottom up to the top to the fold is directly in the middle. Fold it across the blue
line.
Fold 15 :
If you have scissors available, cut the light blue lines.
If you do not have scissors available, hold the two blue lines together and tear down both lines at the same time.
Now fold the two flaps outward, bring each of their tops down to meet the green fold and crease. (or fold them across the yellow and red lines respectively.)
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1. After folding and licking, it should tear easily and exactly, like this.
If you are not using the guide the top is folded backwards so that the fold that was tucked underneath lines up with the edge of the new fold. If confused, look at the
pictures.
Fold 17:
Line the left side up with the with the right side and fold it down the center, or across the purple line.
Fold 18 + 19:
Open up the paper so that you can manipulate both sides. Now take the either side and fold it so that the front of the wing (facing all the folds) is slightly higher than the
back of the wing or fold along the light ping or blue line. Repeat for the other wing.
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1. Fold the top back along this yellow line. 1. Notice how the inner folds line up with this new fold.
2. Fold 17 across this line.
3. Fold 18 or 19 across this line.
4. Fold 18 or 19 across this line.
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Step 9: The Final Folds
Fold 20 + 21:
Fold the tip of either wing about half an inch from the tip, or along the purple or orange line.
Image Notes
1. Fold 20 or 22 across this line.
To make landing gears pull out the flap hidden in the side of the airplane and fold it so that it points downward. Repeat for the other side. Then move them apart until they
can support the plane.
To correct any flight problems you can cut flaps in the back of the wings or you can curve the tail fins.
If that doesn't work, here are some other uses for a dud airplane:
1) Fire starter
2) Confetti
3) Paper ball
4) food
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1. Angle your wings like these. 1. This is the fold created for my landing gears.
2. Bend these so they are close together. 2. Use this flap for your landing gears.
Image Notes
1. Bend both flaps away from each other until the airplane can support itself.
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Paper Aeroplane: Thunder Bomber
by Loosewire; SOE Operative on December 3, 2007
Step 1: Step 1
Take an A4 piece of paper and find a smooth, flat surface to do your folding.
1. Crease down the vertical centre of the paper from side to side, then unfold.
2. Fold across the horizontal centre of the paper from top to bottom.
3. Now you have to fold the paper along a line from the top of the central fold to the bottom corner.
5. Now fold from the top corners to the crease that you just made.
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Image Notes Image Notes
1. From here.. 1. Now from up here...
2. ..to here. 2. ...to down here.
Image Notes
1. Daa Daaaa!
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Step 2: The tricky bits
1. Refold the folds that you just made, so that both creases face towards each other. Now push the corners down, so that the top corners are now inverted down inside
the rest of the folded piece of paper.
4. Fold along the dotted line to join point A to B, then repeat on the other side of the paper.
Image Notes
1. Push this down between the 2 sides.
2. This too.
Image Notes
1. Note how it is now inverted inbetween the 2 halves.
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1. It should now be like this.
2. A
3. B
2. It should now look like this. Fold each 'wing' outwards horizontally at around the place shown on the picture.
You may have noticed that the end of the wings are split, there is a reason for this, they are folded up and help to stabilise the plane in flight (but they look cool too!)
4&5. Fold from the top wing tip upwards from where the top front flap meets the wing beneath it (keep it inline with the back line of wind so it stands straight and
perpendicular to the plane's body.
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Image Notes
1. This point.
Step 4: Flight
When throwing the plane hold it by the body in the middle so that it feels balanced, then aim, move your elbow forward and gently flick your wrist so that it glides through
the air.
Now all that is left to do is ENJOY!
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Paper Fighter (yes it flies)
by optimized4perfection on February 28, 2008
2 A4 papers
Stapler, ruler, pencil
Above average skills at paper planes
5 minutes upward
Tips
Image Notes
1. older model.. lol
2. make your own!
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Image Notes
1. remove portion along line
Step 1: Fuselage
See pictures
note. easy steps are skipped (quite obvious)
Image Notes
1. fuselage
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Image Notes
1. open, fold in
Image Notes
1. 3d folding involved, refer to prev pic to get idea
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1. to get here from previous, most of the paper has to be unfolderd then folded
back
Image Notes
1. to get here from previous, most of the paper has to be unfolderd then folded
back
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Step 2: Wings and Body
see pictures
note. 95% of this plane can be folded by aligning to previous folds somehow
Image Notes
1. in half across breadth
2. dont tell me you need step by steps how to get here
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Image Notes Image Notes
1. flip over and turn trangle portion upwards 1. there we go
2. this corner is usually teribly warped, dont worry, it gets hidden off later
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Image Notes
1. fold down top, reccomend looking at next image to estimate size of fold
Image Notes
1. fold with ruler
2. fold with ruler
Image Notes
1. make a notch in line with the paper
2. draw right angled line through wing tip
3. extend this line into center of paper to make notch
Image Notes
1. remove portion along line
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Step 3: Assembly
put both together!
Image Notes
1. underside of winf stapled to rear fuselage
2. cut portion
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Step 4: TOSS IT!
Hold as shown in picture, Index at the end, thumb and 4th at each side, toss forward!
Tips
USE 2 rubber bands in series and pull back gently, sudden acceleration will kill the plane and it will fall like a dead bird
Using low gsm paper for the wings and high gsm paper for the body gives Exellent results
Aim 5 to 40 degrees to horizon
Inspiration from countless hours of boring school lessons, can fly and glide somewhat for above 20 metres (what do ya expect) if done correctly
Video is an attempt to fly it, will post more video if i can get better video
Image Notes
1. index
2. thumb
3. 4th
Step 5: Video
video proof of hand launchability, although not as awesoms as rubber bands.
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CanardWings - a variation of Paperang, a cool paperplane/glider
by layangman on October 3, 2007
Author:layangman
Self employed , happily married with 2 teen girls.
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Step 2: The fold...
Use a fresh sheet of A4 paper, place it on a table with the long side towards yourself.
Fold in half, aligning the edges as accurately as possible. Crease the fold.
Fold paper in half
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Step 3: Paper folded in half
Bring point (A) to the folded edge, forming a triangular flap.
forming the first flap
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Step 6: Fold up (C)
Next fold point (C) up to meet the edge.
Fold up (C)
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Step 8: Center fold cut...
Cut from the top of triangle...
Center fold cut
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Step 11: Trace and cut the curved trailing edge.
Now take the template from the previously printed trailing edge curvature and trace it to the wings as shown. Next cut out along the curve line forming the trailing edge.
Do this by holding the folded sheet firmly and cut as close to the curvature as possible. When opened up, you will get identical curved wings on both sides.
Trace and cut trailing edge
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Step 13: Cut center fold halfway...
This photo shows the exposed view of the center fold being cut halfway.
This cut will allow the final fold for the leading edge of the CanardWings.
cut center fold halfway
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Step 16: Almost done...
Now spread open the center fold, this is what you should get:
Spread it open
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Step 18: Underside view of CanardWings
This is a shot from underside, your almost finished CanardWings should look like this.
The stapled is bent slightly to create a dihedral and the staple retained the shape well. The degree of angle of dihedral plays an important role on the flight characteristics
of the CanardWings. Experiment and have fun.
A view from under side
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1. Dihedral created by slightly bending the stapled part. The staple retains the dihedral shape.
Image Notes
1. These V2 canards stablizes better than previous versions.
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Image Notes
1. The trailing edge no longer has the sharp tail end, as advised by Ed Hui, the
inventor of Paperang. It does fly better though...
2. Another variant of the canard, I found this version to be the best flier.
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Toss It!: The Instructables Robot Paper Airplane; Classic.
by GorillazMiko on February 29, 2008
Author:GorillazMiko
P.S. I am not responsible for you getting punched in the face by somebody at school telling them that cavemen made paper airplanes, getting papercuts (and dying
because of loss of blood), or getting poked in the eye, or burning yourself SOMEHOW, or getting attacked by a dinosaur.
Thanks to Firebert010 for the airplane design , same with T-Man for the same design posted a few days earlier. I already knew how to make this airplane, but I have to
give credit because you guys did post the model before me.
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Image Notes
1. My account name. Hey look, there's some pencil scribbles at the top!
Just click the "i" in the top left corner of the image, and then bring it to full size, and print it out full size.
Once you do that, move on, you're one step closer to victory!!!!
Image Notes
1. Wow, I printed that in record time! :-O
Image Notes
1. Click on that ''i'' on the left of the Robot on the left side.
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Step 2: Flipping.
Once you have your image printed out, flip it over so the Instructables Robot is facing down.
Then you are now wanted for attempted suffocating people. That might not make sense, but oh well.
Image Notes
1. Robot.
2. Instructables.
Image Notes
1. Folded.
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1. Crease.
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1. 1st fold. 1. Fold them both together... like this.
Get the two sides (without Robot), and fold them up to the crease again. The images could help a lot.
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1. Fold up over the first fold which is underneath. 1. Fold them both together so they are parallel.
Image Notes
1. The Instructables Robot waits patiently to go for a flight.
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Step 5: The Last of the Folding.
Here's the last folding you will have to do.
Once you do that, fold the wings down, so they're parallel. Good, good. Then, fold the other one, so they're both parallel. Did I just repeat? Oh well. Repeating is good...
Well once you do that, guess what? Congratulations, you're done! Have fun flying your Instructables Robot paper airplanes! :D
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Image Notes
1. Done.
2. Now you can take the Instructables Robot out for a.... fly!
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Star Destroyer Style Paper Airplane
by Spoiled Potato on March 5, 2008
[edit:] I know there is supposed to be a video for this contest entry, but I've been at work on a rig for the past 35 days, a job that was supposed to only last 2 weeks. And I
don't have a video camera out here... So that is my excuse for having no video.
First you start by folding the piece of paper in half length ways as seen below...
The you fold in at a 90 degree angle for the nose and do the same on the other side...
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1. Fold in opposite front corner to center.
Image Notes
1. I put a small crease to ensure a nice point in the rear corner.
Image Notes
1. This is how it'll look after step 2.
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1. The point created by the beginning fold should be folded to the center.
Image Notes
1. End result of step 3.
Step 4: Step 4
Here you need to fold the inside flaps outwards away from the center...
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1. End result. 1. Here you fold the inside flat to align with the last fold...
Step 5: Step 5
Now you will fold in the outer edges to the center... And also form the stabilizer flaps... See images...
Image Notes
1. Both flaps spread to the corner.
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Step 6: Step 6
Here you'll fold the airplane in the center... Once you do that you fold down the wings... I fold them about 1 centimeter from the center crease outward... Then once you
do that fold up the stabilizer flaps...
Image Notes
1. Fold stabilizers up.
Step 7: Step 7
Here you will use a small piece of tape to keep the top-front part of the fuselage together. Then you will pull up on the top and push in the sides creating the diamond
shaped fuselage...
Note: the last picture here is just a preference, adding extra strength to the nose.
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1. Attach a piece of tape to keep together the center. 1. Hold it on the outsides and pull the center up, making the diamond shaped
winged fuselage.
Image Notes
1. Fold the tip inward so that it won't be so easily crushed once thrown.
Step 8: Finished
And now you have the finished Star Destroyer style paper airplane, which flies straight and far...
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The Smallest paper Aeroplane on Instructables
by Kiteman on August 5, 2008
Author:Kiteman MakerDay
An East Anglian Maker, who spends a lot of time in a very small shed. Interested in science, kites, beer (proper beer, not lager) and the general Maker ideal.
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environmental and sexual pressures, plus a healthy dose of accidents.
I am a unique individual, with my own mind, knowledge, skills, dreams. I am a husband, father, son and friend. I teach others and learn from others.
No god had a part in my genesis. I have no religious faith, although I respect those that have (so long as they do not expect others to share it without
question). I take responsibility for my own actions, and bear the guilt for any wrong-doings without feeling the need to confess them to a higher being. When I
die, all that will remain of me will be the memories held by those that knew me. I will go to neither heaven nor hell, nor will I be resurrected. When I am gone,
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1. The finished 'plane.
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Step 1: The Paper.
The secret to a tiny 'plane is thin, light paper.
Disclaimer: I do not smoke. I do not recommend you smoke. Really. It's bad. And expensive.
However, for only 23p (about half a dollar) you can buy a packet of fifty cigarette papers - that's a lot of 'planes.
Image Notes
1. The papers used to have proper square corners. Or maybe I bought the wrong brand. If you can, try and get the papers without trimmed corners - they will be
more symmetrical.
Crease sharply.
You can slightly dampen the glue to hold the paper in place. Not too damp, or it goes wrinkly and sticks to your lip. That's not pleasant.
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Step 3: Down the middle
Turn the paper round so that the creased edge is nearest to you.
Sharply crease the 'plane down the centre and then open it up again.
Image Notes
1. Crease down the centre.
2. This edge is the front of the 'plane.
You should see a crease that was already in the paper when you got it. It forms a V, with the point at the front of the plane.
Fold the two front corners up to meet the pre-existing crease. The crease that was at the front edge should line up along the crease that makes the V.
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1. The front point gets folded up to the middle of the 'plane.
About 3mm from the centre crease, fold both sides down to make the wings.
The larger the wing-tips you fold up, the straighter the plane will fly, but the smaller they are the longer it stays in the air. It's up to you.
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1. A good compromise-sized wing-tip.
Step 6: Flight.
There is one thing you never do with this plane, and that's throw it.
You gently launch it, or even just drop it, but you never throw it. It simply won't work.
The best way to fly the 'plane is to hold it by the very back of the body, 'twixt finger-tip and thumb-tip, hold it as high as you can, and drop it with a gentle push forwards.
Because of the small size, tiny differences in creasing have quite dramatic effects, so every one of these i have made has flown differently at first.
To alter the flight, gently adjust one or both of the wing-tips - either lay it out flatter, stand it up straighter, or give it a slight twist.
When you're happy, take it somewhere high to fly it - from the balcony of a theatre, from the choir stalls of a church, or from the upper levels of a mall. Or take it to a
castle and see if you can fly it down a spiral stair-case.
I did try and video mine in flight, but failed miserably - they're just too small to catch with my camera.
I ought to add that this is not mine design, but came from a ragged old book I got second hand, called Paper Airplanes.
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by ll.13 on May 23, 2007
Image Notes
1. A3 sized, these don't fly as well. ;)
2. A4 sized.
Note: I tried using A3 size paper and they do not fly as well, the reason for this is if you consider the rc aeroplanes people fly can do much better stunts than their full size
brothers, I cannot fully remember why this is but I presume it has to do with aerodynamics.
Image Notes
1. This is the A4 artists paper I tried using first. (supplier, Lidl)
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Step 2: Create the leading edge
You will need to fold the leading edge up until there is about 14cm. left unfolded (or 6in.) unfolded, Please remember there are no rules, nothing in concrete about how
these are to be made, majority of making them is design and trying out new designs and experimentation!
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Image Notes
1. Drawing out the curves, this shape didn't work very well. ;)
After you have finished folding the tails down hold the plane by the tails towards you and check that it look symmetrical, if it isn't then it won't fly very well. No matter how
many you've made one will always turn out into a lemon. and all paper planes never last forever and will turn "lemon" sooner or later.
Enjoy making and flying, these Barnabys can also be made to loop the loop! and fly round in a circle like a boomerang.
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1. tailplanes folded down at an angle. 1. try to get these as symmetrical as possible!
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How To Make The Skyknight Paper Airplane
by OrigamiAirEnforcer on November 7, 2010
Image Notes
1. F172-1 Skyknight
Step 1: Materials
Required:
1 Piece of 8.5 by 11 inch paper (A4)
Tape
Optional:
Pencil
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Step 2: Length Folding
Fold your paper in half length-wise. Proceed to do this again so the paper will be divided into 4 tall but skinny sections.
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Step 4: Preparation For Nose Folding; Wing Extension Folding
Fold the nose down along the bottom of the corner folds made previously. Then pull them up. From there, pull the paper that is covering itself out so that it jetties out from
the edge of the center paper. When you pull it out, the fold should run from the bottom of the corner fold to the fourth fold in the trailing edge of the wing. Do this on both
sides.
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Step 6: Wing And Winglet Folding
Fold your airplane in half along its center. Along a straight line above the security fold triangle, fold the wing. At the front and back, the wing should come down so that the
trailing edge completely aligns and parallels with the rear fuselage. After both of the wings have been folded, start on the winglets. Do this by folding the winglet up
parallel to the fuselage and up to the inner panel of the wing. Repeat this on the other side.
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Step 7: Taping
Now begins the final step, you are almost done. First tape up the front and back, then the wing panels. Taping the front and rear sections is easy, and is just the usual
method across. For the wing panels, go to the section where the extension jets out of the main wing and tape the top of the main wing to the bottom of the extension.
Repeat on the other side.
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1. A close up view of the taped right wing extension.
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Step 8: Flight
Having a dart shape, the Skyknight is capable of very high speeds for a paper airplane. It is only at low speeds that its handling is rough and stability diminished. To make
your Skyknight fly far fast, give it a good throw. Enjoy!
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1. F172-1 Skyknight
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Make a Ministry of Magic memo (owl airplane)
by shangrilarcadia on July 17, 2007
The Daily Prophet is reporting that some owls are quite peeved about loosing their jobs. In an effort to prevent an owl strike, the Department for the Regulation and
Control of Magical Creatures has used transfiguration to create a dropping-free owl/paper airplane hybrid.
Now you can make your very own owl airplane to transmit your super-secret messages. Just don't be suprised if is flies a little more like Pigwidgeon than Hedwig ;)
Choose one of the links below, then save the picture to your computer and print it from a image program. Full size, they are 7.5" x 10" and designed to be printed with a
.25" border on each side.
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Step 2: Cut the paper to size
Cut the .25" border off of each side, so that you are left with only the graphic.
I like to use a paper cutter to ensure straight lines, but of course you can use good old fashioned scissors.
If you choose to use a plain paper, you can skip this step.
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Step 3: Write your message
Flip the paper on to the blank side and write your message at the top (the end with the owl head).
To keep your message top secret make sure that you keep it in the top 1/3 of the paper (it will be hidden when you fold your plane).
For this crease, and all of the other folds that follow, make sure to tighten the crease by running your nail along the edge of the fold.
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1. If you look carefully, you can see the crease down the middle
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Step 5: Fold triangles on each side
Mark off a point 1.5" up from the bottom on each side.
Fold a tirangle from the center-top point to the mark you just made on the right side.
Repeat the same thing on the left side. Now you should see the owl face on top with a little tab hanging over.
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1. The triangle starts at the top of the center crease
2. This point is 1.5" up from the bottom.
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1. 1.5" up from the bottom
2. Top of center crease again
3. Overhang - you will fold this on the next step.
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1. This is the tab that you have folded over
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Step 7: Fold down the face
Fold the face down. The crease should be right along the line where the face graphic meets the feather graphic.
Image Notes
1. These two edges touch when it it folded in half - it just doesn't look like it from this angle
Repeat again on the other side. When you do this, the outside edges should be right on top of each other.
You will now have a little pyramid standing up on the backside of the owl (important to help with the owl's aerodynamics)
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1. This is the crease you will be creating. The wing will be flat against this crease
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1. The left side has been folded. See how the fold is right against the eye
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1. Fold the second half so that the outside edges meet
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1. First flap
2. Repeat here
Hold the body (that littl pyramid on the bottom) about a quarter of the way down from the top of the head. Hold it so that the head is pointed slightly upwards and throw it
gently overhand.
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Image Notes 1. Unlike in this picture, you should hold this pointing slightly upwards when you
1. Hoot Hoot throw it
Enjoy!
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1. Notice how your message is hidden
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1. Still Hidden
Image Notes
1. The message revealed
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Cicada Paper-air-plane
by srgtjim on June 6, 2008
Step 1: Materials!
All you need is:
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Step 3: Step 3!
okay...unfold what you did in step two. Now flip the paper over to the opposite side and do the trademark airplane fold again. Flip the paper over AGAIN. Now...look at
the pics...you take the out side edges of the airplane fold and bring it to the CENTER fold....do not crease the flaps that you made with the airplane fold!!
Step 4: Step 4!
fold the forward most vertex of the diamond to the backward most vertex to get a frontal triangle with a smaller triangle inside!
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Step 5: Step 5!
Fold the lef and right corners of the front triangle to the smaller front triangle! This is hard to explain so look at the pic its really simple!
Step 6: Step 6!
Fold the unfinished plane in half along the line that is made by the folds already made! Make sure that the folds that you have already made are visible on the side of the
finished feusalage!
Step 7: Step 7!
Now to finish the plane! The wings should be folded a little more than half way down the nose.
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Step 8: Step 8!
Open up the wings, but, dont forget to pen up the canard wings so they are vertical! And one last thing, ENJOY!!
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how to make the zephyr
by The nerdling on November 7, 2010
Author:The nerdling
hello everyone i like arduino-ing and making things
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1. this corner folds down to....
2. here
Step 1:
now get your paper and fold the top corner to the edge and do this with the other one.
turn over and fold so the lines are touching.
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1. this corner folds down to....
2. here
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1. now turn over and fold these lines so they are touching
Step 2:
look at the pictures
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1. fold this up and the other one too
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1. fold this down so the edge is parallel with the triangle
Step 3: Step 4
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1. do the same with the other side so it looks like this
Step 4: Step 5
look at the images
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1. fold this edge so it is paralell to...
2. this edge
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1. fold in the middle
Step 5: Step 6
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1. now fold down and do this with the other side
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1. if you fold it like this, it flies very cool
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toss it paper airplane
by dunnos on March 4, 2008
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1. i like this flap thingy
Step 1: Materials
this aircraft is a real plane that means: no cuts or more then 1 paper
so materials:
1 a4 printer paper
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1. paper
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Step 2: The first fold
valley fold in half
unfold
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1. fold in half
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1. fold into point
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1. fold down
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1. sorry for blur
2. this corner...
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1. this point
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1. this line
2. to here
Step 8: DONE!!!!
you folded your first eagle
it takes a few try's to get how to throw it but when youve found it after i think about 2 throws its way worth it
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1. i like this flap thingy
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The Eagle Jet Paper Airplane "you cannot hide" ;-)
by one-lightbulb on March 2, 2008
Intro: The Eagle Jet Paper Airplane "you cannot hide" ;-)
This is a tutorial for the "Eagle Jet". I have seen it many times before but not on of it has colored Wings.
Print tossit1.pdf on on side and tossit2.pdf on the other (of one sheet).
The two "Print arrows" must point in the same direction!
Please do not print it in "Photo" or "High Quality" mode otherwise the paper will get wet and limp so that you can not fold it anymore. Instead print it in "safe Ink" or
"economy" or "fast" mode.
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1. first folde
2. eagle on top
3. second folde
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Start by folding it vertical in half. Open up again and fold it horizontal in half.
Image Notes
1. first folde
2. eagle on top
3. second folde
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Step 3: Go on....
fold the upper right corner down to the left. The crease should be from the down right corner to the center crease at the top.
Unfold, push at the top of the right corner until the two layers will separate.
line up the creases as sown in the picture.
Image Notes
1. from here....
2. ...to here
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1. push here 1. this crease and....
2. this one must line up
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1. from here
2. to here
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Step 5: And on...
Fold the upper right corner to the left untill it lines up with the crease you maked at step 3.
Flip over the whole plain. You can repeat the step on the backside now.
Image Notes
1. this corner
2. rest here
Image Notes
1. same on this side
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1. from here
2. to here
Image Notes
1. as you can see I only made the right wing until now.
After that make two creases to the left and the right.
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1. fold here 1. fold again here
Done.
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1. fold upwards
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Toss It! Speed Challenge _ Paper plane : the unthrown one
by alexsolex on March 2, 2008
Intro: Toss It! Speed Challenge _ Paper plane : the unthrown one
I'm going to show you a glider made of paper. This one is made to not be thrown.. he he...
I would like to excuse myself as I may need some more english vocabulary to explain myself.
You'll understand later why I called it 'unthrown', to explain that you don't have to throw it to make it fly. Let's see now the few steps to build it, then I'll explain you how to
make it fly.
Image Notes
1. Finished plane
Image Notes
1. center master fold
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Step 2: Prepare the front of the plane
- mark with folding the corner like first pic. Then unfold. It should look like second pic
- then fold over the mark (this new fold should be on the crossing of the first 2 folds). You should get 3rd pic.
Image Notes
1. here were the mark made just before
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1. first 1. second
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1. the front 'point'...
2. .. in the middle of this part
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1. unfolded rear flaps
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1. first wing is folded 1. Second wing folded too
Then return the plane, and reverse the back of the body where you just cutted, so that it become over the plane like a vertical flap on real plane (arg... so hard to make
myself understandable) see 4th pic
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1. this is how looks like the cut 1. inverted part of the body to make the vertical flap
Step 8: Finish
Now it's time to tune it !
First take the body between your fingers and with your other hand lift the wings to make a light "V shape like"
Make sure the tail flaps are not too much folded
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1. Finished plane
Now you're ready, just release the plane, it should go down, catching speed, then fly normally flat with a beautiful and very interesting flight.
If the plane want to go up too much, try softing the rear flaps fold
If the plane goes directly the nose on the floor, make the rear flaps fold more aggressive.
If the plane turn or if you want to make it turn, you can play with the shape of the rear flap folds only on one of the side. Try left or right and see the effects
If you don't want it to turn try to sharpen the 'attack fold'. Fold it very good using something hard.
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1. catch the rear with your two fingers
2. The nose faces the floor
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paperang
by dunnos on March 5, 2008
Intro: Paperang
this is the most awesome plane i have ever flew because it gives an awesome feel
Image Notes
1. finished plane
2. staple
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Step 2: 1st fold
fold in half
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Step 5: 4th fold
cut like in the pictures
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Step 7: 6th fold
fold everything down
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1. finished plane
2. staple
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1. finished plane
2. staple
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Step 2: Step 2
Now form the nose by making two diagonal folds on top. Make the ends meet in the center.
Step 3: Step 3
Fold the entire triangle down to the center of the sheet. You'll have something like a square now.
Step 4: Step 4
Two more precise diagonal folds are needed now. Make the ends meet about 1.5 inches from the tirangle bottom.
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Step 5: Step 5
Now turn back the small piece of the triangle in a way that it will hold the previous folds.
Step 6: Step 6
Fold the entire airplane to its back using the central crease you did in step 1.
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Step 7: Step 7
Use a ruler to form the wings. Note that the fold is diagonal and starts from the middle of the nose to about 2 inches on the tail.
Step 8: Step 8
Use a scissors and make a cut on the tail about 1.5 inches (4cm) from the end.
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Step 9: Step 9
Turn the fin to the top and you are all set! Make sure everything is symmetric. This airplane flies best when thrown slowly.
For more paper airplane instructions and others visit out guide on model airplanes.
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Tubular paper airplane
by stanhold on March 26, 2008
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1. Corner A
2. CENTER is important! Every square has one.
3. Corner B
4. Corner C
5. Corner D
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1. Edge 3 1. Bend over the upper right section.
Image Notes
1. Proper holding technique.
2. Bring corners B and C together and tape/glue/staple together.
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1. Corner A
2. CENTER is important! Every square has one.
3. Corner B
4. Corner C
5. Corner D
Image Notes
1. Bring corner A to center for a quarter fold.
2. Edge 1
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1. Bend over the upper right section.
It's easiest to throw when held as shown in image 7. A slow pitch works better than a knuckle ball hurl so go easy. The curved edges of the tail can be bent for trim, which
is likely necessary. On a calm day it will go as far as you care to walk after it. Or don't, you can make 10 for less than the cost of a cold root beer. Happy folding!
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1. Proper holding technique.
2. Bring corners B and C together and tape/glue/staple together.
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No, this is the absolute greatest and easiest to make paper airplane, no really,
try it!
by SoDDiggerCpl on February 7, 2007
Intro: No, this is the absolute greatest and easiest to make paper airplane, no really, try it!
This instructable gives you detailed instructions as to the creation of the WORLDS BEST PAPER AIRPLANE
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2. See my room-cleaning instructable!--lol
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Step 2: Make the wings
Flip the plane over so the plane is pointing away from you, and the center crease is in a valley orientation (v).
Now, fold the wings so that the once-leading edges of the wing are one mm from the v crease, and crease.
Flip the plane over, and bend the nose in half, under the front, and crease.
Flip back over, and fold one whole side so that the leading edge is touching the bottom of the plane, crease, repeat on the other side, and there are your wings
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Step 3: Finish the plane (add tail)
Open the wings, and make a cut one inch from the rear of the plane on the bottom of the v slanting slightly forward, and push it up to convert it from a v to an /\, and
crease it so it stays up strait.
Fold the wings back down, and perk the up a little, so that the still face downwards slightly, but aren't facing up.
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Step 4: Give it a slow to moderate throw!
the plane is complete, and flies very well at many speeds. Just throw, and let go right where you want it to fly (it goes in almost exactly straight flight paths. Watch the
video to see how well it goes!
This is my first instructables, criticism and compliments welcome.
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2. See my room-cleaning instructable!--lol
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by crazyace81 on March 30, 2007
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1. air going down therefore plane going up,basic physics!
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Step 3: Flaps
you may want to put flaps on the plane if you want to steer it,just cut inch to a 1/2 inch flaps on the back.
(remember,flap up,that wing goes up,flap down,that wing goes down,example,both flaps up,the plane goes up)
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Step 4: Blunt-nosed plane
to make the blunt-nosed plane you need to:
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Step 5: Trick plane
this is a more complicated plane that has a tail fin on the back and is totally customisable!
to make it you need to:
make a square by folding diagnaly and cutting off extra paper on the bottom,
then fold in half,(after you unfold it!)
fold down front corners,
fold down wings,
cut the tail fin by cutting up to the top of the wings,
fold the tail fin out.
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How To Make The Banshee Paper Airplane
by OrigamiAirEnforcer on November 20, 2010
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1. A54-1 Banshee
Step 1: Materials
Required:
1 Piece of 8.5 by 11 inch Paper (A4)
Tape
Optional:
Pencil
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Step 2: Length Folding
Fold your paper in half length-wise. Proceed to do this again so the paper will be divided into 4 tall but skinny sections.
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Step 4: Wing Extension Folding
From the bottom of the cover fold to the edges of the rear of the paper, pull the paper out from on top of itself. Once one side is done, repeat on the other by folding it up
while the airplane itself is folded in half. During this second step, the cover fold should be folded down away from the fuselage.
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1. The cover fold exposed for easier construction.
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Step 7: Landing Gear Folding
To make your retractable landing gear, fold the cover fold tips into the center onto the fuselage. Each side should then have retractable landing gear.
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Step 8: Taping Your Banshee
Tape your Banshee together at its front and back and across the wingroot just behind the front and just in front of the rear. Proceed to then take the wing extensions up to
the main wing.
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1. The right wing extension is now taped. 1. A54-1 Banshee
Step 9: Flight
Having a dart shape and retractable landing gear, the Banshee is capable of moderate-to-high speeds for a paper airplane. It is only at very low speeds that the
Banshee's handling is somewhat rough and its stability diminished. To make your Banshee fly far fast, give it a good throw. Enjoy!
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1. A54-1 Banshee
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Simple Micro Toothpick Gliders!
by crankflip on February 25, 2009
If you just want to look at some cool airplanes, see the last step(But building them is easy so I'd suggest that)
*** Thanks too: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/toothpick/build.htm and http://www.flyingflea.org/Toothpick/ToothpickHM8HM14.pdf for lots of inspiration in basic design
and structure, but NONE of my models are directly copied from either source ***
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Step 1: Begining construction
So, to start, select a relatively straight/strong toothpick, shape of the toothpick doesn't really matter, This will be your frame. Now, take your paper, and cut a simple
rectangle out of it, then fold the rectangle in half the long way and trim until it's perfect. Unfold until it's a little less than 90 degrees, then glue the crease to the toothpick
like the picture shows, about 1/3rd down from the front of your toothpick(front for me is the thicker end, but if you don't have thicker ends any end you pick will work). This
angle is the frame that will hold your wings on, so keep it relatively folded.
Step 2: Wings!
Now it's time to make/attach the wings. To start, cut a rectangle out of your paper that's about as long as the toothpick and maybe 1/3rd inch wide, shape doesn't have to
be perfect at this point. Now fold it in half the long way, and trim the edges for a symetrical shape. Also cut the top corner off the folded rectangle, like in the picture.
Unfold, and you've got your wings! You want to keep them slightly folded, to give it stability, but not to much. At this point you have the option of cambering the wings, or
adding an airfoil, go to step 5 if you want to do this(Not at all necessary, but may result in slightly better flights). To attach, simply put a bead of glue on the top two edges
of the frame(from the last step), and carefully place the wings on them, be sure to get them on facing straight forward, and nicely centered. Now all you have to do is wait
for them to dry! I'd say allow at least a minute or so before going on.
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Step 3: Tail Fins
Now that you have wings, you need a tail. My favorite tail design is fairly simple, and I'd say works better then normal ones, also looks better. To start, cut out a rudder,(or
vertical fin), shaped like the first picture. Make sure the top flat area is aimed downward slightly, this will keep your plane from diving straight down. Once you have that,
glue it to the back end of the frame, and pay attention to if it's straight forward and vertical, you can check this by looking strait down the plane and comparing with the
wings. Now, once that's dry, cut out your elevator just like you did the wings, only about half size. This goes on top of the rudder piece, like in the pictures once again. Do
the rear-sight check again. Now it looks like a plane!
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Step 4: Balancing And Tuning
Now, to make any airplane, a few simple tricks can be used to give it stability and level flight:
Firstly, to gain more side-to-side stability, bend the wings up slightly, either in the middle(Known as "Dihedral") or at the tips, this makes it so not all the lift is aimed
straight down, and makes it so the plane is less likely to flip to one side(not necessary, but helps a great deal if you're having problems with this).
Secondly, you want your plane to be generally aimed up, so it doesn't dive to the ground. This can be achieved by aiming the front of the elevator down, or the wings up,
I'd say about 7 degrees off from each other is good(Note the off-set of angles in the pic below).
Third thing is balance, the weight of your plane must be close to directly under the wing(as low as possible also helps for stable flight), because the wing is holding most
the weight while flying. Add weight to the nose until you can balance the wings(Near the back for slower flight, like pic) on your fingers like the picture(Don't stop as soon
as it's "good enough", you can always remove weight).
If you follow these steps, just about ANY airplane will work, so experiment around and have fun.
Now you have a completed airplane! Aren't you proud? Why not add some detail and originality? See next step for ideas, or skip to step 6 for flight patterns and my own
models.
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Step 5: Advanced Model Tricks
There's a few things you can use to make your models work better and look better, however NONE of these are necessary for the basic glider shown in the intro, so if you
want a basic model skip all this.
Still here? Greeaaat! These... Things, are good for accurate replicas, or for just nice looking planes, so if you have a specific plane you want to make, these will probably
help. These things include landing gear, cambered(airfoiled) wings, bi-plane struts, plane holders, etc.
Landing gear is fairly simple and not to crucial unless you want a picture-perfect landing. They can be achieved by a simple inverted V glued to the bottom, I would
suggest near the front to aid with balance, or a more square shape with a V inside it(like far left, first pic). You could also just add 2 skids to the bottom of your wings, like
picture 3.
Cambered wings are said to make a glider go slower and longer, to me they also seem to help with stability and a bit of wing stiffness. To make them, simply take your
wings before attaching and press about 1-2mm of the front edge under a ruler or straight edge, and bend the rest of the wing up, like picture 2(In the picture, the wing is
upside-down(And crooked..)), this should make the front edge of your wing bent down, I would suggest no more then maybe 35 degrees. When attaching these wings, it
may be necessary to aim them slightly higher. If they don't seem to do any good, try adjusting the camber more/less and/or aiming the wing slightly higher.
Bi(or Tri, Quad, Penta, Hexa, Septa, Octa, etc. etc....) plane struts are how you attach wings on top of each other. The most basic are 2 struts on the outside edge, but I
suggest a slightly harder(and much stronger) idea I came up with. Take a strip of paper maybe 1-2mm wide, and cut into a little less than an inch length. Fold it down the
middle, so they make Vs, then take both ends of the Vs and bend them out so they are level to each other. Make 2 of these. Now, mount them on your bottom wing by
flipping one upside-down and gluing the bent ends to the wing, mount the other right in front/behind so the tip of the V is glued down(This may take some holding while it
dries). If you're confused at this point, see picture 3. This should result in a nice 3-point platform to mount your top wings on, and it's structurally fairly strong. Most wings
I've done at this point with these struts is 3, and more may be difficult due to weight issues.
Plane Holders, are really easy to make, just get a piece of squishy foam(Not stiff, the more fluffy bendy stuff), cut into something about .5"x.5"x1", then put a slice going
halfway down the middle, the long way(See pic 4). You can then just put your airplanes in this crack, after gluing the whole thing to a piece of cardboard or the inside of a
box(I have 23 mounted in a box for safe travel :-P).
I'd love to hear more original ideas, and if I think they're largely useful I'll post them here with credit to the submitter, but I reserve all the right to choose which I post and
no offense if I don't post yours.
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Step 6: Flying A Plane and Unusual Designs
There's a few flight patterns that can be used, most basic is just aim it slightly down and toss lightly(Blue). If your plane seems to always turn, your wings may be warped,
which can be fixed by carefully warping them the opposite way(you can use the head-on check to see if they're straight). Another pattern I like alot is HEAVE it with ALL
you got, if done right the plane will do a loop, then continue in level flight(Red). You can launch it tipped sideways, which will result in a circle pattern, or hold it nose up
and belly towards yourself, throw it straight up and if you're good enough, it will loop around and come back to you(Green). There's tons of fun ways to fly, and with these
they don't need much room(it is more fun though). You can also get some friends and see who's airplane can stay up longest or go farthest, or even do more advanced
tricks. Airplanes can be made specifically for kinds of flight, more stream-line wings can give more speed, or long thin wings can give a smoother glide. There's no end to
the possibilities, and I'd highly suggest trying to make your own designs or ideas work!
Just to show that different designs work, here's some unusual ones I've made:
Quad plane, based on this:http://flickr.com/photos/jerub-baal/132671055/, flies very well.
Dual-frame Bi-plane, this was actually going to fly the other way, but I turned it around last minute :-P
Basic Mono-plane, This one was mostly a test for advanced framing and landing gear, tends to turn but flies fairly well.
Helicopter, This one is fairly old, simple rubber-powered, tends to spin out of control instantly but CAN gain some height before dying!
Basic Bi-plane, This one, with it's relatively short wings and large tail, is quite fast and smooth in the air.
Auto Gyro, Doesn't work so well :-P It was worth a try, and it coasts to the ground with almost realistic speed... But not a beginner design to be sure.
Langely Aerodrome Historic Replica, This one is heavily based of the Langely Aerodrome, originally a competitor to the Wright brothers. It flies surprisingly well,
sometimes rocking from side to side but generally great.
Fokker Dr.1 Triplane, Another "historic" replica, I had to try to make one :-P It flies fairly well, main problem is it's high weight from all those wings and struts.
Twin-Tail experimental, Pretty basic, flights are ok but not the best.
Flying Wing, a surprisingly simple design, works out well due to low air friction and no added weight. However, these wings are hard to balance and very hard to tune,
and you can't just chuck 'em however like the others.
Elevated-Wing Tandem, since my Langley Aerodrome model worked so well, I decided to make another tandem wing design, this time cutting the tail. It works quite
smoothly, and I believe the dihedral of the wings is crucial for stable flight.
"Butterfly" Almost Flying Wing, a very simple design simply made up by my silly brother... It works pretty well, but is difficult to launch due to lack of grip points and the
wings sometimes "cut", causing a fast dive.
Rear-Wing, these have always seemed the easiest to build, but I could never quite get one to work very stable. This one seems to work well due to a low center of gravity
from the rudder, and from the heavy up-thrust caused by the front elevator. It has some slight stability problems, and flies fairly fast but all-in-all the lack of balance weight
I think gives it an advantage in theoretical distance potential.
Basic Bi-Plane, This is a very basic plane, doesn't use the cross-struts. It flies fairly slowly and somewhat stable, probably one of my best fliers.
Random Weird Thing, I was trying for an original design :-P Ended up with the rudder in the back and elevator in the front.. It's a kinda wobley flier, but still fairly smooth.
Avro Triplane Replica, This was my replica of the Avro Triplane, built 1909-10. It's not very to-scale, but notice the British flags :-P It flies smoothly, though somewhat
heavily.
Bi-Plane Canard, This was made at my grandma's house just out of boredom.. I didn't have much to counter-weight with so I made it a canard. It has a sharp turn
problem, but I believe it could be fixed with slight adjustment.
More to come!
This concludes my tutorial on toothpick gliders and basic aerodynamics, I hope you find it useful and fun! Anything you're wondering just leave me a comment, and I'll try
my best to answer!
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How to make a 4 winged paper Glider
by FFVIIBOY on May 7, 2010
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Hooray i got an A
This Tutorial is now available for the Kindle and ebook i think
Image Notes
1. 4 wings
Step 1: Materials
You will need:
-1 peice of Paper
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Step 2: Fold
The beginning is like making an origami paper frog. For the first step you start by taking one of the top corners and folding it down like in the picture; then unfold.
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Step 4: Starting the Nose
Push in on the sides like in picture 1 and then push down on the top like picture 2
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Step 7: Finishing up
Pull the wings out a little so it looks like the picture
Step 8: Finished
And now you are done, enjoy!
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1. 4 wings
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How To Make The Skystreak Paper Airplane
by OrigamiAirEnforcer on May 9, 2010
Image Notes
1. F85-1 Skystreak
Step 1: Materials
Required:
1 Piece of 8.5 in. by 11 in. (A4 Format)
Scissors
Tape
Optional:
Pencil
Image Notes
1. Optional
2. Optional
3. Required
4. Required
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Step 2: Start Folding
Fold the paper along its width. Then fold it in half again, to result in fourths. Then open the paper. You should have a paper divided into four.
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Step 4: Stabilizers
While the wing is folded in half, cut two small fins into the wing. The cut should be from 1 inch back from the trailing edge at a shallow angle, (less than 45
degrees), 3/4 inch into the wing. Then fold the fins up. Repeat on the other side.
Step 5: Tape
Tape the previous fold down on the leading edge of the aircraft.
Image Notes
1. Tape here.
Step 6: Flight
Your aircraft is now finished. Have a nice flight.
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1. F85-1 Skystreak
Step 7: Modifications
From the many variants this airframe can be made into this is one:
TF85-1 Cadet: A basic trainer/demonstrator variant of the Skystreak with a fuselage. Skystreaks can be converted to this standard. (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-
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1. TF85-1 Cadet
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Mini Glider
by DhanushkaYT on January 5, 2011
Step 1:
Things needed
1. Paper
2. Pen
3. Rule
4. Scissor
Step 2:
Cut out the diagram and fold it exactly in half.
Use glue.
Fold the wings out.
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Step 3:
Roll the thingy on the nose around the fuselage.
Step 4:
And your done!
Please keep in mind that this glider is very sensitive to slight winds.
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Step 5:
Now you can make your own glider of any size by using the same proportions.
Keep these facts in mind for a good design
1. The wing shouldn't be on the center of the fuselage but a little towards the nose.
2. The area of paper used on side 'A' should be equal to side 'B'. This can be done by first measuring the area of side 'A' and then adjusting the length of 'X' so that the
area of 'B' would be the same as 'A'.
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