What makes a Paper Airplane stay in the air, sometimes when you throw – they stay in the air for a while, or they straight up go vertically and crash their nose to the land. This effect is called stalling and it is caused by heavier tail. Sometimes it surprises us by travelling straight up perfect. Let’s find out some of the answers to our questions by our new racer plane.
Two minutes for Noodles! isn’t it? Three minutes for Paper planes! It’s that simple with liftndrift*
Supplies Required:
- A4 Sheet of Paper or a Foolscap Paper with 70-90 GSM
- Ruler or Flat thick object to flatten the folded edges to make a strong crease.
Step 1:
- Kick start by Folding the paper top to bottom equally and make a crease
Step 2:
- Now, you have a layer on the top which you folded recently
- Fold the bottom right-hand corner edge to match the top section
Step 3:
- Now, fold the bottom left-hand edge to the top section of your racer plane flap
- Make sure you have made a firm crease. Refer Fig.3 for your doubts
Step 4:
- Now you have a envelope like paper as shown in the Fig.4
Step 5:
- Fold the top right-hand corner to match the centre crease
- Do the same for Left-hand corner as shown in Fig.5
- Once done, UNFOLD
Step 6:
- Now keep the previous fold crease as the endpoint and fold both right and left-hand edges inward along the dotted lines as the centre
- Refer Fig.6 and the yellow arrows
Paper Airplane facts: “Aerogami is the art of making paper airplanes.”
Step 7:
- Now Roll over and fold to the next fold as shown in the Fig.7
Step 8:
- Fold the nose which hangs in the bottom as shown in the Fig.8
- Make sure the nose meets the centre crease line proper and straight
Step 9:
- Mountain fold the plane into half to the backside and make sure the plane stays symmetrical (Both sides equal)
Step 10:
- Time to make the racer wings, Fold the wings down as shown in the Fig.10 along the dotted lines as the centre
- Do the same for the other side
- Make the winglet for the wings at the edge of the wings (check the small arrows pointing)
Step 11:
- It’s ready to fly, Find an open a place to jump into the fun!
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Racer flying technique:
- Keep your left foot slightly forward and launch it in 30 – 40 degrees angle, throw it steadily with a medium force. If it fails, tweak the tail wing slightly up and try again.
- Try different angles and forces now! Wow, That’s how one learns properly with more trying and flying. Kudos!
- For More Techniques – Go to Flight Science – Science behind paper airplanes> Flying Techniques. You will find far more than any other tricks available on the internet for How to fly Paper airplanes!
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