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| How to make simple paper airplanes |
Instead of sharing common sense tips, that are supposed to be applied to any kind of paper airplane, but in fact don't work for any specific model, I'll share quick and easy guides how for two specific models.
The "Arrow" paper airplane.
The Arrow is probably the simplest and most popular airplane that even a kid can make.
1. Take a square sheet of paper. You can make a square from a standard Letter size paper by folding diagonally and cutting the extra paper that remains outside of the two stuck triangles.
2. Fold the square at the vertical middle (to receive a rectangle) and reopen it.
3. Make two diagonal folds in such a way that the two corners of the upper side will meet their edges at the fold which you made in the previous step.
4. Now you need two folds that are harder to explain.
5. The airplane is almost ready. Now the center cease must be folded to outside.
6. Now fold both wings one inch from the center to form the airplane corpse and leave the wings square to it.
The "Moth" paper airplane.
1. Start with a square sheet of paper like with the Arrow.
2. Again make a single fold in the middle of the sheet.
3. We follow the same steps like with the arrow - make the diagonal folds to form a nose.
4. Here's the first difference. Thus formed triangle from the folded edges must be folded to the center of the airplane (so you'll have a rectangle with triangle in it).
5. Fold the new rectangle corners diagonally to the middle.
6. The folded nose is now semi-covered by the last folds, so you need to turn it back to cover their edges and hold them.
7. The first cease now enters the game - fold the winds to form the airplane
8. Now form the corpse. This time the wings should be folded a little bit diagonally because the Moth has shorter nose than tale.
The same is valid for most of the other paper model airplanes.
Do you enjoy the beautiful model aircrafts that are sold in the toy shops and on so many sites online? What kind of models could you build yourself?
Paper airplanes. Who has not build one as a kid? Building paper airplane can be as simple as getting a sheet of paper and making few folds. But there are also flying paper aircrafts with an engine and remote control or others which are exact scale models of existing real aircrafts. Some enthusiasts build even paper helicopter which can fly.The main disadvantage of the paper aircrafts is that they easily get damaged - especially the really flying ones.
Free flight aircrafts. There is a category of model airplanes called "free flight" which means they fly without any attachment to the ground or even to your hand. Most free flight models are simple - just like the simple paper airplanes that we build as kids (they are in fact free flight airplane models too). Free flight helicopters are much harder to build than the airplanes for obvious reasons, but there are people who build them - with self rotating propellers or "charged" by a rubber band mechanism.
The free flight airplanes are great enjoyment and fun. RC Aircrafts. Remote control aircrafts are very cool toys but they really require technical knowledge about electronics and similar stuff. You will not save money by building such models yourself - the ready RC airplanes and helicopters are pretty cheap compared to the efforts to build yourself. You may build RC aircraft much easier if you buy a kit or at least a package of remote control and engine.
Static Scale Models. Making scale models is hard exactly because you have to keep the scale of the real model. The static model aircrafts can be made of wood, mahogany, plastic or even clay. If you are scarified to do everything from scratch you can buy almost ready static models which require only painting. Most fans of the model aviation sooner or later want to build their own models in addition to the ones they buy and collect.
The paper airplanes are within the most loved papercraft and toys. It's really wonderful that you can easily build a toy from paper that really flies. Most paper airplanes are relatively simple to build and at the same time are great stimulation for the kids imagination.
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