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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:13:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:23:33 PM EDT
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I actually used to make planes just like that without the tail. A friend taught me in grade school.
They work very well if you tape a dime or penny in the nose. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:26:41 PM EDT
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Hate to admit it, but I gave up after 2 hopelessly crumpled sheets of paper. Watching the animations didn't seem to help, and I've been building model planes for 35 years.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:35:14 PM EDT
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Screw that. I used to make those without the tail all the time, it's not a better design.
I know of a better design and it's not as hard to make. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:42:47 PM EDT
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No you dont |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:52:18 PM EDT
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I just made one and threw it at my co-worker!
 I put a pen in it for some weight and ordinance! it poked her eye!  
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:57:26 PM EDT
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tag-o-la for work... when the boss is gone.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 11:01:55 PM EDT
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Just tested one off the 4th floor... I fired it into the wind and it caught it, turned it around, did a hard landing/skidding on the roof I was standing on, then the breeze picked it up and carried it across the street for about 40 feet until it hit some dentist's window.. oh well, someone gets a free airplane tomorrow.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 11:05:49 PM EDT
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I prefer a nakamura lock.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 11:15:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2005 1:00:02 AM EDT
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gotta try it when i get home
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Posted: 8/9/2005 1:10:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2005 5:56:34 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2005 6:19:17 AM EDT
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I have been making paper airplanes like this since I was in second grade. The "without tail" variation is a lot more aerobatic, but as I got older I began to appreciate the stability of the regular version.
There is also a good hang glider version too which is fun to fly indoors. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 6:21:57 AM EDT
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Making the third crease is the only hard part. You take the sides of the paper and bend them up and back, bringing the center of the "X" into a point. Line up the edges, and press down in the center making the creases. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 6:23:56 AM EDT
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With the exception of adding the tail, that is the way I was taught 30 years ago. (one of 3 ways I think)
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Posted: 8/9/2005 6:24:49 AM EDT
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Works pretty good. Did a full loop with mine.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 6:35:36 AM EDT
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it works ok, took me 20 minutes to figure out parts 16-20
txl |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:16:03 AM EDT
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tag for later
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:27:11 AM EDT
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I hit President Nixon with a paper airplane in the early 70's
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:30:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:30:38 AM EDT
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FWIW we had a course (training) that involved making a paper airplane in accordance to specifications.
My team used my lazy idea of the regular three fold deal. No paper clips/weights, nothing. Just a simple paper airplane design with sharp folds. It flew the farthest, the straightest, and hit the target 99% of the time. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:30:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:33:20 AM EDT
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Okay, you're required to tell the story now.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:34:12 AM EDT
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Tag for lunch
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:49:23 AM EDT
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The instructions were unclear and kind of complex.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:51:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:53:48 AM EDT
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My airplanes look like a canard delta, similar to the Saab Viggen. The extra weight caused by the folds up front for the 'little wings' results in a forward center of gravity, and plenty of momentum. Also means that impact at the other end is much better absorbed because of the increased rigidity. Must take a picture of one.
NTM |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 7:59:37 AM EDT
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NASA came to my school once and he made a paper "tube", im sorry im hell for explaining online, but what he did was fold a piece of paper a few times so it was narrow and then joined it from end-to-end, so it looks like a stupid circle or tube-like or a ring-like shape. he sent it sailing across the whole gym, I was like "shit!". never for the life of me have been able to duplicate it. I am kicking myself in the ass for 16 years now. by the way.......... I am now 26
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Posted: 8/9/2005 8:17:13 AM EDT
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Just tried it and must say it flies pretty well.
Have to try it again later. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 8:19:04 AM EDT
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tagaroo
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Posted: 8/9/2005 8:19:28 AM EDT
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Tagged.
BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 8:45:16 AM EDT
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I'm not sure if it's the same design, but when I was in college we used to construct the tube/ring paper airplanes. The things would sail an unbeliveable distance. It's not easy to explain without a diagram, but they are very simple to construct. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 9:03:06 AM EDT
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The boss' sister had a flat tire so he's out of the office.
Construction begins!
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Posted: 8/9/2005 9:15:36 AM EDT
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I bet I do. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 9:38:36 AM EDT
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I have found that a wadded up little ball of paper will fly farther than almost any other plane made from 8.5x11" college ruled. (if you have a decent arm) Sometimes simpler is better.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 10:06:56 AM EDT
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Yup. The RingWing... Second one in this PDF: AerospaceMuseum.org PDF file ETA: The RingWing I used to make was square in cross section, not diagonal like this one. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 10:32:01 AM EDT
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Thanks for the linky's!
 I'll try them out with the kids tonight! BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 10:40:05 AM EDT
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I got stumped at step 18 and quit at that point. The plane flew great... Right into the fucking trash.
The pics are hard to see... need to be alot bigger... 
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Posted: 8/9/2005 10:43:12 AM EDT
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That's it. My dorm room was on the 8th floor. We'd construct the "ringWings" by the dozens and launch them out the window. Sometimes they'd auger in, but when thrown just right and a little bit of tail-wind, they'd sail until they were out of sight. |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 10:43:59 AM EDT
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He came to speak here in Jackson, MS ... I guess it was 1973 or 1974. Our class went to see him here at the Jackson Coliseum. I found one of those small popcorn boxes they used to sell popcorn in way back then. Since I always had an interest in aircraft as a child I used to build some pretty cool paper airplanes. Well I knew this popcorn box would make a jam-up-cool airplane. it was a freakin' masterpiece. I was WAY up in the nosebleed section when I let 'er fly. It circled the Coliseum several times, flying in a perfect diameter circle, it had ALOT of airtime, well when it started to lose altitude the circles got a little smaller. To make a long story short, the plane came to rest by skipping accross the Presidential podium and hitting President Nixon in the chest. he picked it up and commented on what a fine airplane that was and gave mention to all the school students visiting in the upper section. I acted like nothing happened. If anyone knew I threw it, they never said anything.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 10:47:59 AM EDT
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Fricken Awesome! |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 11:00:14 AM EDT
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yep |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 11:01:41 AM EDT
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SWEET! Man, that must have taken some balls! I'd be afraid of the Secret Service drawing down on me.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 11:05:14 AM EDT
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This sure could have come in handy for that paper air plane contest in the 4th grade
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Posted: 8/9/2005 11:27:45 AM EDT
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Tag. MJD
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Posted: 8/9/2005 11:37:37 AM EDT
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TAG...
-John 
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Posted: 8/9/2005 11:49:56 AM EDT
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I learned to make a Ring Wing from a guy at JSC in Houston. I was attending a local space camp back in junior high. Those things flew great! Ours had a square cross section and with a little practice, you could aim them with pretty good accuracy.
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Posted: 8/9/2005 12:21:13 PM EDT
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Well it was 1974, The po-po didn't taze little kids and old ladies back then ..... |
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