Exotic Paper Aircraft

This is a collection of a few of my favorite paper airplanes. Much of this was developed during 5 years of sitting through French classes.

I seemed to have picked up a disproportionate share of the press coverage from the New Millennium Paper Airplane Contest. Congratulations to the winners of the much more challenging Duration (Howard Fink with a modified Barnaby), Surprise (Peter Genovese), Children's (no names printed, but were apparently part of Peter's Boy Scout troop), and the several Spectacular Failure categories! The New York Times has the most comprehensive report I've seen on the event. Wired blogger has video.

Thanks to the artist Klara Hobza and the NYC Public Art Fund for bringing this event together! Looking forward to seeing her book on the contest.


The Hangar

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Property----|----|
Difficulty _]
Speed _______]
Maneuverability _________]
Robustness __________]
Stability ____]
Basic glider
... worth hours of fun in its own right
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Difficulty __]
Speed ______]
Range ________]
Flying Wing
Property----|----|
Difficulty ___]
Speed ]
Stability _________]
Floater
a nice slow glider
Property----|----|
Difficulty ____]
Speed ___]
Maneuverability ___]
Robustness ______]
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Slant-Nosed Glider
Property----|----|
Difficulty ____]
Speed ______]
Maneuverability _____]
Robustness ___]
Leading Edge Extension Glider
(see Trint for general instructions)
Property----|----|
Difficulty _________]
Speed _____]
Range ______]
Stealth ______]
Stability ________]
Stealth Glider
(formerly known as the "Condor")
Property----|----|
Difficulty ________]
Speed ________]
Range ________]
Stability ___]
Aero Spike
... useful for getting rid of pesky vampires from a distance.
Property----|----|
Difficulty _____]
Speed _______]
Maneuverability ___]
Attack Points ________]
Double-hulled...
heck, there's no sense in covering it up, those are obviously Death Spikes. Just don't get suspended from school for it.
Property----|----|
Difficulty _____]
Speed ______]
Attack Points ______]
Trint
- This one has three.
Property----|----|
Difficulty ________]
Speed ________]
Distance _________]
Reusability __]
Arrow
Property----|----|
Difficulty ______]
Wingspan ___________]
Longitudinal moment of inertia _________]
Stability __]
Wing Plane
Property----|----|
Difficulty ___]
Stability __]
Range (theoretical) ________]
Blended Wing Body
Property----|----|
Difficulty _______]
Cargo capacity ________]
Water retention __]
Dive! Dive! __________]
Super Guppy
Property----|----|
Difficulty _____]
Cargo capacity ________]
Stability ______]
Rigging ]
Boat that Floats

Connecting Flights

Notable aircraft from other web sites
[caret-shaped device] Aaron Hunt's World-Class paper glider
detailed on his web page
[flying fish thingy] Canard dart
Well, this is actually one of mine. And it looks more like a carp to me. I obviously need more ideas. Let me know about any aircraft you know of!
[Your Contributions Needed] Reader's Rides
Email me a picture your creations and I'll be happy to add a link to your site right here!
[Kotaku Air Force Stealth Bomber] Kotaku Air Force Stealth Bomber

External References

My bookmarks to other paper aircraft related sites.

Hairball:

Inanimate entity
at work.		 -8X-
Rowin Andruscavage
Last modified: Tue Dec 20 13:46:28 PST 2016