Slant-Nosed Glider
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| Subjective analysis:
I was amazed the first time this left my hands and sailed -- nay -- floated to a perfect landing. The large wing area makes this glider easy to trim and especially graceful in the air. The "landing gear" helps the aircraft stay graceful during landings and on the ground, but I've surprisingly noticed that it seems to fly better with the landing gear "down and dirty" than with those tabs tucked away.
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Folding instructions:
- dashed lines indicate valley folds
- solid lines indicate mountain folds
- congruent angles are indicated
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- Begin with the glider base.
- Make the nose a bit sharper by folding the root surfaces of the wing and tab back.
- Fold the nose section down at an arbitrary, aesthetic location, and fold the plane in half.
- With the airplane upside down, grab the fuselage and spread the wings out on a flat surface, letting the nose extend itself naturally. Now is also a good time to make the crease for the vertical stabilizer.
- Pick a desirable length for the landing skids.
- As you might guess, this plane needs a good deal of up-elevator to keep it from going into a nosedive. Fortunately, the trim is rather forgiving compared to most other airplanes I've played with.
Altercations:
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You can shallow out the nose's angle by folding the sides of the fuselage up. It won't look so sophisticated on the ground anymore, but who cares? Ever wonder why people don't make paper cars? (well, besides Leu-vee-air cars...) |
A2:
With a few minor folds, you can get it to look like the original slant-nosed aircraft, the Concorde (though it won't fly quite as fast).
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Rowin Andruscavage
Last modified: Tue Dec 20 12:08:16 PST 2016
