How to Make a Quality Paper Glider

8/7/2019 How to Make a Quality Paper Glider

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How To Make a Quality Paper Glider An Adam Falcsik Instruction Set

Are you tired of making paper gliders that just do not fly?This instruction set will walk you through the steps necessary to turn an ordinary piece of photocopy paper into a quality paper glider that will actually fly. The steps include preparingthe paper, forming the fuselage, and creating the wings. Thefinished product will be a top-notch paper glider constructedin less than twenty minutes.

What You Will Need A piece of 8 X 11 (or similarly proportioned) paper A flat, open work surface like a table or desk A writing utensil A small amount of patience

Note: Throughout the entire process make sure all edges are properly aligned before creasing any fold. This willensure optimal results.

Phase 1: Preparing the Paper

This first phase of steps will guide you through the preliminary folds necessary to transform thepaper into a flight capable glider.

Step 1.1

Lay out your piece of paper in the standard portraitposition (shorter side closest to you).


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Step 1.2

Make a mark in the bottom left corner of the paper touse for reference through out the process.

Step 1.3

Fold the paper in half so that the long edges are touching and crease it well.

Step 1.4

Unfold the paper revealing the newly created centerline.


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Step 1.5

Fold the top short edge diagonally across the paper to meet the long side edge to create a diagonalfrom top right to lower left.

Step 1.6

Unfold the flap created in Step1.5, and repeat the sameprocess starting with the othercorner to create a diagonal

from top left to lower right.

Step 1.7

Unfold the flap created in Step 1.6, and flip the paper over sothat the mark made in Step 1.2 is no longer visible.

Notice the X shape the previous folds have created.


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Step 1.8

Fold the top edge towards youso that the X on the paper isfolded in half.

Step 1.9

Unfold the flap created in Step 1.8 and flip the paper over sothat the mark is once again visible in the bottom left corner.

You are now finished preparing the paper, and it is time for the glider to start taking form.

Phase 2: Creating the Glider Body

This next phase of steps will guide you through turning the paper into the gliders fuselage.

Step 2.1

Grab the top of the paper and pull it towards you as if you were repeating the fold from Step 1.8,

but this time pinch the sides in. The paper should collapse nicely as seen in the figures below. Re-crease the folds if necessary.


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Step 2.2

Take the top layer of the bottom right corner of the triangular region and fold it to the top as

depicted.

Step 2.3

Take the top layer of thebottom left corner of thetriangular region and fold itto the top in the samefashion as in Step 2.2.

Step 2.4

Fold the newly formeddiamond region in half from top to bottom.

With the fuselage now complete all that remains to be shaped are the wings.


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Phase 3: Folding the Wings

This is the final phase in constructing the glider. The steps in this phase will tell you how to formthe gliders wings.

Step 3.1

Fold the glider in half along the centerlinecreated in Step 1.3 such that the mark canno longer be seen. The centerline is now the bottom of the glider.

Note: Make sure everything is lined up squarelybefore creasing it; several layers of paper arebeing folded simultaneously in this step.

Step 3.2

Create the wings of the glider by making a fold approximately above the bottom of the plane, what used to be the centerline, on both sides. Be sure to make the wings symmetrical to achievestraight flight.


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Step 3.3

Fold approximately of the edge of each of the wings up to create

stabilization flaps.

Step 3.4

The glider is now ready for flight. Find an open area and test your new glider.

Remember: Never throw the glider near people to avoid eye gouging and other injuries.

Congratulations! You now know how to create a paper glider that can actually fly. Feel free to havefun with it by changing the size and orientation of the wings and flaps. You just may find acombination that turns your glider into a top rate stunt plane capable of flips, stalls, or barrel rolls.

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