X-101 Paper Airplane

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X-101 Paper Airplane
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Tools and Materials
8 ½x11 20lb copier paper 8 ½x11 64lb card
stock 8 ½x11 cardboard Foamie sheets
Rubber bands Paperclips Coffee stirrer
sticks Straws Scotch tape Masking tape
Scissors Glue gun Colored pencils 12 ruler
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Hamburger Fold
Make crisp, accurate, straight folds.
Hot Dog Fold
Hamburger Fold
Right
Your folds should be symmetrical. One side
should look just like the other side. If your
plane is not symmetrical, it may not fly straight.
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Nose Folds
Unfold the hamburger fold and use this center
fold as a guide to keep your plane symmetrical.
Your folds should be symmetrical. One side
should look just like the other side. If your
plane is not symmetrical, it may not fly straight.
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Nose Folds
Make crisp, accurate, straight folds.
Get ready to fold leading edges of your wing.
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Wing Edge Folds
Make crisp, accurate, straight folds.
Fold the leading edge of your right wing.
Fold the leading edge of your left wing.
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Fuselage Fold
Make crisp, accurate, straight folds.
Fold the right and left wings together. The
folds should be on the inside.
Fold the wings back to leave a fuselage about ½
wide.
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Wing Rudder Folds
Make crisp, accurate, straight folds.
Wing rudders will help your plane fly straight.
Fold right wing rudder.
Fold left wing rudder.
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Plane Views
Adjust paper clips at various places on your
plane to experiment with flight paths. What
happens when the angle of the wings is changed?
Top View
Side View
Front View
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Decorate Your Plane
Use paper clips to control the center of gravity
of your plane.
See the next slide to add a cockpit and pilot to
your plane. One paper clip on the nose of the
plane will let you adjust the position on the
cockpit and therefore your planes center of
gravity.
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Build a cockpit with a pilot
Draw cockpit and pilot on paper or in PowerPoint
and tape it to the stick or cardboard strip.
Glue a small soft foamie or wrap some tape to the
front end so the plane wont poke your eye out!
Coffee stirrer stick or cardboard strip.
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Air Show

• Competitions
• Best looking.
• Furthest distance.
• Most accurate.
• Longest flight time.