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Post number 19425

slipperywhenwet — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:44:18 -0800

Bored at the office? Put some of that paper to good use: make some paper airplanes. Those two links should keep you busy for a few days (be sure to try out Nick's Plane. Possibly the best paper plane there is. Thank you Nick, who ever you are..), but if you're looking for something a little flash, you could try folding one of these.

By: Kafei

Kafei — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:55:53 -0800

another great use of paper.... right on the digital screen!

By: mrgavins

mrgavins — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:02:04 -0800

Thank you Nick, who ever you are.. Thank you indeed. That plane flies great.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:02:21 -0800

Thanks, slippery! All my paper is tied up though in making a sky lantern, to increase the number of UFO sightings in my neighborhood.

By: ziklagz

ziklagz — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:11:01 -0800

My son and I made paper airplanes at the Toledo Children's museum this summer. These are some great sites to keep us interested. Thanks

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:42:52 -0800

I'd be interested to see the difference in performance in planes made with a sheet of US Letter paper (8.5" x 11") vs. a sheet of ISO A4 paper (210mm x 297mm). It looks like the planes on paperairplanes.co.uk are made with A4 in mind (at least from the aspect ratio of the paper) and those on josephpalmer.com made with Letter in mind.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:44:23 -0800

(On an aside, does anyone know where I can get A4-sized paper in the US? Would I be able to go down to an office supply store or stationary shop and find a ream?)

By: linux

linux — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:52:12 -0800

I made a whole fleet of paper airplanes one day when none of my tutees showed up for tutoring back in college. Had an F4U Corsair, P-51 Mustang, SR-71 Blackbird, P-38 Lightning, and the Supermarine Spitfire. Yes, I like WWII planes.

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:07:38 -0800

I had a lovely time on the way home from the office today playing with Nick's plane. Thanks, slippy. Too bad the breeze was against me and a 10-minute walk took over half an hour. Or maybe not - possibly the most fun I've had all summer.

By: jellybuzz

jellybuzz — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:44:54 -0800

Paper airplanes are neat, sure. But why always airplanes? Where are the paper trains, paper boats, paper cars, paper houses, paper furniture, paper shoes, paper food? Well... never mind. I didn't mean to cut in.

By: slipperywhenwet

slipperywhenwet — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:27:54 -0800

Two years ago, after finishing the final exam of a particularly heinous course (which wasn't even a requirement! I took it because I thought it would be fun. Stupid, stupid stupid..!) I had the brain storm of tearing up the course book, folding the pages into planes and launching them into the university's three story rotunda with friends. Good fun. This has actually become an annual event..

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:39:13 -0800

I'm surprised the "bishop's mitre" glider isn't in there. Easy to make, ugly, but it practically defies gravity. I learned about 'em 20 years ago from a NASA guy visiting our school... I don't remember the details though :/

By: yangwar

yangwar — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:47:48 -0800

Mitre link. I can't wait to try this sucker out at my auditorium.

By: wiinga

wiinga — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:53:15 -0800

In the late 1960s, at an auto show at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, I witnessed a wonderful flight of fancy. From the top row of the 11,000 seat indoor stadium a young man launched a small square glider fashioned from some of the new car literature. The plane glided above the seats slowly, staying a constant height above the scattered folk taking a break in the stands. It flared out as it picked up speed and headed for the center of the arena where numerous new cars were parked. By this time the glider's progress was being tracked by a couple hundred people. The glide path flattened, then the craft descended and the paper square landed on the roof of a car, slid and dropped into the open sunroof. Brilliant! The witnesses cheered and the pilot took bows. The rest of the car show folk could only wonder why.

By: riffola

riffola — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:01:39 -0800

My personal design is based on something similar to Nick's favourite, I have the wings folded a few more times. I'll try and draw up an illustration of it tomorrow. it's a good glider, not very fast, but it flies far. I hold the unofficial high school record thanks to that one. I have always wondered if anyone has come up with something similar to mine, and well no one has.

By: slipperywhenwet

slipperywhenwet — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:37:40 -0800

Mitre link. I'm sorry, but this.. doesn't make any sense. Would it have killed them to include a picture?

By: ugly_n_sticky

ugly_n_sticky — Sat, 24 Aug 2002 01:13:50 -0800

This Japanese gentleman has developed quite good replicas of jet fighters: F-16, F-15, JFS, Harrier, MIG 29, etc... They're made of thick paper and fly really far and high with a simple rubber band catapult. It's a lot of cutting, folding and gluing, but hell - they fly! Warning: addictive - my son can't get enough.

By: hob

hob — Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:54:21 -0800

I'm sorry, but this.. doesn't make any sense. Would it have killed them to include a picture? does this (scroll down) make more sense? by the way, the Stealth is worth every fold.

By: mrgavins

mrgavins — Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:23:35 -0800

It seems that these paper planes can bu used for evil tricks. I couldn't help but laugh...