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- Making a paper airplane [50]
Fearless folding
Now that you understand the basic principles of flight, it is time to create a paper airplane, if you are just begin-ding your career as a paper airplane pilot, start with the dart or square ... (read more)
- Paper Boat - Humor Contest [48]
The Paper Boater ran a limerick/humor contest. By far the most popular art form was the familiar limerick. (Says something about the class of reader I suppose.) So other than the one entry about "the meticulous... (read more)
- Low Reynolds Number Flight [47]
Paper airplanes are smaller and fly slower than most other aircraft. So how does that affect their aerodynamics? Back in 1883 Osborne Reynolds, professor of engineering at the University of Manchester (England)... (read more)
- Trimming and Flying [47]
For FOLD AND FLY paper aircraft, the gap between theory and application is this one. Two things make a successful paper airplane: proper nose weight and correct trim. Since my designs are already well balanced,... (read more)
- What's Paper Got To Do With? [46]
Now that you have a flying plane, you can use it to see the roles that paper plays in its construction. After the kinetic energy (that is, the energy you put into it by throwing it) of the initial throw has dis... (read more)
- Fast Fact #2 [46]
The world is largest paper airplane on record had a wing span of 45 feet 10 inches. It was built by students and faculty at Delft University of technology in the Netherlands, and on May 15, 1995, they flew it 1... (read more)
- Paper Airplanes: Problems and Solutions [44]
When learning to fly paper airplanes, you will most likely run into some problems. Here are some typical paper airplane problems and solutions:Problem: My paper airplane keeps dive bombing.Solution: Add elevato... (read more)
- Fast Fact #1 [44]
Blimps and balloons float in the air for the same reason that corks float in water. The helium in a balloon weighs less than air, just like cork weighs less than water.... (read more)
- Flying High [44]
Fold and fly a variety of your own paper airplanes. Ages 9 and up. Greenacres Branch Library, 3750 Jog Road, Greenacres.
3 p.m., June 22, 2007
Register by calling (561) 641-9100.
Community Calendar
Pal... (read more)
- What a Drag [43]
Drag is a force that slows things down. Try this next actuality se you can actuality fool drag. Take a regular sheet of paper and find a room that has on open space big enough for you to spin around and around.... (read more)
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