Typhoon - Paper Airplanes

Typhoon. This broad winged beauty with almost no fuselage has vertical stabilizers which give direction to its stately flights. The Typhoon was designed for great lift to give a long, straight and stable flights. The secret is the wide wing spans and the small bodies.

This flying wing craft has an extremely small fuselage and large broad wings for glider style flights. Start with a letter size sheet of medium to heavy weight paper.

Bring the upper left corner of the paper down to the bottom edge of the sheet to make a crease. The right end of thise crease should hit the upper right corner of the paper exactly.

THE THROW - Open the wings and the wingtip flaps and adjust all creases so that the plane is about the same on both sides. The dihedral angle should be slightly up so that when it relaxes during flight, it is nearly flat.

Launch with a gentle push at a slight up angle. A hard throw can cause looping. If it tends to circle back, adjust the wingtip flaps until they are vertical. When well trimmed this plane can float for a long straight flight from a high place.

Based on a design by H. Riley Watkins
Difficulty: Moderate
Paper Size: Letter

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