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Re: Paper Airplane Designs

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Post by _mrmnmly »

simonsarris wrote: post #3

In the 90's I went to a small middle school, the 8th grade class was 21 people. Once, the school had a contest in the indoor gym, we each designed paper planes and the one who flew it the farthest won a prize. We argued with teachers over an allowance for a little bit of tape, which some of us used just as nose weight. However, each kid was the one to "fly" his own plane, a big oversight. Almost the last kid, when it…

we have similar contest, but in the University, and it was for the longest (time) flight, not the farthest. Among all guys that tries different setups the contest won... a girl (to make it even more awesome, I think she was the only female contest member :D) :)

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madeuptempacct wrote: post #44
offsky wrote: post #41

Imagine my surprise when I'm reading down the HN list like I do every day and I stumble upon my own website. Thats a pretty cool feeling! Im happy to answer any questions people may have. This was my Angular learning project back when Angular just came out. I think Angular ended up being the wrong choice for this project, but it works and I learned Angular, so its all good.

Which one flies furthest? (I can narrow down by category, but not sort).

Its hard to say. I never did a test where I threw them all and compared distances. I should do this! A lot depends on how accurate your folds are, and how well you tune it by small bends to the wings. This can make a big difference. I would say that "The Buzz" or "V-Wing" probably are the best. Also the classic "Basic Dart" thrown hard is difficult to beat.

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Post by logfromblammo »

simonsarris wrote: post #3

In the 90's I went to a small middle school, the 8th grade class was 21 people. Once, the school had a contest in the indoor gym, we each designed paper planes and the one who flew it the farthest won a prize. We argued with teachers over an allowance for a little bit of tape, which some of us used just as nose weight. However, each kid was the one to "fly" his own plane, a big oversight. Almost the last kid, when it…

I used to roll a sheet of paper up into a very tight tube, then flatten one half and tie an overhand knot in it. That's how I won the "distance shot" portion of informal classroom wastebasketball competitions. You just hold the light end and flip it towards the trash can.

So even the wadded-up ball can be improved upon.

And no, I don't know why the teachers ever left us alone in the classroom.

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Post by icsllaf »

offsky wrote: post #41

Imagine my surprise when I'm reading down the HN list like I do every day and I stumble upon my own website. Thats a pretty cool feeling! Im happy to answer any questions people may have. This was my Angular learning project back when Angular just came out. I think Angular ended up being the wrong choice for this project, but it works and I learned Angular, so its all good.

Why do you think Angular was the wrong choice? This question is coming from a person with little knowledge on most front-end frameworks.

Re: Paper Airplane Designs

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Post by madeuptempacct »

icsllaf wrote: post #54
offsky wrote: post #41

Imagine my surprise when I'm reading down the HN list like I do every day and I stumble upon my own website. Thats a pretty cool feeling! Im happy to answer any questions people may have. This was my Angular learning project back when Angular just came out. I think Angular ended up being the wrong choice for this project, but it works and I learned Angular, so its all good.

Why do you think Angular was the wrong choice? This question is coming from a person with little knowledge on most front-end frameworks.

Might be a bit heavy for the use-case. That's all I can think of.

Re: Paper Airplane Designs

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Post by eloycoto »

matthewmcg wrote: post #24
eloycoto wrote: post #23

Love this one! Over the last two years I made a lot of paper aeroplanes for my nephew, after that I started to build my own glider planes and now we're into RC planes. If you want to get a bit more of a hobby I highly recommend Flitetest community, they made awesome things, and is a great resource to get kids into the hobby. https://www.flitetest.com/ RC-Plane from cardboard pizza box https://www.flitetest.com/articl…

I've had a similar progression. Have you gotten into discus launch gliders?

Yep, also, we are starting to think to build a shuttle they are easy to build :-)

Re: Paper Airplane Designs

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Post by skykooler »

Hi! There's a paper airplane I've made which I learned out of a book a while back - the book called it either a "condor" or "albatross", I forget which, but searching for either of those names turns up different designs. It's an excellent glider, and one of the few designs I know that start with the paper in landscape orientation. If you're interested, here's how to fold it:

- With the paper in landscape orientation, fold the top corners to meet in the middle.

- Fold the top corner [just created] down to the point where those two corners meet.

- Fold the two new obtuse corners on the top to meet in the middle. Tape into place.

- Fold in half left-to-right, so that the taped corners are on the outside of the fold.

- Fold the edges back down to the centerline.

- Unfold, and smooth out to give it the profile of an upside-down flattened W. The flatter, the better it will glide, but if it's too flat it will spin.

Launch by holding the back, as it has no vertical surface to grip on the bottom.

Re: Paper Airplane Designs

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Post by DavidD »

offsky wrote: post #41

Imagine my surprise when I'm reading down the HN list like I do every day and I stumble upon my own website. Thats a pretty cool feeling! Im happy to answer any questions people may have. This was my Angular learning project back when Angular just came out. I think Angular ended up being the wrong choice for this project, but it works and I learned Angular, so its all good.

Would you ever sell the site? Been thinking about making one myself that you can print that has the fold lines and maybe some fighter jet graphics
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