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Yes this website keeps popping up in HN. Which makes me to wonder what is the logic for checking a duplicate? I know that dups are checked while submitting a link, but how far in time does it go? If the check is time bound is it due to performance or is it due to belief that after sufficient time gap content inside an identical link could be different?
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#22Very cool.
Just for info: these use the "Letter paper", not A4, as I remember. But most designs should work anyway.
"The most used of this series is the size A4, which is 210 mm × 297 mm (8.27 in × 11.7 in) and thus almost exactly 1⁄16 square metre (0.0625 m2; 96.8752 sq in) in area. For comparison, the letter paper size commonly used in North America (8+1⁄2 in × 11 in, 216 mm × 279 mm) is about 6 mm (0.24 in) wider and 18 mm (0.71 in) shorter than A4. Then, the size of A5 paper is half of A4, as 148 mm × 210 mm (5.8 in × 8.3 in)."
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#23Nice. Can't wait to try out some of thee with my 11-year old.
At one point of time we used to be obsessed with paper planes ... and that's when we only knew 2-3 designs.
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#24My father was a high school math teacher and he would borrow books on paper plane folding at the library, then photocopy the books with the photocopier at his school
We spent a lot of weekends folding planes together - I think we both liked the repetitive nature of it. It's definitely one of the things that got me hooked on engineering as a child (alongside Legos)
He died of an anyorism when I was 11 and I haven't folded a paper plane ever since - maybe it's time I give it a go
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#25My favorite paper plane is the one that is explained starting at 03:00 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNg4fDJC8A Out of all paper planes I tried, it has the best flying capabilities by far. Form and function really come together in this one. It looks beautifully simple and elegant. And that's also how it flies. When you throw it from a rooftop, you are in for quite a show. It often flies loooong smooth circle…
The Nakamura Lock, a schoolyard classic worldwide. It has a name, but no apparent origin; an Eiji Nakamura did publish a book Flying Origami in 1972, but no such plane can be found within.
The only source I can find is a Reddit comment stating that the design is named after Nakamura for having invented the type of fold that holds the plane together (https://redd.it/j2yjsd)
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Link?
This was the YouTube video where I think the person makes the same design as the one I remember: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t2sozrof3HY
That is absolutely amazing and for anyone glossing over this link unsure if you will bother checking it out I highly recommend checking it out. 2 minute video. So cool the ending. I know what I am doing tomorrow.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Link?
This was the YouTube video where I think the person makes the same design as the one I remember: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t2sozrof3HY
That brings back old memories! I used to fold my paper airplane like this for the most part : ). I do not remember who showed it to me.
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#28I've noticed that in N. America "The Dart" is the standard and in S.E. Asia kids fold something that's like a hybrid between "The Dart" and "The Buzz" that flies really well. I've never had much luck with the dart, it's usually really unstable.
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#29Great pedagogical resource, I am in parental leave and might spend our afternoons with the kids with this foa a couple of days :) thx!
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#30My interest in science started when a friend and I folded a few paper planes, tested them over a small downhill section outside my house, made notes about what worked, tweaked and experimented with new designs, and so on. It blew my little mind that with structured experimentation you could design things that actually got better with each generation. Where would the improvements stop? With hindsight, I realise that m…
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