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Re: Paper Airplane Designs

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Post by felipesabino »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #4
felipesabino wrote: post #2

It has been a while that I try to find the design for this type of paper plane [1] that glides so smoothly and allows you to guide it. I am not even sure how to search for it, even with this database in hands [1] https://youtu.be/UVUQC_yZe_Y

Filter by "Time Aloft" [1]. I did and don't see the specific plane in the YT video (they certainly don't have every airplane in their database). Search for Walkalong Glider [2] to find what you want. [1] https://www.foldnfly.com/#/0-1-0-0-1-1-1-1-2 [2] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=walkalong+glide...

"Walkalong Glider", uow, I didn't even know the term to look for, thanks!

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Post by sumtechguy »

okl wrote: post #9

I had a book around the turn of the century with paper airplane folding instructions. Lazily, I stuck to the simple ones and my favourite was called "Phoenix". Could not find it on this page but searching for the book I found a video where the author demonstrates: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2V55rc58cDg

whenever a discussion like this comes up I try to recommend this book

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671555510

Not as simple as the one in that vid. But a decent selection of them.

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Post by dang »

Related:

Paper Airplane Designs (2013) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32134691 - July 2022 (96 comments)

Paper Airplane Designs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29466325 - Dec 2021 (8 comments)

Wake Turbulence from a Paper Airplane (2020) [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27137827 - May 2021 (29 comments)

Paper Airplane Designs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23545860 - June 2020 (8 comments)

Paper Airplane Designs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18249755 - Oct 2018 (206 comments)

Designing, folding, and flying the finest paper airplanes [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16784941 - April 2018 (11 comments)

Learn How to Fold a World-Record-Setting Paper Airplane - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16715728 - March 2018 (14 comments)

Real Paper Airplane Designs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12632253 - Oct 2016 (1 comment)

The best paper airplane in the world - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=420523 - Jan 2009 (30 comments)

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Post by standardly »

My cousin and I were particularly destructive children and used to build paper airplanes and fly them up into the ceiling fan. Sometimes they'd get caught on a blade and come flying off. Was playing a lot of Starfox 64 at the time, so we imagined we were attacking a boss. We'd try and see how many attacks we could get in before our plane was completely mangled and wouldn't fly anymore. Good times.

Another destructive game we used to play was lighting army men on fire and fusing their melted plastic bodies together to create a zombie army of plastic amalgamations. Half-green, half-tan grenadiers with bazookas for a heads, etc. God bless America!

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Post by mg »

I tried a lot of paper plane designs and this one is by far the most elegant design and the best flying plane I found so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDiC9iMcWTc

The simple flight path in the video does not relly do it justice. When you throw it outside, it will have a beautiful loooong curved flight. When there is some wind, it often goes to explore the sky for quite a while before it comes back down again.

If anybody knows a design that can compete with this one, I would be very interested to try it!

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