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Post by garashovb »

shanewwarren wrote: post #49
rekoros wrote: post #48

When I was pretty young - maybe six - I spent about a month at a hospital in the USSR. I don’t know why I was there (observation?), and it’s not be point - the point is, while there, slightly older patients taught me how to fold beautiful paper airplanes, with unbelievable aerodynamic properties - I mean those things could fly. Many years later, I was taking an aerodynamics course at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univers…

That's great! Reminds me of elementary school when I was in "gifted and talented... " program. We did a similar experiment. Each kid had some ornate paper airplane, but my simple design won out.

My dad studied aviation in USSR between 1980-83 while my country was part of USSR. He also had amazing skills in aerodynamics and making paper planes. I guess USSR aviation schools were pretty good that times. Dad's school now http://kkluga.ru/

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yabones wrote: post #33

I'm surprised they don't have the "lock fold" or "Nakamura Lock" design. When I was younger, that was the most consistent design for a good plane. Not always the best, but never the worst. Somebody talented could fold up a dart to beat it on distance, or a glider to stay up longer, but everybody could make a decent "lock fold". https://origamimag.com/nakamura-lock-paper-airplane/

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Post by roqi »

tysam_and wrote: post #60

I made hundreds of paper airplanes as a kid. This design scheme was consistently among the best (not on the website above directly): http://www.10paperairplanes.com/how-to-make-paper-airplanes/... You could also just do what I did and just fold only the top over itself, and use a bit of the back wing for the winglets, folded out. Tiny, tiny grip, enough to hold, deeper in the back than the front for stability, tiny y…

Thanks for sharing. You made me make my first paper airplane in years. Oh joy.

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Post by xattt »

yabones wrote: post #33

I'm surprised they don't have the "lock fold" or "Nakamura Lock" design. When I was younger, that was the most consistent design for a good plane. Not always the best, but never the worst. Somebody talented could fold up a dart to beat it on distance, or a glider to stay up longer, but everybody could make a decent "lock fold". https://origamimag.com/nakamura-lock-paper-airplane/

For the longest time, I thought this was the only kind of paper airplane and that other designs were just for kids who didn’t know how to fold.
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