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Introduce Your Kid to This Database of Paper Airplanes

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Making paper airplanes isn’t just a great low-tech boredom killer—it’s highly
educational, too. Yep, all that time you spent folding spiral notebook paper
into cool gliders in 11th grade economics, you were actually getting a lesson in
design engineering. Neat, huh?

Now, parents, it’s time to introduce your kids to the classic pastime. An
excellent place to start: the Fold ‘N Fly database of paper airplanes.

The site features 40 different paper airplanes with instructions and videos.
Designs are sorted by skill level and and aerodynamic properties (distance, time
aloft, acrobatic and decorative). You might start with The Basic and then work
your way up to some expert-level planes such as these:

This one was designed by an origami expert.

Fast Hawk is “best for distance, time aloft and acrobatics,” Fold ‘N Fly writes.

An acrobatic marvel. When thrown at just the right angle, Star Flight flips
around in the air. The original design, “The Star Fighter,” is by John M.
Collins, aka The Paper Airplane Guy, and featured in his books The World Record
Paper Airplane and The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book.

All of the instructions on Fold ‘N Fly are free but if you want the downloadable
pages with line indicators showing you exactly where to fold, it’s $5.

After making the paper airplanes, show your kids the best way to throw a paper
airplane. According to the experts featured on the paper airplane-making episode
of Going Deep with David Rees, that means seeing that the wings are level,
holding the plane where the most paper layers overlap and going with an easy
toss. Keep a flight log to see how the planes react to different variables.
Maybe one day your little aviation master will reach the world record for paper
airplane flight: a whopping 226 feet and 10 inches.



more at https://boingboing.net/2018/10/23/fold-n-fly.html



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