Paper Airplanes

 

 

 

 

 

Remember when you would get in trouble for flying paper airplanes in school? Instead of banning them-let’s use them as a learning tool. Folding planes requires attention to detail and the ability to follow directions, both great skills for children to learn.  It is also a great way to learn the fundamentals of flight. The same forces that make a real airplane fly are involved with paper airplanes, just on a smaller scale.  

 

 

 

Start with

 

http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/planes.php

 

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Read/Fold/Fly

 

 

 

 

 

http://solidworkspilot.com/

 

 

 

 

Demo version in 3D

 

http://solidworkspilot.com/tips.asp

 

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On  line paper airplane design

 

http://solidworkspilot.com/default.aspx

 

 

 

Beginner Planes:

	Printable Template	Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Things to consider

 

The following links are from http://paperplane.org/Education/education.html

 

Overview of aerodynamics and the Guinness record (PowerPoint file)

 

Paper Airplane Experiments (PowerPoint file)

 

Careers in Aerospace Engineering (PowerPoint file)

 

Wing span vs. flight distance (Microsoft Word file)