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The Chimera is a fast little airplane with canards doing double duty as landing gear as well as lifting surfaces. TAA USAF Designation: A50-1
Required: 1 Piece of 8.5 by 11 inch paper Tape Optional: Pencil
First, fold your paper in half length-wise. Then fold it in half width-wise. Your paper should now be folded into fourths.
Now that you are folding the leading edge, fold your paper to suit it. First, take your paper and fold your up right corner to the left-center (as you...
Fold the paper down along the fourth crease where it appearsafter the sweep fold has been secured down. Repeat on the other side. Then flatten the pap...
To begin folding the cover fold forward, pull the paper up to the highest point you can without tearing, and crease it. Then fold the top of the la...
Now that your paper airplane is on its back, and is facing up with its "clean" side. From the clean side, fold the edge of the canards down to the oth...
With everything else in previous steps completed, proceed to fold your wings. The wing root crease should intercept the airfoil fold where it emerg...
Tape your paper airplane together at the front and rear, and at the area between the leading edges of the main wing and the trailing edges of the cana...
Your Chimera is now ready to buzz around as you throw it about. Enjoy!
Your Chimera is now ready to buzz around as you throw it about. Enjoy!
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