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How To Make The Orion Paper Airplane

How To Make The Orion Paper Airplane
Designed as an homage to the "Teen Series" of American fighters, the Orion doubles as a small, working paper airplane interceptor with trapezoidal wings, like those of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, and F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets it is a tribute to.

The homage was originally somewhat unintentional, though it was advantageous to switch from delta to trapezoidal-shaped wings for reasons of drag and versatility on these little drones; as was the case with the "Teen Series" as it followed the "Century Series".   

As far as uses for this airplane go, the possibilities are enormous. It can be used as a high speed, long range interceptor; research testbed; or stunt plane among other roles.

Some usages for educators could include studies of:
  • Glide ratio
  • Hangtime versus other aircraft
  • Weight and balance

TAA USAF Designation: D166-1
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
Required:
1 Piece of 8 by 10.5 inch graph paper
Scissors
Tape
Ruler
Pencil
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14 comments
Aug 5, 2011. 8:27 AMppanchal1 says:
hi sir . i have tried this one out and i think it is one of the best paper planes .
Thanks.
Aug 14, 2011. 1:02 PMR.A.T.M says:
is this paper 4 squars per inch
Aug 14, 2011. 1:28 PMR.A.T.M says:
is it sopost to fly becuse mine doent
Aug 14, 2011. 2:28 PMR.A.T.M says:
well it flys for a foot then stops and crashes to the groung of it just dose a tail spin to the groung
Aug 14, 2011. 3:01 PMR.A.T.M says:
i re mad it and it works i think i used to little tape or something like that
Aug 14, 2011. 7:25 PMR.A.T.M says:
i do ther fun to make with a reward at the end
Jul 28, 2011. 6:14 PMdamino says:
I'll work on getting something up for you on YouTube this weekend and drop a link for you! I'm excited. Paper plains = Win!
Jul 28, 2011. 9:05 AMdong1 says:
have you got any videos if this plane flying? would be nice if yo have so we can see it fly. thanks

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I am someone who mass produces paper airplanes and am always developing new designs.