Office supply glider

Silly little glider made from office junk.

you'll need
foam core board
double sided tape
bamboo skewer
and a paper clip

Btw this isn't my first instructable, flame on

Step 1: Strip the foam core

soak the foam core in some water with a bit of soap for about 2 hours. You can then fairly easily peel off the paper facing, you want to use the 3mm foamcore if you have it but thicker should work.

Comments

[i love aircraft]

is nice

[scattermama78]

One of my sons is obsessed with paper airplanes and is currently outside building this one. he is "tinkering it up" a bit. We have foam core board, but it is 5mm, so we are adjusting some of the areodynamics a bit, but he'll get it. Thanks for the great idea!!! (By the way...he's 10)

[raul38]

Nice design, I make a glider with out fuselage

[jellypop1]

I tried and failed, added a head and blue tack onto it, works great!
btw, does ur foam core crack when you bend it?

[paperairplanecreator]

Sí, yo también lo hacen mucho! : D

[FrozenIce]

your fingers look hert in the second picture with a cut

[XeeeLoo]

 buenisimo, asi se hace! me gusto mucho =D

[lieuwe]

you can make these plains fly further by reducing lift, currently it's in a permanent stall(goes down, makes speed, goes up, goes slower again, etc)

[J@50n]

wait....why did they say it was flying backwards? in the movie i cant tell, is the small part in front or back?

[Tool Using Animal]

in front, it is a canard.

[J@50n]

o i c how they could have said that!

[thing 2]

nice instructable some time i will make this!

[AznPanda]

This is a great instructable :D

[Runnerdude]

very nice. How about attaching a motor and proppeler from a hobby store? by the way, why strip the foam core. why not use something else?

[imthatguy1125]

i agree

[sgt.paper]

it looks like to me in the video its atatched to strings

[rimar2000]

Nice glider. I have one in http://rimar2000.com.ar/sailor.htm.

It is spanish, but you will be able to understand it

[rimar2000]

The URL is now http://rimar2000.unlugar.com/sailor.htm

[climberslacker]

in english

[rimar2000]

Thanks, you are very kind.

[mando_jtt]

Its NOT flying backwards, they are just THINKING backwards.

[casvandegoor]

the movy looks really good!

[dyermaker8]

I fail to see how a bamboo skewer is an office supply. How about coffee stirrers and tape?

[Tool Using Animal]

where I work, a bamboo skewer IS an office supply. ;-) I'd suggest a soda straw, just hazarding a guess that it would be lighter and stronger than coffee stirrers and tape.

[xenobiologista]

Really cute. Just wondering, what gave you the idea to make it a canard? Are they more stable as gliders or something?

[Tool Using Animal]

I did it to save weight, I didn't prove that it saves weight, but I think it does. If I did the rudder and elevator in the back, I'd have had to counter balance that mass out front, and I assumed the weight penalty was great.

[AlexTheGreat]

awesome!

[mrmath]

Nothing to flame about. You did a good job on your instructable.