Introduction: 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.
Step 2: Cut Some Wings
I didn't measure, the wings are about 3x16 inches each, I then scored a couple of parallel lines under each wing with a blunt pencil to add some camber to the wings.
Step 3: Make the Body
The body consists of a bamboo skewer split in half and a piece of foam core folded into an angle with wings. attach the skewer to the piece of foam.
Step 4: Attach the Body to the Wings
The wings are joined together with some scotch tape and the body attached with double sided tape. With care assembly can result with a little dihedral in the wing.
Step 5: Make a Canard
The canard is bigger than a business card sized, too big and the weight needed at the front is excessive, too small and the lift is insufficient.
Step 6: Balance
Balance with a paperclip on the skewer. No i can't give an exact location.
Step 7: Find a High Place
Yes it's a canard, every one of my co-employees said "but it's flying backwards" arrgh!
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28 Comments
7 years ago on Introduction
good
11 years ago on Introduction
is nice
11 years ago on Introduction
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)
11 years ago on Step 7
Nice design, I make a glider with out fuselage
11 years ago on Introduction
I tried and failed, added a head and blue tack onto it, works great!
btw, does ur foam core crack when you bend it?
12 years ago on Step 7
Sí, yo también lo hacen mucho! : D
12 years ago on Step 5
your fingers look hert in the second picture with a cut
13 years ago on Step 7
buenisimo, asi se hace! me gusto mucho =D
13 years ago on Introduction
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)
13 years ago on Introduction
wait....why did they say it was flying backwards? in the movie i cant tell, is the small part in front or back?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
in front, it is a canard.
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
o i c how they could have said that!
13 years ago on Introduction
nice instructable some time i will make this!
13 years ago on Introduction
This is a great instructable :D
15 years ago on Introduction
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?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
i agree
15 years ago on Introduction
it looks like to me in the video its atatched to strings
16 years ago
Nice glider. I have one in http://rimar2000.com.ar/sailor.htm.
It is spanish, but you will be able to understand it
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
The URL is now http://rimar2000.unlugar.com/sailor.htm
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
in english