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a target area in three minutes? Be warned: time flies Larkin (USA) broke their own (59 ft 9
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forces as they fly: Drag: Friction with the air Thrust
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you apply when you throw momentum. distancetics. Could you
the plane, giving it its power. Experiment with the size aeroba next champ?
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Weight be the
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Lift: What the flying plane and shape of your plane’s
experiences as air moves various elements – a heavier
over and under the wings, nose, longer wings or sleeker
keeping it aloft. body will affect its flight. Difference in pressure = lift!
Fold the top-left corner over so that the corner touches the centre fold (7). Repeat with the top-right corner (8). You should be
left with a small triangular point, which can be folded back (9).
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You can only use one sheet of paper per plane, and you’re not allowed any glue or sticky tape.
You can use the same design 11
designs as you want (other ideas pictured below). Here’s one that we’ve used to get your attempt off
or as many different
in half along its length (2), then unfold (3).
the ground (1). To make it, start by folding the sheet
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Flip the plane over and bring the two halves together along the centre fold (10). Next, fold the right-hand wing down until it
aligns with the centre fold (11) and repeat for the left wing (12).
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with the top-left corner (5).
Take the top-right corner and fold it down to the centre fold to form a triangle (4). Repeat
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a bone fold
Then fold this newly formed triangle down, giving you a square (6). Ask permis er!
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