Basically the Paper Airplanes with wider wings glide better than narrow wings, there are no tricks involved – it is because of its bigger wings they produce positive (more) pressure below their wings. So, they sometimes float more than expected. This glider is having a wider wing and it is faster too. Let’s make Skorpion!
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Supplies Required:
- A4 Sheet of Paper or a Foolscap Paper with 70-90 GSM
- Ruler or Flat thick object to flatten the folded edges to make a strong crease.
Step 1:
- The very first step is to bring the right hand side of the paper to the left hand side straight and properly (edge to edge) and make a proper centre crease
- Unfold it
Step 2:
- Now, Bring the Top-Right and Top-Left hand side to the centre crease to make a triangle (cone) and Fold it.
Step 3:
- Fold the nose down and make sure the Nose meets the straight line
- Turn over the Paper to another side
- Refer Fig.3 if you have doubts
Step 4:
- Fold the Right-hand and Left-hand edges to the centre line and make sure it makes the sharp-pointed corner at the top along the centre crease
- Once done, Flip it back
Paper Airplane facts: “No records were found about who invented the first paper airplane, but as far as human knowledge Chinese invented Paper and they fly kites since 2000 years“
Step 5:
- Bring the nose down to the bottom nose
- Make sure the nose point lies on the centre crease
- Refer Fig.5 for any doubts
Step 6:
- Mountain fold the plane into half as the arrows shown in Fig.6
- Check the Symmetry
Step 7:
- Time to Make the wings, First fold the wings in the direction of Bigger arrows shown in Fig.7 on both sides
- Once done, Check at the end of the wings, there are two small winglets.
- Fold them in the direction shown along the dotted lines
Front View and Final Fold
Step 8:
- All good, Check whether your Plane looks like Fig.8 finally! If so, I have to say this. You have done a wonderful job
- Let’s celebrate the time of flying with our stylish skorpion!
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Skorpion flying technique:
- Keep your left foot slightly forward hold your plane in the thicker part of the fuselage right behind and launch it in 30 – 40 degrees angle, Give it a quick toss. If it fails, tweak the tail wing slightly up and try again.
- Try different angles and forces now! Wow, That’s how one learns properly with more trying and flying. Kudos!
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