There is n number of plane designs but what makes them fly? For example, Me and my friend Bruce Wayne is making a plane just by taking a piece of paper doing a mountain fold and then crushing it, throwing it as long as possible. What my friend Bruce will say? He wouldn’t accept this as a Paper plane! Why? Because paper planes cut through the air with their surface and produce LIFT and they do not produce much of a drag. This crushed paper produces so much of a DRAG that makes the paper slow down after some point. So, You wanna make some LIFT for now? Let’s fold the western wind to know it!
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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:
- First of all, fold the paper top to bottom equally to make the centre crease
- Now, bring the bottom left corner to the centre line as shown in the Fig.1 yellow line
- Fold it properly to make a good crease
Step 2:
- Similarly like Step 1, Bring the top left corner to the center crease as the yellow line directs you with dotted line as the center
- Refer Fig.2
Step 3:
- Keep the paper in any orientation as like you wish but understand the steps in this orientation
- Now fold the top and lower corner yellow dots to the centre yellow dot as shown in the Fig.3
- Make a firm crease in every step
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Step 4:
- Bring the Nose (Yellow dot) to the dot where we began
- Refer Fig.4 for clarifying your doubt on this step
Step 5:
- Now fold the western plane into half in the direction as shown in the Fig.5 along the center crease
Step 6:
- Take the Folded edge of the plane, and mountain fold it to the top to make the wing
- Make sure the wing is bigger than the Fuselage (i.e. Fuselage is the Holding part of the Paper plane)
- Do the same step for the other side and ensure both sides are symmetrical.
Front view:
Step 7:
- Now, Unfold the wings and lift them slightly upside like the Front View.
- A great western wind plane is ready for the evening party! It does its duty well!
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Western wind flying technique:
- Hold the Plane behind the centre of the plane’s gravity centre
- Keep your left foot slightly forward and launch it in 30 – 40 degrees angle, throw it steadily with a medium force. 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!
- For More Techniques – Go to Flight science – Science behind paper airplanes > Flying Techniques. You will find far more than any other tricks available on the internet for How to fly Paper airplanes!
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