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After paper dove the boys begin to build paper airplanes and let them fly from the balconies of the upper floors. Isn't it here that the love for aircraft modeling is born?

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We propose to make a kind of model of an aircraft with a "swept" wing from two ordinary typewritten sheets of paper. The first sheet will go to the "fuselage". We add it along (1) to obtain the central (axial) line, which we will focus on in subsequent actions. It is to her that we alternately bend the upper corners of the sheet (2) and again - the resulting new corners, again to the center line (3). Part of the sharp peak, about 30 mm, is folded back, and the resulting figure is folded in half along the center line and, stepping back from it about 15 mm (4), we fold back each half - we get the form 5.

Now we take the second sheet, but we fold it not along, but across (6). We alternately bend the upper corners to the fold line, and then the lower ones on them so that they coincide with the hypotenuses of the first corners (7). We fold the resulting diamond-shaped figure (8) inside out in half (along the axial) and, stepping back from it by 15 mm, bend back both halves (9).

Now we put this second figure into the fold of the first one (10) and fasten it from below with paper clips (11), or brackets, using a stapler. However, paper clips are more convenient because by moving them, you can adjust the balance of the model during test runs by adding them to the bow. To ensure a more even flight, the corners of the wings need to be bent, as shown in figure (12), - they will act as rudders.

Author: B.Vladimirov

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