Added: Jan 3, 2010

From: ZouBCivil

Duration: 8:41

The Bendy Straw Plane, Part 1 This is a plane I invented through experimentation with common household objects. It's a cool little craft that puts some (not all) regular paper airplanes to shame (although I will still always be a paper airplane buff). Materials Manilla Folder (used to construct wing) 6" cookie stick, 20 cm diameter 7.5 inch flexible straw 1.5" self tapping screw 1 sheet printer paper 1 toothpick scotch tape Tools Scissors Utility Knife Instructions: 1) Cut 8" x 2.5 " shape out of manilla paper (Wings) 2) Using cookie stick, create tubular depression in center of manilla paper. Crease the paper where it comes together at the full circumference of the stick. 3) At these creases bend the paper back to create the wings of the plane. 4) Cut 2 shapes out of regular printer paper to build the tail: Piece #1 - 1/2" x 4" Piece #2 - 4" x 2" 5) Bend piece # 2 in half. Cut a strip about 20 wide strip at open end of the bend, stopping about 1/4" from a full cut. Using utility knife, make a 1/2" wide slit about 1/4" about the previously cut strip. 6) Slide piece #1 through the slit and center it. 7) Starting about 1" from straw's bend, use utility knife to create a straight slit slightly longer than the 2.5" width of the manilla paper strip. This will create an opening in the straw in which the tubular portion of the manilla strip will fit. (The straw can be considered the fuselage) 8) Use toothpick to give the wings rigidity. Use utility knife to cut small holes at the creases on each side of tubular portion, about 1/4" from the edge of the paper. 9) Insert the toothpick through these holes and tape the visible parts to the underside of the wing. Make sure there is enough room for the cookie stick to fit under the toothpick and through the tube. 10) Insert the tube into the slit in straw, making sure of snug fit. 11) Twist screw into the end of cookie stick until tight. Much of the screw will still be visible. 12) Slide cookie stick into end of straw and make sure it secures the tubular portion of manilla paper by going under toothpick all the way through to the bend in straw. 13) Wrap a few pieces of scotch tape around the straw on each side of the manilla wing. This is for fortification. 14) Take previously made tail section and slide the slit on piece #2 into the bendy part of straw. Secure it to straw with one piece of tape wrapped from the underside of the straw, up onto both side of piece #2. 15) Use pencil to widen the gap in piece #2. This is to keep piece #1 level. notes: -When constructing the plane, take care to make all cuts and slits very straight. Make slits in straw and paper very straight. This will ensure the best results. -kids please use parental supervision since the construction of this plane involves sharp edged tools. Flying the plane: When flying the plane, experiment a bit. You won't have to bend the straw too much to get the desired flight path. Bending it too much can result in "crash and burn". You can make it swoop by bending tail section slightly upward. Works best with a flick of the wrist and not a full arm motion. Beauty of plane is that you can experiment with different wing patterns since you can remove the cookie stick and insert a different wing. Please send me any improvements you may make to the plane that you feel makes it fly even better!!!! Music Credit - Good 'ol Fashioned Gospel Throwdown by The Dirk Quinn Band glider "flies far" glides "adjust flight" "paper airplane" "paper glider" "paper jet" "how to build a paper airplane" "cool paper airplane" "arts and crafts" "throw paper plane"

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