DailyDirt: Paper Airplanes For Fun And Profit
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If you’re interested in paper planes, you could try to beat the world record for distance — and it looks like there may be annual contests for you to compete in pretty soon. You could also try to make a paper airplane that stays aloft for the longest time. Or you could come up with your own record (most loops? most accurate landing? best tricks?). Check out some of these links if you think you could be obsessed with paper planes.. in a healthy way.
- John Collins is kickstarting a campaign to create The National Paper Airplane Contest. The competition aims to encourage kids and adults to experiment with paper airplanes and maybe learn some science and technology along the way. [url]
- The farthest flying paper airplane thrown indoors was designed and folded by John Collins. This is a short video showing how the record holding plane (aka Suzanne) is folded. [url]
- A much much longer video on how to fold the record holding paper airplane takes about half an hour to watch. If you replicate this plane AND throw it farther than the current record, Collins is offering a $1000 reward. [url]
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Filed Under: competition, contests, design, education, john collins, origami, paper airplanes, paper planes, stem, suzanne, world record
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Comments on “DailyDirt: Paper Airplanes For Fun And Profit”
Does folding paper airplanes really create more scientists and engineers?
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I’ll bet that it creates at least a few, yes.
It uses tape. That shouldn’t count!
I like that infinite loop paper plane you create with a chair (solid backboard) and a hairdryer. I’ll try to emulate this and the longest flying plane above for sure.