Stunt Plane

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Here’s what you need!
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Fold a sheet of office paper lengthways and then unfold it.
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Now fold diagonally across, so that the top edge lies along the left hand side.
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… yes, like this.
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Now fold diagonally the other way, so it looks like this.
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You need to tape along the open edge of the fold you just made.
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Like this.
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… and then folded under.
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Now fold the point down to where the ends of your folded pieces lie across the plane.
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… yes, like that.
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Fold the plane in half, along that middle fold you did at the start.
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Now, fold the wings down, around a line about 1 cm above the bottom fold.
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At this stage, we should probably fold the wing edges down – you’ll see that in a few steps time. I sort of forgot to do it – it doesn’t matter when you do it, as long as it is done.
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Fold the wings down, and it should look like this (apart from those folds at the edges of the wing, which we should probably have by now).
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Make a cut in the fuselage, from the bottom fold up to the base of the wings, about 2cm in from the back of the plane …
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… and fold up through the fuselage, to make a tailplane.
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Now put a piece of tape across the top of the wings, to keep them in place.
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And tape around the back of the tailplane.
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Like this.
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Now here’s that bit I should have done earlier. Fold the wing edges down, around a line about 1cm in.
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Make a cut about 1cm deep at the base of the tailplane.
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– and the same in the centre and edge of the wings.
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Like this.
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– and this.
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Your stunt plane is ready. Now to try some stunts. First, fold the wing flaps up – this will enable you to do a loop the loop (takes practice) and the camel hump (plane rises, then falls).
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Here’s what that looks like from the front.
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Now for a twist and a turn. Right flap up, rudder bent slightly to the right, left side down. Give it a whirl – and experiment.
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Here’s a top view of that. Now, experiment with different configurations.

 

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