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Build and pilot your own walkalong gliders
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Publication Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Tumblewing
Assembly
Launching the Tumblewing
Keeping Your Tumblewing in the Air
Generating an Updraft with the Paddle
Steer Your Tumblewing
Make Your Tumblewing Fly Higher
Fly Your Tumblewing Indoors
Theory
Experiment 1: Wing Loading of Tumblewings
Experiment 2: Rotation Rate of a Tumblewing
2. Paper Airplane Surfer
Assembly
Trim the Paper Airplane Surfer
Trimming the Paper Airplane Surfer about the Pitch Axis
Trimming the Paper Airplane Surfer about the Roll Axis
Keep Your Paper Airplane Surfer in the Air
Steer Your Paper Airplane Surfer
Make Your Paper Airplane Surfer Climb
Make a Paddle Launcher
Assembly
Launch the Airplane from the Paddle Launcher
Theory
Experiment 1: Paper Grain Direction
Experiment 2: Wing Loading of Different Designs
3. X-Surfer
Assembly
Trim Your X-Surfer
Sustain Your X-Surfer in Flight
Steer Your X-Surfer
Make Your X-Surfer Climb
Theory
4. Jumbo
Assembly
Trim the Jumbo
Sustain the Jumbo in Flight
Steer the Jumbo
Theory
5. Butterfly Glider
Assembly
Trimming Your Butterfly Glider
Flying Your Butterfly Glider
Theory
6. Baby Bug
Assembly
Trimming the Baby Bug
Sustaining the Baby Bug
Theory
Hot Wire Cutter for Thin Slicing Polystyrene Foam Blocks
Assembly
7. More Fun with Walkalong Gliders
Controlling Your Glider, from Takeoff to Landing
Flying Straight and Level (Harder than You Think)
Approaching the Landing Site (Turns Relative to Ground Markers)
Landing Your Walkalong Glider
Walkalong Glider Competitions
Newcomer-Oriented Walkalong Glider Competitions
Types of Competitions
Advanced Walkalong Glider Competitions
Ideas for Presenting Walkalong Gliding
Making Supplies for Building Tumblewings
Getting People Interested
Walkalong Glider Flying Lessons
Demonstrating Walkalong Glider Construction
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
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ISBN
9780071790550
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