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From Wikipedia:
A paper plane, paper aeroplane, or paper airplane is a toy plane made out of paper. It is also sometimes called aerogami, after origami (the Japanese art of
paper folding). In Japanese, it is called kamihikōki (紙飛行機). It is popular due to the fact that it is one of the easiest types of origami for a novice to master. The
most basic paper plane would only take at most six steps to "correctly" complete. The term "paper plane" can also refer to those made from cardboard.
The use of paper airplanes to create toys, is believed to have originated 2,000 years ago in China, where kites were a popular form of entertainment. Leonardo
da Vinci is often cited as the inventor of paper planes, although this is debatable since the Chinese invented both modern paper and the kite. However, he did
make reference to building a model plane out of parchment. Arguably the father of model gliders was George Cayley, who built hand-launched kite-like gliders
made from linen in the early 1800s. Although these can be considered to be evidence for the modern paper plane, one cannot be sure where exactly the
invention originated.
The earliest known date of the creation of modern paper planes was said to have been in 1909. However, the most accepted version of the creation was two
decades later in 1930 by Jack Northrop (Co-founder of Lockheed Corporation). Northrop had used paper planes as tests of ideas for flying real-life aircraft.
There have been many improvements in the designs for velocity, lift and fashion over subsequent years.
White Wings
In Japan in the late 1970's, Professor Yasuaki Ninomiya designed an advanced type of paper aircraft, which are sold as the 'White Wings' Series of paper glider
packs.
White Wings are a stark departure from conventional paper aircraft, in that their fuselages and wings are paper templates cut and glued together. They were
designed with the aid of low-speed aerodynamics, and their parts are drafted with the use of CAD software.
The high performance gliders have fuselages that are kept rigid by the use of a balsa fuselage profile bonded to the paper components. The paper used is
quite heavy, approximately twice the weight of standard drawing cartridge paper, but lighter than lightweight cardboard. Original White Wings were entirely
paper, requiring patience and skill. Later however, balsa-wood fuselages were used, and White Wings were sold "pre-cut", making construction easier. The
aerofoil used is a Gottingen 801 (curved plate), and a pattern is supplied as a cutout part of each kit.
Paper Pilot
Professor E.H. Mathews and the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa, developed a more mature form of the White Wings gliders for sale to South
African children and teenagers in the 1980's, during the height of Apartheid. His gliders are designed using aerodynamic principles in the style of the White
Wings series, they differ in construction, being of all-paper rather than paper-balsa laminate fuselage. The first book of gliders was entitled 'Paper Pilot', and
was published by Struik in 1987.
The performance of the Paper Pilot gliders is not quite as great as the Ninomoya gliders - but one of the first designs, a profile model of the SAAF C-160Z
Transall, has a gliding distance of greater than the length of a rugby pitch.
The early gliders were designed to incorporate a catapult hook shaped from a paper clip. Later designs (And upgraded early designs) incorporated the addition
of a bungy hook, permitting extremely long distance flights.
A remarkable characteristic of the Paper Pilot gliders are their ability to be flight trimmed - to the point of being able to fly straight in confined spaces, which few
modern paper gliders can do.
E.H. Mathews designs then developed in '12 Planes for the Paper Pilot' (Struik, 1997) into aircraft with three dimensional fuselages - models included the J-3
Piper Cub, Beech Stagger-Wing Biplane and Britten-Norman Trislander (a subject of a high performance flat glider earier in the series).
E.H. Mathews authored a commemorative model of the SAAF Junkers Ju-52/3m 'Johan van Riebeek' in 1999, and an as-yet unreleased model of the Airbus A-
320 airliner in South African Airways colours, seen on the SABC youth TV program 'Tekkies' in 1998, as a prototype.
The most astonishing glider developed by Prof. Mathews was the Papercopter - a free-flight paper model helicopter, with a rotationally stablised ring-wing as
the flight dynamic element. Three variants were developed - the standard Papercopter of 1991, the Airwolf (1993) and the Stealth helicopter.
Tips For Good Paper Airplanes
Many paper airplanes aren't very good fliers. To design a decent one, the plane should be:
* Symmetrical.
* Balanced towards the front and center.
* Tweaked (trimmed) for enhancement.
* Held together.
If you are not all that great at throwing paper airplanes, try an electric plane launcher. It can launch up to 50 km/h. Another substitute is to use a rubber band
catapult, by securely applying a bent paper clip to the front of the airplane as a hook, then using a rubber band with a paper clip attached at the end for
launching. This type of catapult can launch paper airplanes at speeds up to 80 km/h, and as high as 30 m.
More tips can be found at:
http://www.paperaeronautics.org/tipsforagoodplane.
Paper Helicopters (Autogyros)
The world's first known published paper autogyro (engineless helicopter) by Richard K Neu appeared in "The Great International Paper Airplane Book"
published in 1967. Its wings fly in a circle around a central ballast shaft as it descends vertically. This basic design has been published several times and is
widely known.
The world's first known published forward gliding paper autogyro with forward pointing body lifted by spinning blades was built by James Zongker. It appears on
page 53 of "The Paper Airplane Book: The Official Book of the Second Great International Paper Airplane Contest" published in 1985 by Science Magazine. Its
twin contra-rotating blades automatically spin on paper axles upon launch to provide lift.
Advanced Models
Highly advanced scale model paper aircraft have been built in many countries, but the South African designers remain the best, chiefly as a result of the Paper
Pilot books and associated competitions in the late 1990's sponsored by Volkskus Bank (now part of the ABSA group) with a prize of R10,000 for the longest
distance flight.
The prize winner was a 1/20th scale Boeing 747 which was able to fly for the comparative length of 1 football pitch with a glide ratio of 1/15, comparable with a
full scale glider. The winner of the scale competition was a high performance model Mirage III CZ, also with a very long glide ratio due to a high wing loading.
The comparative mastery of South African paper designers is the result of the economic sanctions the country endured through the Apartheid period, where
balsa wood became a very expensive resource. Paper was not, and interest in flight remains a strong hobby in South Africa. Paper is very cheap, as are paper
clips and pins, the elements of complex paper aeroplanes. South African supermarkets also sell Bostik Clear Glue, which is a high-speed clear-set glue, that
allows quick protoypes of comparatively complex forms.
Wing design in South Africa is remarkably mature - corrugated paper spars, and true aerodynamic sections of sizes from the tiny to the multimetric have been
seen.
Working propellers, flaps, swing-wings, functional wheels and numerous refined forms have been observed during the Paper Pilot competitions, not excluding
biplanes and even triplanes, along with contra-propellers and the like. Rubber band power has also been observed.
The very most advanced aircraft even sport radio control, and the design principles have been seen recently in 'disposable' radio control cardboard "slope
soarers" in recent years, all from South African advances.
World Record
There are multiple goals for a flight:
* Distance (javelin throwing).
* Time (javelin throwing straight up with subsequent metamorphosis into a sailplane).
* Aerobatic (looping).
* Stable flight to understand flight mechanics of a good plane.
For every goal there is a typical plane and sometimes a world record.[1]
There have been many attempts over the years to break the barriers of throwing a paper plane for the longest time aloft. Ken Blackburn held this Guinness
world record for 13 years (1983–1996) and had regained the record on October 8, 1998 by keeping his paper plane aloft for 27.6 seconds (indoors). This was
confirmed by Guinness officials and a CNN report. The paper plane that Blackburn used in this record breaking attempt was a "glider".
Noted Designers
There have been many noted and unknown designers of paper aircraft, but the following is a list of the best known of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and
whose gliders are still enjoyed by many people either for their design or performance. Many are book authors as well.
* Captain Ralph Burnaby, RN
* Richard Slade
* Richard Kline
* Professor Ninomiya
* Professor E.H. Mathews
* Ken Blackburn (for his world-record glider)
* Oliver Cadogan[citation needed]
* Martin Simons : He is noted for his book 'Model Aeroplane Aerodynamics', a seminal book for model glider design.
References
1. ^ Paper Airplanes And More
2. ^ http://paperang.com
Notable books
* The Great International Paper Airplane Book, by Jerry Mander, George Dippel and Howard Gossage; 1967,1988
* Whitewings: Excellent Paper Airplanes, by Dr. Yasuaki Ninomiya; AGCO Ltd., Osako, Japan, 1980.
* The Ultimate Paper Airplane, by Richard Kline; Fireside Book, New York, 1985.
External links
* Where Did Paper Airplanes Come From?
* Amazing Paper Airplanes
* Paper Airplanes and Paper Boats
* The Online Paper Airplane Museum
* Ken Blackburn's Website
* Joseph Palmer's Airplane Website
* Papierflieger
* Paper planes in English and in Hebrew
* Paperaircraft.com
* Website in English and in French
* Exploratorium Magazine: Paper Airplanes
* Aerogami Paper Airplanes - software and Free instructions for folding the Fusion
* Paper Aeronautics Association: World-Class Paper Airplanes
* The best paper airplane in the world, how to make it
A paper plane, paper aeroplane, or paper airplane is a toy plane made out of paper. It is also sometimes called aerogami, after origami (the Japanese art of
paper folding). In Japanese, it is called kamihikōki (紙飛行機). It is popular due to the fact that it is one of the easiest types of origami for a novice to master. The
most basic paper plane would only take at most six steps to "correctly" complete. The term "paper plane" can also refer to those made from cardboard.
The use of paper airplanes to create toys, is believed to have originated 2,000 years ago in China, where kites were a popular form of entertainment. Leonardo
da Vinci is often cited as the inventor of paper planes, although this is debatable since the Chinese invented both modern paper and the kite. However, he did
make reference to building a model plane out of parchment. Arguably the father of model gliders was George Cayley, who built hand-launched kite-like gliders
made from linen in the early 1800s. Although these can be considered to be evidence for the modern paper plane, one cannot be sure where exactly the
invention originated.
The earliest known date of the creation of modern paper planes was said to have been in 1909. However, the most accepted version of the creation was two
decades later in 1930 by Jack Northrop (Co-founder of Lockheed Corporation). Northrop had used paper planes as tests of ideas for flying real-life aircraft.
There have been many improvements in the designs for velocity, lift and fashion over subsequent years.
White Wings
In Japan in the late 1970's, Professor Yasuaki Ninomiya designed an advanced type of paper aircraft, which are sold as the 'White Wings' Series of paper glider
packs.
White Wings are a stark departure from conventional paper aircraft, in that their fuselages and wings are paper templates cut and glued together. They were
designed with the aid of low-speed aerodynamics, and their parts are drafted with the use of CAD software.
The high performance gliders have fuselages that are kept rigid by the use of a balsa fuselage profile bonded to the paper components. The paper used is
quite heavy, approximately twice the weight of standard drawing cartridge paper, but lighter than lightweight cardboard. Original White Wings were entirely
paper, requiring patience and skill. Later however, balsa-wood fuselages were used, and White Wings were sold "pre-cut", making construction easier. The
aerofoil used is a Gottingen 801 (curved plate), and a pattern is supplied as a cutout part of each kit.
Paper Pilot
Professor E.H. Mathews and the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa, developed a more mature form of the White Wings gliders for sale to South
African children and teenagers in the 1980's, during the height of Apartheid. His gliders are designed using aerodynamic principles in the style of the White
Wings series, they differ in construction, being of all-paper rather than paper-balsa laminate fuselage. The first book of gliders was entitled 'Paper Pilot', and
was published by Struik in 1987.
The performance of the Paper Pilot gliders is not quite as great as the Ninomoya gliders - but one of the first designs, a profile model of the SAAF C-160Z
Transall, has a gliding distance of greater than the length of a rugby pitch.
The early gliders were designed to incorporate a catapult hook shaped from a paper clip. Later designs (And upgraded early designs) incorporated the addition
of a bungy hook, permitting extremely long distance flights.
A remarkable characteristic of the Paper Pilot gliders are their ability to be flight trimmed - to the point of being able to fly straight in confined spaces, which few
modern paper gliders can do.
E.H. Mathews designs then developed in '12 Planes for the Paper Pilot' (Struik, 1997) into aircraft with three dimensional fuselages - models included the J-3
Piper Cub, Beech Stagger-Wing Biplane and Britten-Norman Trislander (a subject of a high performance flat glider earier in the series).
E.H. Mathews authored a commemorative model of the SAAF Junkers Ju-52/3m 'Johan van Riebeek' in 1999, and an as-yet unreleased model of the Airbus A-
320 airliner in South African Airways colours, seen on the SABC youth TV program 'Tekkies' in 1998, as a prototype.
The most astonishing glider developed by Prof. Mathews was the Papercopter - a free-flight paper model helicopter, with a rotationally stablised ring-wing as
the flight dynamic element. Three variants were developed - the standard Papercopter of 1991, the Airwolf (1993) and the Stealth helicopter.
Tips For Good Paper Airplanes
Many paper airplanes aren't very good fliers. To design a decent one, the plane should be:
* Symmetrical.
* Balanced towards the front and center.
* Tweaked (trimmed) for enhancement.
* Held together.
If you are not all that great at throwing paper airplanes, try an electric plane launcher. It can launch up to 50 km/h. Another substitute is to use a rubber band
catapult, by securely applying a bent paper clip to the front of the airplane as a hook, then using a rubber band with a paper clip attached at the end for
launching. This type of catapult can launch paper airplanes at speeds up to 80 km/h, and as high as 30 m.
More tips can be found at:
http://www.paperaeronautics.org/tipsforagoodplane.
Paper Helicopters (Autogyros)
The world's first known published paper autogyro (engineless helicopter) by Richard K Neu appeared in "The Great International Paper Airplane Book"
published in 1967. Its wings fly in a circle around a central ballast shaft as it descends vertically. This basic design has been published several times and is
widely known.
The world's first known published forward gliding paper autogyro with forward pointing body lifted by spinning blades was built by James Zongker. It appears on
page 53 of "The Paper Airplane Book: The Official Book of the Second Great International Paper Airplane Contest" published in 1985 by Science Magazine. Its
twin contra-rotating blades automatically spin on paper axles upon launch to provide lift.
Advanced Models
Highly advanced scale model paper aircraft have been built in many countries, but the South African designers remain the best, chiefly as a result of the Paper
Pilot books and associated competitions in the late 1990's sponsored by Volkskus Bank (now part of the ABSA group) with a prize of R10,000 for the longest
distance flight.
The prize winner was a 1/20th scale Boeing 747 which was able to fly for the comparative length of 1 football pitch with a glide ratio of 1/15, comparable with a
full scale glider. The winner of the scale competition was a high performance model Mirage III CZ, also with a very long glide ratio due to a high wing loading.
The comparative mastery of South African paper designers is the result of the economic sanctions the country endured through the Apartheid period, where
balsa wood became a very expensive resource. Paper was not, and interest in flight remains a strong hobby in South Africa. Paper is very cheap, as are paper
clips and pins, the elements of complex paper aeroplanes. South African supermarkets also sell Bostik Clear Glue, which is a high-speed clear-set glue, that
allows quick protoypes of comparatively complex forms.
Wing design in South Africa is remarkably mature - corrugated paper spars, and true aerodynamic sections of sizes from the tiny to the multimetric have been
seen.
Working propellers, flaps, swing-wings, functional wheels and numerous refined forms have been observed during the Paper Pilot competitions, not excluding
biplanes and even triplanes, along with contra-propellers and the like. Rubber band power has also been observed.
The very most advanced aircraft even sport radio control, and the design principles have been seen recently in 'disposable' radio control cardboard "slope
soarers" in recent years, all from South African advances.
World Record
There are multiple goals for a flight:
* Distance (javelin throwing).
* Time (javelin throwing straight up with subsequent metamorphosis into a sailplane).
* Aerobatic (looping).
* Stable flight to understand flight mechanics of a good plane.
For every goal there is a typical plane and sometimes a world record.[1]
There have been many attempts over the years to break the barriers of throwing a paper plane for the longest time aloft. Ken Blackburn held this Guinness
world record for 13 years (1983–1996) and had regained the record on October 8, 1998 by keeping his paper plane aloft for 27.6 seconds (indoors). This was
confirmed by Guinness officials and a CNN report. The paper plane that Blackburn used in this record breaking attempt was a "glider".
Noted Designers
There have been many noted and unknown designers of paper aircraft, but the following is a list of the best known of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and
whose gliders are still enjoyed by many people either for their design or performance. Many are book authors as well.
* Captain Ralph Burnaby, RN
* Richard Slade
* Richard Kline
* Professor Ninomiya
* Professor E.H. Mathews
* Ken Blackburn (for his world-record glider)
* Oliver Cadogan[citation needed]
* Martin Simons : He is noted for his book 'Model Aeroplane Aerodynamics', a seminal book for model glider design.
References
1. ^ Paper Airplanes And More
2. ^ http://paperang.com
Notable books
* The Great International Paper Airplane Book, by Jerry Mander, George Dippel and Howard Gossage; 1967,1988
* Whitewings: Excellent Paper Airplanes, by Dr. Yasuaki Ninomiya; AGCO Ltd., Osako, Japan, 1980.
* The Ultimate Paper Airplane, by Richard Kline; Fireside Book, New York, 1985.
External links
* Where Did Paper Airplanes Come From?
* Amazing Paper Airplanes
* Paper Airplanes and Paper Boats
* The Online Paper Airplane Museum
* Ken Blackburn's Website
* Joseph Palmer's Airplane Website
* Papierflieger
* Paper planes in English and in Hebrew
* Paperaircraft.com
* Website in English and in French
* Exploratorium Magazine: Paper Airplanes
* Aerogami Paper Airplanes - software and Free instructions for folding the Fusion
* Paper Aeronautics Association: World-Class Paper Airplanes
* The best paper airplane in the world, how to make it
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