The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book: Featuring the World Record-Breaking Design, with Tear-Out Planes to Fold and Fly
Marc Notes: A collection of two dozen easy-to-fold paper airplane designs (using no cutting or glue), as well as innovative theories of flight. Includes the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane as well as 16 tear-out...
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Marc Notes: JOHN M. COLLINS, also known as "The Paper Airplane Guy," is the author of The Gliding Flight and Fantastic Flight and has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to make better paper airplanes. Collins is a television producer and on-camera talent and has his own production company. Visit www.ThePaperAirplaneGuy.com Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION 1: WHY STUFF FLIES 2: THROWING AND ADJUSTING 3: FOLDING 101: the basics 4: THE PLANES THE WORLD-RECORD PLANE: SUZANNE VERY EASY JAVELIN THE FLOATER STRETCH LOCK PRO GLIDER PRO GLIDER 2.0 BROAD DIAMOND MAX LOCK LF-WHAT? LOCKED AND LOADED ULTRA GLIDE SUZY LOCK BASS ACKWARDS BIRD OF PREY RING THING THE BOOMERANG THE STARFIGHTER FOLLOW FOILS LF-FF FFF-1 ROGALLO FOLLOW FOIL WALK THIS RAY 5: THE STORY OF THE WORLD-RECORD PLANE The Backstory Special Thanks Folding Symbols Publisher Marketing: A collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes. Will YOU be the next to break the WORLD RECORD? Anything is possible with The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book, the newest collection of designs and theories of flight from John M. Collins, the man behind the Guinness World Record-breaking distance plane. Featuring twenty-two unique airplane designs with step-by-step instructional photos, plus tear-out models printed on regulation-weight paper stock, this entertaining and informative guide promises hours of flying fun. Take your paper airplane-making to the next level with features such as: - Instructions for folding "Suzanne," the plane that shattered the previous world record by flying an unprecedented 226 feet, 10 inches, and garnered more than three million views on YouTube - Four "Follow Foil" aircraft that can stay aloft for minutes at a time - A pioneering cambered-wing plane - A primer on flight theory, and how it applies to paper airplanes - Tips for improving the accuracy and distance of your throws - The adjusting technique that helped break the record - And more! Review Citations:
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Author: Collins, John M
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2013-03-26
BISAC: Crafts & Hobbies|Origami|Crafts & Hobbies|Papercrafts|Science|Mechanics|Aerodynamics|Crafts & Hobbies|Toymaking|General
Subjects: Paper airplanes|CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Papercrafts|CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Origami|SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics / Aerodynamics
Weight: 0.9 lbs
ISBN: 9781607743880
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781607743880