airdvr 210 #1 January 3, 2013 http://www.avweb.com/newspics/paper_airplane_large.jpg Gonna give it a try later.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,395 #2 January 3, 2013 Well, I don't know who Jame's May is or why he can make a claim to said plane... I've been using that model since about 1969. It works - Well.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #3 January 3, 2013 QuoteWell, I don't know who Jame's May is or why he can make a claim to said plane... I've been using that model since about 1969. It works - Well. Jame May is one of the Trio from TOP GEARYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,395 #4 January 3, 2013 never watched it... but, based on his wiki age, he would have had to invent it when he was about 5Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #5 January 3, 2013 That's the design I've been using since I was six, except that I fold the nose back in to make a flat bus-like nose. This seems to be a bit more stable than leaving it as a point like they do. I forget who showed me how to make them that way, I think it was either one of a couple of Chinese kids at my school or a Japanese kid who lived in my neighborhood.I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #6 January 4, 2013 The good old basic dart shape that my dad taught me has always served me well. I like it because you're always folding exactly to an edge or a crease that you've already made - helps make the design consistent and perfectly symmetrical. There's too much unpredictability in James May's design for my liking - especially when it comes to making 'two tiny tears in each wing'. As for 'a dab of paper glue to hold the nose' - Glue? Sacrilege! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bayouth 0 #7 January 6, 2013 Amen! -- Yeah... I'm the tall one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,395 #8 January 7, 2013 Quote That's the design I've been using since I was six, except that I fold the nose back in to make a flat bus-like nose. This seems to be a bit more stable than leaving it as a point like they do. I forget who showed me how to make them that way, I think it was either one of a couple of Chinese kids at my school or a Japanese kid who lived in my neighborhood. Ya know.. I just noticed that they stub the nose like we learned in Step 4, but then it looks pointy again in the rest of the the steps. That stub nose is what makes it work well... Well, that and the torn/folded up (elevators or ailerons since its a single wing). Used to love taking a ream of paper up to the roof and changing the configuration a little to go for distance and aerobatics. Course, this was all before the apps attack when we used to have to go outside and play. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #9 January 7, 2013 Quote Quote That's the design I've been using since I was six, except that I fold the nose back in to make a flat bus-like nose. This seems to be a bit more stable than leaving it as a point like they do. I forget who showed me how to make them that way, I think it was either one of a couple of Chinese kids at my school or a Japanese kid who lived in my neighborhood. Ya know.. I just noticed that they stub the nose like we learned in Step 4, but then it looks pointy again in the rest of the the steps. That stub nose is what makes it work well... Well, that and the torn/folded up (elevators or ailerons since its a single wing). Used to love taking a ream of paper up to the roof and changing the configuration a little to go for distance and aerobatics. Course, this was all before the apps attack when we used to have to go outside and play. Now we all just do this. Sorry - I didn't mean to addictify you.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,395 #10 January 7, 2013 Really. that's alright... more outdoors for us Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #11 January 7, 2013 Quote Really. that's alright... more outdoors for us Or this . . .I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
