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Paper Airplanes

Paper Airplanes. KEN BLACKBURN. Paper Airplanes. Who is Ken Blackburn? Guinness Record Basics of Flight Secrets to making great paper airplanes. Who is Ken Blackburn. Paper Airplanes Guinness Record 27.6 seconds, 10/08/98 World Record Paper Airplane Book Homebuilt Aircraft

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Paper Airplanes

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  1. Paper Airplanes KEN BLACKBURN

  2. Paper Airplanes • Who is Ken Blackburn? • Guinness Record • Basics of Flight • Secrets to making great paper airplanes

  3. Who is Ken Blackburn • Paper Airplanes • Guinness Record 27.6 seconds, 10/08/98 • World Record Paper Airplane Book • Homebuilt Aircraft • Moni, Formula 1 Air Racer • Aerospace Engineer 20 years WWW.PAPERPLANE.ORG

  4. Guinness Record - Time Aloft • 1 sheet of paper (some tape allowed) • Indoors • Throw from floor • Timed from leaving hand to contact with any object • Witnesses and news media • Photos and video tape required

  5. How I Set the Record • Developed the World Record airplane at 13 • Set record in 1983 - 16.89 seconds • Reset record in 1987 - 17.2 seconds • Reset record in 1994 - 18.80 seconds • British set record in 1996 - 20.9 seconds • Regained record in 1998 - 27.6 seconds

  6. Aircraft Design … Applies No Matter the Size Structure Drag Stability Launch

  7. Forces Of Flight Lift Thrust Drag Weight

  8. LIFT • Lift is from fast air over airfoil • Fast air comes from curvature and nose up at an angle

  9. FLAPSElevator – Pitch/airspeed Elevator Paper airplane elevator keeps nose up at an angle

  10. FLAPSRudder – yaw/turns Rudder • Most important for low speed turns • Paper airplane rudder • Bend right to turn right, left to go left

  11. Wing AngleDihedral Keeps plane from rolling over AV-8B wings angle down for cross wind in hover

  12. BalanceNose heavy is stable

  13. Wing Shape 500 0 mph 1200 1600 Supersonic

  14. The World Record Airplane • From The World Record Paper Airplane Book • Good Duration and Aerobatic Flyer

  15. Paper Airplane Adjustments • “Y” Shape - Lateral stability • Up Elevator - Prevents nose dive • Weight on the Nose - Greater stability

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