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Paper Helicopter Glider

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Directions

Step 1:

Cut on the outer solid lines

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Step 2:

Cut on the vertical line in the middle

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Directions

Step 3:

Fold on the bottom 2 dotted lines. Fold the first one, without unfolding the first one, fold on the next line.

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Step 4:

Gently crease the two wings at 90 degree angles opposite of each other (one forward and one backward).

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Directions

Step 5:

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Put the paper clip on the bottom two folds in the center. The top of your paper clip should point at the Huskies on Hogs emblem.

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Directions

Step 6:

Hold your paper helicopter glider by the Huskies on Hogs emblem, drop it, and watch it twirl to the ground.

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Vocabulary

  • Body
  • Tail
  • Rotor
  • Stabilizer (paper clip)
  • Gravity
  • Drag

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Things to Note

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  • Air pushes up against the blades (this is known as drag)
  • Adding weight (such as a paper clip) will stabilize the fall and force the paper helicopter down faster

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  • Forces acting are gravity pushing down and drag pushing up

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Sources

“Chegg.com.” Draw/Model/Design 2 Methods of Turning a | Chegg.com, https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/draw-model-design-2-methods-turning-paper-helicopter-drone-make-assumptions-helicopter-sti-q47987879.

Firetoss. “Steam Learning Lab – Paper Helicopter.” Discovery Gateway Children's Museum, 28 Jan. 2021, https://www.discoverygateway.org/steam-learning-lab-paper-airplanes/.

“Science Activity: Make a Mini-Helicopter from Paper!” Exploratorium, https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/roto-copter.html.

Shaw, David. “Make a Spinning Helicopter.” Double Helix, 28 Apr. 2021, https://blog.doublehelix.csiro.au/make-a-spinning-helicopter/.

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