Download or read book Planes Gliders and Paper Rockets written by Rick Schertle and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do helicopters need more or less energy to stay in the sky than an airplane? What pushes a rocket to leave the atmosphere? Why can airplanes have smaller motors than helicopters? Help your students learn the answers to these and other questions! Written for educators, homeschoolers, parents--and kids!--this fully illustrated book provides a fun mix of projects, discussion materials, instructions, and subjects for deeper investigation around the basics of homemade flying objects. With the projects in this book, you can spend more time learning and experimenting, and less time planning and preparing. Complete with download links to PDF templates that expand your teaching, this is your one-stop manual for learning about, interacting with, and being curious about airflow, gravity, torque, power, ballistics, pressure, and force. In Make: Planes, Gliders, and Paper Rockets, you'll make and experiment with: Paper catapult helicopter--add an LED light for night launches! Pull-string stick helicopter Rubber band airplane Simple sled kite 25-cent quick-build kite Air rockets with a parachute or a glider Foam air rocket Rocket stands Bounce rocket Low- and high-pressure rocket launchers
Download or read book Make written by Rick Schertle. James Floyd Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Make written by Rick Schertle and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MAKE written by RICK. SCHERTLE and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Air and Space Origami Ebook written by John Szinger and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fly high with paper models of some of the most astonishing aircraft and spacecraft ever designed! The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts seven million visitors annually--a testament to our enduring fascination with flight. Noted origami artist John Szinger has created this unique collection of paper airplane and rocket models inspired by real life flying machines. Let your imagination soar with 14 original designs, including: A Supersonic Transport, recalling the golden age of commercial hypersonic travel The Space Pod, designed to safely return astronauts to earth through the intense heat of re-entry A graceful Hot Air Balloon--make several to create your own miniature ballooning festival An elusive Flying Saucer--try as they might, the government can't conceal this one A sci-fi inspired Art Deco Rocket with exaggerated fins and sleek lines And many other thrilling origami air and space models! Air and Space Origami Kit contains everything you need to create high quality air and space models: A colorful 64-page step-by-step origami instructions book 14 exciting air and space origami projects 48 sheets of downloadable, double-sided folding paper for printing at home Each model comes complete with a set of interesting facts about the vehicle, as well as detailed step-by-step instructions showing you how to fold it. Air and Space Origami Kit is perfect for aspiring astronauts and origami beginners of all ages!
Download or read book Make Rockets written by Mike Westerfield and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 1261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches the reader to build rockets--powered by compressed air, water, and solid propellant--with the maximum possible fun, safety, and educational experience. Make: Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with the basics of rocket propulsion, readers will start out making rockets made from stuff lying around the house, and then move on up to air-, water-, and solid propellant-powered rockets. Most of the rockets in the book can be built from parts in the Estes Designer Special kit.
Download or read book Super Simple Paper Airplanes written by Nick Robinson and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow directions on folding paper and no glue nor scissors nor tape will be needed to make many kinds of paper airplanes.
Download or read book Amazing Paper Airplanes written by Kyong Hwa Lee and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Kyong Hwa Lee combines the art of origami and the science of flight to create unique paper airplane designs for aviation enthusiasts of all ages. Featuring thirty-two designs, Amazing Paper Airplanes showcases models resembling real-world aircraft, including the F-22 fighter jet, a P-51 World War II plane, the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger—the first supersonic delta-wing interceptor airplane of the US Air Force—and more. For these models, Lee provides information along with an image of the real plane to encourage interest in aerospace technology. Every design has been flight-tested and presents complete step-by-step folding instructions. In addition to showing basic and advanced folding techniques and providing templates for each plane, the author explains the theory behind flight and offers tips to fine-tune paper airplanes for optimal flying.
Download or read book Amazing Paper Planes written by Edmond Hui and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1989-09-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The detailed, step-by-step instructions in this delightful book make it possible to turn an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper into a finely trimmed glider that will fly further, faster, and straighter than the average paper plane. Beginning with the basic paper dart, Edmond Hui provides instructions for such designs as: -the cockpit -the underfold -the donkey -the bomber -the headscarf -the paperang -and more. Once you've mastered the designs in this book, you can go on to create your own using Dr. Hui's clear, illustrated explanations of aerodynamic theory. Paper plane enthusiasts will find tips on flying the planes in competitions, along with a useful glossary. Whether you've never made a paper plane or are looking for ways to improve your designs, Amazing Paper Planes will bring hours of enjoyment.
Download or read book Gigantic Paper Planes written by Flying Frog and published by Flying Frog Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title features simple step-by-step illustrated instructions for making 16 super-sized paper planes. For all ages and three different skill levels.
Download or read book Kids Paper Airplane Book written by Ken Blackburn and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the principles of aerodynamics, suggestions for designing airplanes, and instructions for folding paper planes and doing stunts and playing games with them.
Download or read book The Gliding Flight written by John M. Collins and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GLIDING FLIGHT is a return to paper airplane basics: one person, one piece of paper, and a few folds later, one airplane. Using a refreshingly inventive approach to designs and flying characteristics, you can make 20 original paper planes, such as the Stealth, the Wind Devil, the Glart, and the Skid Kid. The book's flip-book animation demonstrates the basic origami folds, with clear step-by-step assembly for each design. A crease here and there is all you need to create high-performance aircraft — no scissors, no glue. In the current age of electronic toys, THE GLIDING LIGHT proves you can still have fun with a simple sheet of paper and a little imagination.
Download or read book The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book written by John M. Collins and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Fold Fly Paper Airplanes written by Mark Zagaeski and published by Rock Point Gift & Stationery. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This kit contains a 64 page book filled with detailed instructions on building 12 paper airplanes. Includes over 140 sheets of printed, patterned paper.
Download or read book The Flying Machine Book written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling all future Amelia Earharts and Chuck Yeagers—there's more than one way to get off the ground. Author and physics teacher Bobby Mercer will show readers 35 easy-to-build and fun-to-fly contraptions that can be used indoors or out. Better still, each of these rockets, gliders, boomerangs, launchers, and helicopters are constructed for little or no cost using recycled materials. The Flying Machine Book will show readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Learn how to turn a drinking straw, rubber band, and index card into a Straw Rocket, or convert a paper towel tube into a Grape Bazooka. Empty water bottles can be transformed into Plastic Zippers and Bottle Rockets, and ordinary paper can be cut and folded to make a Fingerrangs—a small boomerang—or a Maple Key Helicopter. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more. Readers can use this information to modify and improve their flyers, or explain to their teachers why throwing a paper airplane is a mini science lesson. Bobby Mercer has been sharing the fun of free flight for over two decades as a high school physics teacher. He is the author of several books and lives with his family outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
Download or read book Origami Rockets written by Lew Rozelle and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1999-02-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They float! They fly! They zoom! They spin! They even land on their feet! Origami Rockets: Spinners, Zoomers, Floaters, and More presents how to create inflatable paper folding projects that actually take flight. From a few basic designs, this how to do orgami book offers more than fifty unique paper toy rocket creations including: -Sweptwing rockets -Landers -Gliders -Shortnosed spinner -And even a lunar lander With step-by-step instructions on how to fold and inflate rockets into three-dimensional crafts, this origami how to book also features directions on the best methods of throwing their rockets and making them soar. In addition, advanced paper folders will learn how to develop new designs and experiment with making rockets that will go farther, higher, and faster. No cutting or gluing required! With Origami Rockets, even beginners can create flying machines with only paper and air.
Download or read book Paper Airplanes Captain Level 4 written by Christopher L. Harbo and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides instructions and photo-illustrated diagrams for making a variety of traditional and original paper airplanes"--Provided by publisher.
