Hobbies And Interests
Things You'll Need
Instructions
Draw a line down the center of the length of your wing, creating two halves (300-millimeter-by-50-millimeter pieces of balsa). Break each half into equal quadrants using two intersecting lines. Draw two equal ovals on both halves that pass equally through the each half's quadrants. Sand down the top two edges of your wing until the line of the ovals define the wing.
Place your wing-riser (a 50-millimeter rod of pine wood) on your protractor. Draw a line from the top of one side to the other at a 7-degree angle. Sand down the riser until this line defines the riser's edge. This will give your plane its low angle.
Put a 50-millimeter length of glue 12 millimeters away from the nose of your plane's body (a 250-millimeter rod of pine wood). Glue the wing-riser to this segment with the 7-degree angle on top and traveling down and away from the nose.
Put glue on top of the riser. Center your wings on the riser and glue it down.
Draw an oval that touches all four edges of your rear stabilizer (a 35-millimeter-by-25-millimeter piece of balsa). Standup the stabilizer so that is it 35 millimeters tall. Choose one of the top corners and sand it down until the corner of the stabilizer is defined by the line of the oval.
Put a 25-millimeter length of glue on the rear of your glider's body (the opposite side of the tip). Attach the rear stabilizer to the glued body with the rounded corner on top and facing the nose of the plane.
Take your low-angle plane for a test run. It will probably do a back flip. Add weight to the nose until it flies level through the air.
Wrap your solder around the nose of the plane. Start at the very tip, making several rotations around the body. Test your plane again. Add or remove solder until it flies in a straight line.