Make Your Own Flying Machines

Step-by-step building and folding instructions and templates to build paper airplanes, kites, rockets and balloons.

Rubber band powered planes have been around for ages, but Klutz has reinvented them. The three included planes have been engineered for maximum performance and coolness. Fly them inside and out and watch with amazement as the basic principles of aerodynamics and physics come to life.

Ready to take off? Learn all about aerodynamics and find everything you need to make five fabulous flying machines. Do you love machines that fly? Can you name some key aviation inventions, from balloons to solar-powered planes? Do you know how flight forces such as gravity, drag, thrust, and lift work? Kids who are raring to make their own flying machines can pore through the theory and history of flight, build five different models — a galactic glider, a deadly dart, a whirlybird helicopter, a single-prop Starlite, and a twin-prop SuperStar — and pick up some expert tips on flying them like an ace. Special features include: • Tear-out printed sheets for making two paper planes • Materials for making three propeller-powered machines, including balsa wood body parts, neoprene wings, plastic propellers, wheels, and an elastic band

Choose from ninety-one different models and build and fly your very own paper airplane. Now, any kid can turn a stack of paper into his or her own private air force! Making Paper Airplanes is your complete reference packed with colorful diagrams, graphics, and instructions, featuring ninety-one gravity-defying paper aircraft that really fly. From origami fighter jets to tin foil helicopters and paper Spitfires, you and your child will learn hundreds of different ways to build successful flying devices from paper. Each model includes customized graphics so your aircraft will look the part as it sails through the air. Tear out, fold, and fly models such as: Stealth Bomber Kestrel Fighter Dragon Desk Kite Firefly Space Shuttle Swallow Glider Flashdance Stunt Flyer Golden Flame Racing Plane Supersonic Transport And More! All of these fantastic flying machines have been built and tested by the author to ensure that, with little more than a few folds and a couple of snips, your new creation can be airborne. Whether you are spending a summer's day outdoors or a winter's day indoors, Making Paper Airplanes will deliver hours of crafts, flights, and fun.

Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.

Humans have been obsessed with conquering the skies for millennia. This book documents that journey from the earliest days of projectiles to modern-day rockets. Armed with this crucial background information, students will then be directed through a step-by-step project to make their own rocket. Additional high-tech projects will keep their hands busy and their imaginations soaring.