HOW TO MAKE "Mark I"

1. Cut the parts out of the paper and glue them together along the 'FIGURE CONSTRUCTION OF "Mark I"'. To make the paperplane beautiful, be conscious about the cutting lines and the glue reference ones. "The ballasts (for the next day)" should be glued if it doesn't fly well at the next day or later. Glue drying may let the paperplane imbalanced sometimes.

FIGURE CONSTRUCTION

Figure Construction

 

FIGURE FRONT VIEW

Figure Front View

 

FIGURE REAR VIEW

Figure Rear View

 

2. When the parts are fixed enough, find improper twists, bends, and waving on its body, wings canards, and fins, and fix them straight and flat.

3. Tune up the wings and canards according to the FIGURE FRONT VIEW and the FIGURE REAR VIEW.

4. Have good flights!

 

HOW TO FLY "Mark I"

CAUTION: At first, check an important point. The paperplane "Mark I" must fly to the direction of its ballasts.If you misunderstand the direction, you will never have good flights.

Throw "Mark I" softly avoiding its attitude declared,and your hand should move as if it is on a straight rail.

If it doesn't fly straightly, check improper twists, bends, and waving on its body, wings, canards, and fins, then fix them straight and flat again.

In case, your checks and fixes do not work, your "Mark I" needs one or more ways of following special settings depending on situations.

Don't worry! It's easy.

 

SETTINGS OF "Mark I"

If your "Mark I" DECLINES AND MAKES A BIG TURN,
Check: Your throwing hand may decline when you release the paperplane.
Remedy: Train yourself to release "Mark I" horizontally.
If your "Mark I" ROLLS UPSIDE DOWN QUICKLY AND FALLS,
Check & remedy: See and retune up its canards' and wings' settings with the FIGURE FRONT VIEW and the FIGURE REAR VIEW.
If your "Mark I" PITCHES (flies as if a surfer goes against wave),
Setting3
Remedy: Add one or more ballasts because your "Mark I"'s nose is too light. You can make additional ballasts cutting out of the rest of the paper you have cut "Mark I"'s parts out, or you can pinch your "Mark I"'s nose with clips as the picture above as ballasts.
Or
Setting4
Remedy: Bend the tail edges of canards up a little as the figure above.
If your "Mark I" simply BOWS, GOES DOWN, AND HITS THE GROUND,
Setting5
Remedy: Bend the tail edges of canards down a little as the figure above.

 

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