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high stakes paper plane duel in 3 hours
I need one that goes far

>> No.11136108

>>11136106
just compress the paper into a high-density block and throw it really far.

>> No.11136112

>>11136106
Just make a longest flight record holder plane.

>> No.11136114

Just make a paper replica of the concorde

>> No.11136128

>>11136106
Practice throwing, it's important.

>> No.11136132
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11136132

you guys don't understand this is a fucking duel

>> No.11136137
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11136137

Face the truth, OP.

>> No.11136152

>>11136106
watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNg4fDJC8A

>> No.11136212

>>11136152
Man I remember being a teen and having dozens of different paper plane "models".

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>>11136212
I'm a fucking mathfag grad student also I STILL DON'T HAVE A DESIGN FUCK

>> No.11136368

I unironically have some of the world's best paper airplanes and I'm not giving them away. :^)

>> No.11136376

>>11136368
it's too late to brag, anon. I wonder how op is doing

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>>11136106
I've been making these since the 1980s. They seem to be pretty good.

>> No.11138203

>>11136385
This is a good one but be careful with the stabilizer fins. If its unbalanced, its just gonna twirl in a circle rather than glide far. If you are just going for straight distance rather than overall the basic underfold glider is your best bet. Double underfold is best but rng wind fucks em up. I was autistic about paper airplanes when I was young. A tail folder aileron can help but typically leads your plane to stall and then fall outta the air. Depending on how you are setup, a heavier nose can be better to stabilize flight.

>> No.11138245

>>11138203
>I was autistic about paper airplanes when I was young.
Did you get to the, "humidity changes alter flight dynamics, due to paper weight and moisture content," point? I'm not saying that I did, but I did.

>> No.11138463

>>11138245
Kinda but more in terms of weight distribution. Me and my buds were doing experiments with spray markers(markers that had a blow tube on them, so the vapor rested on the paper) and ink fixatives to add rigidity/weight to certain areas. With this, we kept finding certain paper weights would absorb at better rates etc. Funny enough we found that fixative laden construction paper thats been sanded and polished for smooth flight surface was basically perfect. Once polished, you could have what we called the centennial paper plane, a paper plane that could last a century. My buddy gave away our last version of it to a crush he had, and after he moved away, no more autistic experiments. :L

>> No.11138465

Make a normal one but fold the nose inwards

>> No.11138470

>>11138465
don't forget to put the folds face down, the uneven flight surface caused by having them face up introduces turbulence and reduces overall flight stability and consistency

>> No.11138479

>>11138465
this

>> No.11138519

So, I bet OP is dead by now since he lost his duel.

>> No.11139678

>>11136106
i have to know what the duel was about?

girl?
money?
slavery?
irl death?


>what? all of your family has terminal cancer at once and you can't affoard it??? sure, ill cure them for free, but first lets play a game

>> No.11139888

>>11136106
A shape like a rocket with fins for stabilization and perhaps a bit of mass added at the tip and thrown like a football will demolish the competetition, but everyone will hate you for subverting the spirit of the competition which will be organized around conventional designs. Ignore this pressure. Destroy the competition anon

>> No.11139916

>>11136106
make it into a cylinder and spin it as you throw it.

>> No.11139945

is op kill?

>> No.11139952

Question: What do stabilizer fins even do? I cant see how they... oh wait

is it that due to the flat top of the main wing theres lower pressure inside the fin than outside, and the fins just use this effect for lateral forces?

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paper planes are all the same under ambient topology

>> No.11140035

>>11139945
RIP OP. shouldve asked /po/