How Do You Build An Airplane Glider?
Airplane gliders can be used to experiment with weights and designs to create a flying object to play with. Building an airplane glider is fairly easy, and you can make several variations on a single pattern in order to chart things, such as nose weight, wing width and body length. One simple way to build an airplane glider is by using Styrofoam plates or trays. Cut out your glider pattern. It will probably have three pieces: a body, wings and a crosspiece for the tail. Cut out the pieces as precisely and smoothly as possible. Tape the pieces of the pattern to the flat portions of Styrofoam plates. Use a paring knife to make any required slits in the Styrofoam. The paper pattern should indicate, with dotted lines or labels, where the slits should be. There will probably be one in the middle of the body of the plane for the wings, and another at the tail of the plane for the crosspiece. You can cut right through the paper and the Styrofoam with the paring knife. Cut the Styrofoam just a
