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Uploaded by on Mar 9, 2009

The surfer paper airplane is designed to be flown as a walkalong glider using the large piece of corrugated cardboard (the plane in this video is folded on the 96cmX75cm cardboard paddle).

For information on construction and how to fly see:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper_Airplane_Walkalong_Glider/

For all the latest controllable slope designs see:
http://sites.google.com/site/controllableslopesoaring/

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  • can it be flown using hands only?

  • Regular copier paper has a high weight to area ratio and would be harder to fly with hands only. Maybe in really smooth air (like over a skating rink) you may succeed. But use the superior Indoor Paper Airplane Walkalong Glider design as it is much more stable. You would be the first to hand fly this design!

  • this is gonna sound stupid but what is a paddle, and what is it used for? sorry im a noob when it comes to gliders.

  • Not a stupid question. The paddle is a large rigid sheet of cardboard which you use to create an updraft under the paper airplane. Slope soaring uses wind blowing against a ridge. In controllable slope soaring the paddle works in a similar manner as the slope (or ridge) but on a much smaller scale and you are following the paper airplane around, instead of the glider being limited to following the lift created by the (mountain) slope.

  • very good video! i built it and works great!

    i'm a begginer at this, can you guve me some tips please?

  • this design has been improved upon in the "indoor paper airplane walkalong glider" instructable. It has many enhancements and is made from phone book paper.

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  • i made it but all it does is drop to the floor

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  • @paperairplanesurfer HELP I AWAYS DO IT BUT IT FALLS! CAN IT WORK WITH A SKETCH PAPER?

  • that video was stupid pritty much the whole time u couldnt even see what he was doing

  • Doesn't even work,it just falls.

  • O_O, space cruiser, it looks like a space cruiser with different wings...........

  • Dont you make any other airplanes besides this one.

  • ummmmm you made it wrong

  • move your god damn fingers

  • this is impossible to do the fold at 0.43

  • do you know how to do the paperang moth if so how???

  • do you know how to do the paperang moth if so how

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