Cardboard Sailplane

To do it, you need:

-Carton

-Strong glue (the best is a glue pistol, but if you don't have one it's more complicated, but also possible...)

-strong tape (the best is chaterton, but others are possible...)

-paint, stickers...

-rule

-pen

-cutter

The first step is to do the wings.

It's very important, because you will try to get a wing with a shape of an airplane wing.

You need 2 piece of cardboard: 60 cm * 40cm

Mark it length 12 cm from the edge.

Take the cutter, and trace 8 trait, not to deep, to fold the cardboard.

Into the wing, 5 cm from the mark, glue 4 long piece of cardboard to make the volume of the wing.

After, glue the wing.

I used some strong glue, but it's better with a glue pistol...

I used tape to reinforce the wing...

Cut a rectangle: 50*20cm

7 cm from the edges of the length, trace a line, with the cutter: you have 2 lines.

15 cm from the beginning of the smallest quoted, do 2 triangles, with 1,5 cm of base, Cut it. (if the explications are not clear [i am not able to explain it clearly...] look at the pictures...)

After, with the 35cm quoted, do some triangles: You must let 1 cm each quoted.

In the middle, let only 3 cm.

Pictures...

After, fix it with the tape

The wings must do a V.

For the fin, take a cardboard: 25*15cm.

and an other 15*10cm.

At 12.5cm of the first cardboard, do a mark with the cutter, it will be the place of the second part of the fin.

Glue all, and tape it.

Glue it to the structure.

For the wings, tape it on one quoted.

On the other, put 4 piece of cardboard between the two wings, ond fix it. The wings are done. Now, Use double face tape to fix the wing to the structure.

Do the same for the fin.

Last is still the cockpit.

For the cokpit, cut a long piece of cardboard, 30*7cm

Put double face tape on one side, and glue it in the structure, like in the picture.

Glue the other part over the wings.

The plane is ready, try it: You have to throw it from a hight place, and I hope it will be very nice.

You can now customize it...

I know that my explications are not as good as i wish, if you need some informations, do not hesitate.

Enjoy it