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    Passenger Plane: Pattern: 10 10 65 7 7 Dihedral Angle Gauge

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    This document provides instructions for flying a papercraft glider. It emphasizes safety and includes the following steps: 1. Check the glider for any bends or twists before flying. 2. Conduct test flights and make adjustments to the control surfaces like the horizontal stabilizer if the glider nosedives, flies unevenly, or loops. 3. The glider can be launched by hand or with a homemade catapult. Outdoor flights work best on calm days with little or no wind.

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    Passenger Plane: Pattern: 10 10 65 7 7 Dihedral Angle Gauge

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    This document provides instructions for flying a papercraft glider. It emphasizes safety and includes the following steps: 1. Check the glider for any bends or twists before flying. 2. Conduct test flights and make adjustments to the control surfaces like the horizontal stabilizer if the glider nosedives, flies unevenly, or loops. 3. The glider can be launched by hand or with a homemade catapult. Outdoor flights work best on calm days with little or no wind.

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    This document provides instructions for flying a papercraft glider. It emphasizes safety and includes the following steps: 1. Check the glider for any bends or twists before flying. 2. Conduct test flights and make adjustments to the control surfaces like the horizontal stabilizer if the glider nosedives, flies unevenly, or loops. 3. The glider can be launched by hand or with a homemade catapult. Outdoor flights work best on calm days with little or no wind.

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    Passenger Plane: Pattern: 10 10 65 7 7 Dihedral Angle Gauge

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    Miguel Ramirez
    This document provides instructions for flying a papercraft glider. It emphasizes safety and includes the following steps: 1. Check the glider for any bends or twists before flying. 2. Conduct test flights and make adjustments to the control surfaces like the horizontal stabilizer if the glider nosedives, flies unevenly, or loops. 3. The glider can be launched by hand or with a homemade catapult. Outdoor flights work best on calm days with little or no wind.

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    Passenger Plane: Pattern

    http:// www.canon.com/c-park /en/

    10˚ 10˚
    65˚

    Dihedral angle gauge


    7˚ 7˚

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    Passenger Plane: Pattern

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    How to fly the glider

    CAREFUL WITH THAT GLIDER! 3. HOW TO FLY THE GLIDER


    Be sure to keep these points in mind before you launch your Papercraft glider!
    Launch your glider high into the air!
    If you hit someone in the eye or on the head with your Papercraft glider, you could hurt them.
    Be sure to keep these points in mind before you launch your glider. Once you have done your test flights and adjustments, its time to take the glider outside and fly it.
    Before you launch your glider, make very sure that there is no danger around. You can either
    Always be very careful not to hit any people or animals with your glider. launch your glider by hand or use the catapult.
    Never launch your glider where there are a lot of people about.
    Your Papercraft glider will fly best on days when there is no wind, or only a very gentle breeze.
    Never throw your glider onto the road.
    The catapult shooter launches your glider at a fast speed and should never be used near houses or
    where there are people about.
    ADJUSTMENTS If your glider falls to earth too quickly, repeat the adjustments and test flights.
    If your Papercraft glider gets stuck up a tree or on a roof, don't climb up to get it! It's too dangerous! If the glider nosedives If the glider flies unevenly If the glider loops
    When the Papercraft glider is being used by small children, there should be an adult in attendance.

    Lower the flaps of the


    horizontal stabilizer.
    1. PRE-FLIGHT CHECK Raise the flaps of the Slightly lower the flaps of Launch the glider at right
    horizontal stabilizer. the horizontal stabilizer. angles to the wind direction.
    Model check! Main wing bent Vertical
    stabilizer bent
    Check the model carefully, from the HAND LAUNCH To launch the glider by hand, grasp the fuselage below the wings with thumb, index fin-
    front and from the side, before you Horizontal ger and middle finger and throw it into the wind in order to make it fly higher. Place
    launch it, to make sure that the fuselage stabilizer bent your index finger behind the wing and launch your glider with a flick of the wrist.
    and the wings are not bent or twisted.

    2. TEST FLIGHT
    Now, throw your Papercraft glider straight forward! Cant the glider
    to the side and throw.
    If your glider does not fly straight, refer to the diagrams below and adjust the glider as required.
    You may need to repeat the test flight and adjustments several times till the glider flies straight. 60˚ - 90˚

    CORRECTING LEFT/RIGHT YAW TO CORRECT TO CORRECT


    Bend the flap of the right wing so that Bend the flap of the left wing so that
    OK it is level or angled slightly upwards. it is level or angled slightly upwards.
    LEFT YAW RIGHT YAW
    Bend the flap of
    CATAPULT SHOOTER The catapult shooter allows you to fly your glider much higher than launching by
    Bend the flap of the vertical hand. Use thumb and index finger to grasp below the wings, or the rearmost
    Bend the flap of the the vertical stabilizer Bend the flap of the How to make the catapult shooter part of the fuselage, and launch.
    left wing so that it is stabilizer slightly slightly to right wing so that it is Circle Circle
    angled slightly downwards. to the right. the left. angled slightly downwards. Cut a groove
    at one end of a stick. RIGHT LEFT

    CORRECTING PITCH TO CORRECT TO CORRECT

    OK Bend the flaps of the horizontal Bend the flaps of the horizontal 60˚ - 90˚
    stabilizer so that they are stabilizer so that they are Fasten a length of rubber yarn Hold the glider Hold the glider
    angled slightly downwards. angled slightly upwards. firmly around the groove.
    in the LEFT hand. in the RIGHT hand.

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