Today: new insights into the aerodynamics of paper airplanes reveal the key to smooth gliding. Drop a flat piece of paper and it will flutter and tumble through the air as it falls, but a well ...

L. The experimental photographing of the action of air streams on different planes and shapes has been a valuable contribution to aerodynamics and holds promise of becoming a field of much larger ...

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After all, they are a toy that can be made almost anywhere as all you need is a piece of paper and the ability to fold it into various aerodynamic shapes. This makes paper airplanes incredibly ...

Insights gleaned from this research have practical applications, but they also shed light on the aerodynamic principles that keep paper airplanes thrown by enthusiasts up in the air. All planes ...

These standards may range from improvements in engine efficiency and plane aerodynamics to changes to designs to reduce overall mass. The rules will apply to "most large airplanes" flying in the U ...

One of the things the books mentioned was how paper airplane aerodynamics were so different from regular airplanes to the point of being counter-intuitive from each other. There seem to be several ...