DIY Paper Airplane Launcher

by kingbobj in Craft > Cardboard

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DIY Paper Airplane Launcher

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Today I will show you how to make a very fun and easy DIY Paper Airplane Launcher!

This project I will be showing you uses household supplies that everyone has and flies really great

To have the most fun with this project use it outside!

Supplies

A Peace of Cardboard

Scissors

Tape

Rubber Band

3 Q-Tips

Hot Glue/Hot Glue Sticks

Twine/Thin Rope

Spray Paint (Optional)

Making the Base

You will need to cut the piece of cardbord to 5" X 10.5"

Making the Rods (Part 1)

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Cut 1 Q-Tip like I did

Making the Rods (Part 2)

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Cut 2 Q-Tips like I did

Laying It Out

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Lay out the Q-Tips in a tryangle with the 2 longer ones together and the short one on the other side

Puding in the Rods

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Use a pencil to poke a hole whare the Q-Tips are, then pud the Q-Tips in them in there (It is ok if thay are not straight up)

Hot Gluing Them Down

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Now just pud the hot glue around the rods and hold them straight up for 5 min

Adding a Rail

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Get 2 wooden dowels (around 8"long 1/4" thick) and glue/tape like I did

This will help to keep it from collabsing and to make the plane go straight

Adding a Rubber Band

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For taping down the rubber band you want to tape it in the front for the rails so that the plane does not get stuck

Trigger Mechanism

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Tie the rope on to itself with the circle being about an 1" big now cut the rope with 3" left

When ever you reload it pud the rope around rubber band or else it will NOT work

Painting (Optional)

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The best Paint to use is acrylic

All Done Now Just Have Fun!

Paper Airplane Launcher

Good job!