Experimental NASA Chuck Glider

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Experimental NASA Chuck Glider

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Hello everyone my name is foam fighters and today we are making a Nasa airplane chuck glider called the X-15

and here is the supplies list

1. Dollar tree foam board called Readi-Board

2. Xacto Knife

3. Black And yellow sharpie

4.hot glue gun

and thats it

Cutting Out the Pieces

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Ok so for this step you have to cut the pieces out of the foam board and be careful not to cut yourself.

What i love about making airplanes is that you get to learn the history of the plane that your making

The Nasa X-15 was Piloted by Neil Armstrong and the plane goes 4,520 mph and its rocket powered

its named the fastest plane every made

Coloring the Plane Parts

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So this aircraft is Jet black with yellow Nasa logos

grab your black and yellow sharpie and color the nasa logos first its pretty easy just do a yellow rectangle and puts the word nasa in it also cut the side view of the template in half

Color the Rest of the Parts

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Now just finish coloring the parts like in the picture

Glue the Parts Together

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now that your finished coloring the plane parts use your how glue gun to glue the parts together

Adjusting the CG (Center of Gravity)

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This step is very important to get the CG right on the plane so it flies great and doesn't nose dive in the ground or do flips.use a usd penny and as you see on the photo where the red circle is thats where you put the penny

Congrats You Made a Plane Now Go Fly

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Oh and do forget to and flaps on the back wings and here are the templates enjoy