How to make a Glider

How to make a Glider: 

Balance:

To find the balance you would need to find the center of balance and that is where you would put the wings

What meartails can you use to make a toy glider

These could include balsa wood, paper, cardboard, plastic, and Styrofoam.

We will use balsa wood and 

Different types of gliders:

Balsa wood toy gliders are an inexpensive vehicle for kids to have fun while learning
the basics of aerodynamics. A hand glider is made out of a canvas type material. 

How they stay in the air:

This unpowered aircraft uses naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to
remain airborne.

How they land 

Landing a glider is much like landing a normal plane, except there is usually a single small wheel
located directly under the pilot. The wings on a gliders are very strong, and the tips are reinforced to
help stop then getting damaged in case they scrape along the ground during a landing.

Getting up in the air: 

Gliders are usually launched on a rope attached to a winch or a powered aircraft 

Wing shape: 

The wings on a glider are long and thin and give gliders plenty of lift, at a very low speed  they are curved
more above than below 

I like this image because you can see how they have sanded the wood to make sure the plane gets lift.

I like this image because it shows what a basic glider looks like.

This is how you make sure you plane is balanced

I think that for our plane we should put a little bit of masking rudder so that it gets lift  tape on the 

Reference 

NASA, NASA, www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/glider.html.

I like this website because it explains all the different types of Gliders  

“10 Tips for Building With Balsa.” Flite Test, www.flitetest.com/articles/10-tips-for-building-with-balsa.

I like this website because it shows some good tips for when you are using balsa wood 

2, Joyplanes RC. “How to Make a Balsa Wood Glider.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/
watch?v=a5tPq0sYlNs.

This is a great video because it shows you how he sands his food to make sure it gets lift 

Instructables. “Balsa Wood Glider.” Instructables, Instructables, 27 Sept. 2017, www.instructables.com/id/Balsa-
Wood-Glider/.

Instructables. “Easy Balsa Glider.” Instructables, Instructables, 3 May 2019, www.instructables.com/id/Easy-
Balsa-Glider/.

Jennings, Terry. Planes Gliders Helicopters and Other Flying Machines How Flying Machines Work. 1994.

This is a book that we found in the library and it is great for telling you about gliders