The Deltry Paper Airplane - page 6


Diagram one and instructions for folding the Deltry folded paperairplane - crease

13. The Deltry aircraft in flight - remember that it's a very slow flyer, much slower (and more graceful) than most paper airplanes. Don't throw it, just release it while your hand is moving forward slowly. One good grip is shown below in diagram 15.



unfold, leaving crease - making Delty aircraft

14. Front view.


unfold, leaving crease - making Delty aircraft

15. This isn't the only way to grip the Deltry paper airplane in order to launch it, but it's the easiest way. Gently now! This plane soars at a leisurely pace, it doesn't speed anywhere. It flies best if you don't throw it, so much as release it as your hand moves forward a little. You may want to point it's nose just a little downwards as you launch it.


16. There is another way to fly the Deltry, which makes for fast, unpredictable, swooping flights - you might want to blunt its sharp paper just a little first, though, so it doesn't become a menace to passers-by. This way of launching the Deltry works best when the airplane is new, and hasn't accumulated any minor warps into its wings. Fold the left and right halfs of the plane together, flat (the left and right wings folded up until they're against each other.) now grasp the plane along the bottom (which was the middle of the paper) most of the way towards the front, between thumb and forefinger. Launch swiftly - this way, the Deltry flys quite a bit faster - but it's flight is also a lot less predictable. With this faster launch, your paper airplane may well make a sharp turn early in flight, as it's wings start to open up a little, and swoop past someone's nose at high speed.




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