2. Paper Airplanes Paper Airplanes KEN BLACKBURN NCASE Atlanta, GA March 2004

3. Paper Airplanes l Who is Ken Blackburn? l Basics of Flight l Secrets to making great paper airplanes

4. Who is Ken Blackburn lPaper Airplanes –Guinness Record 27.6 seconds, 10/08/98 –World Record Paper Airplane Book lHomebuilt Aircraft –Moni, Formula 1 Air Racer l Boeing Engineer 18 years WWW.PAPERPLANE.ORG

5. 100 Years of Flight 24 Years 20 Years 34 Years

6. Aircraft Design … Applies No Matter the Size Structure Stability Drag Launch

7. Forces Of Flight Weight Drag Lift Thrust

8. LIFT l Lift is from fast air over airfoil l Fast air comes from curvature and nose up at an angle

9. FLAPS Elevator – Pitch/airspeed Paper airplane elevator keeps nose up at an angle Elevator

10. FLAPS Rudder – yaw/turns l Most important for low speed turns l Paper airplane rudder l Bend right to turn right, left to go left Rudder

11. Wing Angle Dihedral Keeps plane from rolling over AV-8B wings angle down for cross wind in hover

12. Balance Nose heavy is stable

13. Wing Shape 0 mph 500 1200 1600 Supersonic

14. Guinness Record - Time Aloft l 1 sheet of paper (some tape allowed) l Indoors l Throw from floor l Timed from leaving hand to contact with any object l Witnesses and news media l Photos and video tape required

15. How I Set the Record l Developed the World Record airplane at 13 l Set record in 1983 - 16.89 seconds l Reset record in 1987 - 17.2 seconds l Reset record in 1994 - 18.80 seconds l British set record in 1996 - 20.9 seconds l Regained record in 1998 - 27.6 seconds

16. The World Record Airplane l From The World Record Paper Airplane Book l Good Duration and Aerobatic Flyer

18. Paper Airplane Adjustments l “Y” Shape - Lateral stability l Up Elevator - Prevents nose dive l Weight on the Nose - Greater stability