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I am sure most kids figured this out. I used to add a small paper clip to the nose of my planes. I also used to have these cheap styrofoam planes where you pun
by 2muchcoffeeman 9y ago
I am sure most kids figured this out.
I used to add a small paper clip to the nose of my planes. I also used to have these cheap styrofoam planes where you punched the parts out of a sheet and slotted them together. Those had plastic push on noses.
I never thought much about my designs but thinking back the behaviour makes so much sense now.
- agumonkey 9y agoWe used to weigh the nose up too, but without thinking about center of gravity and oscillation. We were 6yo it wasn't very clear what was going on for us even though I find it interesting that: - we could iterate hundreds of time with joy - it seems like a stupid kid thing but it's quite subtle and technical, if approached so Kids have this pseudo researcher mindset that only lacks a few symbolic notions to really leap across toying to understanding.
- newnewpdro 9y agoUsed staples in mine... would keep adding more until it flew in a balanced fashion, also helped keep tight the fold-heavy front.