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sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 8:09 pm
by joshuaorigami
hi everyone,

I'd be sooooo grateful if anyone could help me find instructions to this model.

You can see the model in the following video at 8:17 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lo_fnKDknQ

It flies so far!! Please please please tell me what you know about this model!

Thanks!

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 10:22 pm
by Fluffy
Why do you need the instructions if it is in the video?

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 12:19 am
by oz
It looks like either your basic square plane or "The World Record Paper Airplane", both of which can be found in Ken Blackburn & Jeff Lammers' The World Record Paper Airplane Book. Google's preview of the book does not show the WRPA, but it does have The Basic Square Plane, shown here. Hope this helps!

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 12:38 am
by likeaboss
That plane is sooo easy. fold a rectancle in half then shape it like it is in the video. that guy is just good at throwing. I can't believe you couln't figure this out.

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 2:06 am
by oz
@likeaboss: First, show a little respect. Of all people on this forum, Josh is one of the few who can figure most things out. Second, that's not how you fold the plane. Look at the directions yourself and then bother to learn a little bit about aerodynamics.

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 10:45 am
by anonymous person
it could be sipho mabona's own plane.

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 1:20 pm
by dragon
I'm probably wrong, but I think that you start with an A4 rectangle fold the short edge in a few times, I think that 6, 1cm folds should do (play around with that part, but your basically rolling the paper), fold in half on the folds you made, fold out the wings, make another fold on the wings to make them look like Mabona's and your done.
Like I said this is a guess, but I know that it will fly, so you still get a good plane. :D

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 11:50 pm
by Fluffy
Sipho has a tutorial on his channel...www.youtube.com/sipmab

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 9:17 am
by Pop pop
ive made the modle and i will post some pics up tomarrow

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: December 3rd, 2011, 7:31 am
by GeorgianFolder

Re: sipho mabona plane

Posted: December 5th, 2011, 5:01 pm
by steingar
Actually, that isn't the aircraft in the video, and at first glance is unlikely to fly as far due to increased drag. The one in the video appears identical to those used to set the world record for duration, which stands at 29 seconds. It is very simple, and can be found in Ken Blackburn's book on setting the previous world record.

The world record will be held by me one of these days, though I do have to get to work on my throwing arm.