The wing and the tail each have slits drawn on them. Have the students make a cut along each of these lines as drawn.
To attach the tail to the wing, slide the slots together. Ensure the tail is perpendicular to the wing before adding the tape. In order to make the plane fly successfully, the students must attach a penny on top of the wing right behind the square tab. Fold the tab back over the penny and tape it down to secure the coin.
Bend the elevons on the wing upward. This will provide for a flatter glide. If the students want the plane to turn they can adjust the rudder on the vertical fin.
Your FPG-9 is complete and ready to fly. Gently toss the plane directly in front of you. The FPG-9 should perform a big loop and have enough speed for a glide of 20 — 25 feet after the loop. Practice flying your FPG-9 in special challenges and missions with our online Flight Adventures game!
Whether your classroom is in a school, at home, or part of a community organization, the AMA wants to help you use model aviation to educate and inspire! Cut out the airplane parts using the templates. The FPG-9 plane is a basic illustration of how flight works. Just two pieces are traced from a pattern, cut out and assembled. I couldn't find a test flight video so I thought I would make one and try it.
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I use the free program Gimp to create all my templates at full scale, and then break the image into 8. I then cut out the shapes and trace them onto foam. Air Glider One Challenge Students determine the optimal airfoil shape for maximum performance. The FPG-9 derives its name from its origins, the venerable and ubiquitous foam picnic plate. The Foam Plate Glider, is created from a 9-inch diameter plate, available in most grocery and convenience stores. It can be used for an engaging and safe exploratory activity to excite.
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Download which makes it an ideal material to construct model gliders. See more The FPG-9 derives its name from its origins, the venerable and ubiquitous foam picnic plate. Note: These instructions describe construction from a regular foam plate found at any grocery store. Cut out the FPG-9 pattern from the activity sheet. Do not cut along the dotted line on the paper pattern. Cut only along the bolded lines. Place the paper pattern in the center of the foam plate, ensuring that the tail of the pattern stays inside of the curved portion of the plate bottom.
The ends of the wings should spill over the curved edge of the plate. Trace around the pattern with an ink pen. When tracing slits A and B, make only one line. These lines will create the elevons and rudder. The wing and the tail each have slots drawn on them.
When cutting out slots 1 and 2, make them only as wide as the thickness of the foam plate. If the slots are cut too wide, the pieces of the plane will not fit together snugly. To attach the tail to the wing, slide Slot 1 into Slot 2. Use two small 2-inch pieces of tape to secure the bottom of the tail to the bottom of the wing. Ensure the tail is perpendicular to the wing before adding the tape. In order for the plane to fly successfully, a penny must be attached to the top of the wing right behind the square tab.
Fold the tab back over the penny and tape it down to secure the coin. Bend the elevons on the wing upward.
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