Create a paper helicopter. When you drop this helicopter from your hand it will slowly spin and fall until it reaches the floor.
Step 1
Get an index card (3 by 5 works best but you can use any rectangular index card).
Step 2
Fold it in half and unfold.
Step 3
Cut about half way down the crease that you folded.
Step 4
Now cut about 1/3 through the paper laterally a little below your first cut from the long edge.
Step 5
Fold both of the sections you made in step 4 in like these pictures:
Step 6
Fold the cuts you made in step 1 in opposite directions on either side, forward and backward. Than add a paperclip on the very bottom of the helicopter and you're done! Your helicopter should look like the picture in the introduction.
Tips
- You may have to cut the wings, so they are thinner or thicker, to get your best flight.
- Bend the wings upwards slightly. This will make it spin sooner.
- Drop from as high a place as possible.
- use various sizes of paperclips, see which works best, smaller ones
- work best with small, although, depending on the edensity, you may need to use it on the larger ones, too
Warnings
- Be careful not to cut yourself or others with the scissors.
Things You'll Need
- Pair of scissors
- Index card (3 by 5 works best)
- Paperclip
