The Best Paper Airplanes You'll Ever Fly (Klutz Guides) [Misc. Supplies]

Inc. Klutz (Editor)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Klutz Guides

When we say these are the best, we're not kidding. The folding instructions are, of course, Klutz-clear and the trimming and flying information is fully field-tested and approved.

Editorial Reviews

From Scientific American

Three simple designs are here, guaranteed to be "the best paper airplanes on the planet." We cannot certify that, but the ones we made flew splendidly. The authors are proud of record indoor flights of between 60 and 80 feet, hand-launched. This small guide is as close to physics as to technology, for it suggests the principles of good results--although it also includes precise instructions for the folding. You have to trim a paper airplane; if not, it will fly like a rock. "This is not an opinion. It is a guarantee," and grade-school builders are not excepted. Symmetry is the aim, carefully secured. "The left side MUST look just like the right." Here is how to check on that and how to adjust, with five troubleshooting hints, plus launch instructions for indoors and out. Take care. (Outdoors you might hit a thermal, and your plane can really go out of sight.)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Misc. Supplies
• Publisher: Klutz (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570541787
• ISBN-13: 978-1570541780
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 3.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Papercrafts > Paper Dolls

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction, but better books are available, February 6, 2002

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Ingrid "ingrid_in_nc" (NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Paper Airplanes You'll Ever Fly (Klutz Guides) (Misc. Supplies)

For the same money, you should get Quick and Easy Paper Planes that Really Fly, by Paul Jackson. This book has many more models and clear, easy instructions. My son already knew how to build the three planes in this foldout.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 3 Great Planes., November 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best Paper Airplanes You'll Ever Fly (Klutz Guides) (Misc. Supplies)

Instructions for folding 3 excellent paper airplanes. Typical Klutz simplicity and thorough treatment. My kids can't get enough of it.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A smooth flight, April 16, 2000

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Jon Hancock (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Paper Airplanes You'll Ever Fly (Klutz Guides) (Misc. Supplies)

Three paper aeroplane designs presented with typical clarity byKlutz. The fold-out format is excellent, being a good size, durableand able to lie flat more easily than a paperback. Graphics are clear and attractive and the text, though brief, has the usual Klutz sparkle and amusing asides. The only real disappointment here is that all three 'planes are much of a muchness. Given the constraints of space and simplicity it is easy to see why more advanced models were avoided, but still it would have been nice to have at least one that looked radically different from its brethren. A fair price for what you get and a splendid introduction to the most elegant and enjoyable way I know to litter the countryside.