Styrofoam Glider | English
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 2015-08-13

This beautiful and ultra-light glider has been designed by www.sciencetoymaker.org You need a very thin sheet of Styrofoam to make this glider. These two thin hair-like copper wires help in balancing the glider. The dimensions of the glider are given. It has a span of 20-cm. Fold two small triangles at an angle of 30-degrees for the Ailerons. They should be folded up.
Then fold both edges of the front wing 30-degrees downwards to make a Camber. Remember the Ailerons should be folded up and the Camber should be folded down. Finally fold the Glider along its midrib as shown. 
Hold the Glider as shown and chuck it forward. The glider will gracefully glide and land far away. Another very interesting way is to chuck the glider and run behind it with a big piece of board. The air draught from the board will keep the glider afloat in the air for a very long time! This work is supported by IUCAA and TATA Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org