Paper Plane Launcher Rubber Band

Put the hook around the rubber band and pull back on the paper airplane.

Paper plane launcher rubber band. A launcher built with a rubber band can get the paper airplane going fast over a much shorter distance allowing you to launch it much farther than you can with just your wrist possibly even farther than you could with your entire arm. Bend a paper clip to create a hook shape and tape this to the paper airplane. Then let go and the paper airplane will fly across the room. It s easy to launch planes with plenty of power.

We have another post that shows how to build this type of paper airplane launcher with a board and two nails. The first prototype was more about the creative look than the distance it flew. To modify your plane you will need a paper clip a hole punch and tape. On our onehowto youtube channel you can.

The paper clip works as a hook and gives the airplane a way to grab on to the rubber band. Unfold your paper clip as shown. It was fun to watch the progression of into a simple paper airplane launcher. Repeat for the second wheel.

Hot glue a flat rubber band around the outside of a wooden wheel. If you want to tweak your paper plane and make it fly much further and faster watch this video and learn how to make a paper plane flown by rubber bands. This is a very simple easy to make paper airplane rubber band launcher only requiring veryminimal parts. All our little flying machines were launched from a simple elastic band stretched between the upturned legs of a dining chair.

I was reminded of this idea when i saw the copious rubber band projects that were on the front page. A rubber band however can store quite a bit of energy in a relatively small distance when it is stretched. This was an idea that i came up with back in elementary school and i m here to share it with you guys. Next try launching your airplane using a very simple catapult hook one end of a rubber band around the end of a pencil such as around the metal ring by the eraser.