Re: [math-fun] Hexaflexagon paper
I?m sort of a newcomer to hexaflexagons. Any thoughts about what sort of paper works best?
(I might just go to a stationer?s and ask for samples of various weights of paper, assuming they have samples sitting around. But that may not be an option in the 21st century.)
Jim Propp
I’ve had good luck with K-8 learners with copier weight paper. A little less durable, a little more flexible for turning.
Speaking of folding paper, where are $5 engine/CPU/GPS units to enable *powered* paper airplane drones? I've seen 4-rotor plastic drones that fit into the palm of my hand and *sell* for < $50, so it should be possible to do a 1-propeller engine for a paper airplane for a lot less. Ideally, the box the engine/CPU/GPS unit comes in would refold into the actual flying paper/cardboard airplane. I suggested at least a decade ago that Fedex could simply include cardboard wings + a GPS unit on their packages, take them up to 30,000 feet above a metropolitan area, and dump them into the sky, where each package would simply glide itself into the backyard of the destination customer. After all, if the Air Force can drop hundreds of GPS-directed bombs, then Fedex could do the same with their packages. At 11:07 AM 3/27/2018, John Golden wrote:
I'm sort of a newcomer to hexaflexagons. Any thoughts about what sort of paper works best?
(I might just go to a stationer's and ask for samples of various weights of paper, assuming they have samples sitting around. But that may not be an option in the 21st century.)
Jim Propp
I've had good luck with K-8 learners with copier weight paper.
A little less durable, a little more flexible for turning.
https://www.amazon.com/POWERUP-Smartphone-Controlled-Paper-Airplane/dp/B00N8... Brent On 3/27/2018 11:41 AM, Henry Baker wrote:
Speaking of folding paper, where are $5 engine/CPU/GPS units to enable *powered* paper airplane drones?
I've seen 4-rotor plastic drones that fit into the palm of my hand and *sell* for < $50, so it should be possible to do a 1-propeller engine for a paper airplane for a lot less.
Ideally, the box the engine/CPU/GPS unit comes in would refold into the actual flying paper/cardboard airplane.
I suggested at least a decade ago that Fedex could simply include cardboard wings + a GPS unit on their packages, take them up to 30,000 feet above a metropolitan area, and dump them into the sky, where each package would simply glide itself into the backyard of the destination customer. After all, if the Air Force can drop hundreds of GPS-directed bombs, then Fedex could do the same with their packages.
At 11:07 AM 3/27/2018, John Golden wrote:
I'm sort of a newcomer to hexaflexagons. Any thoughts about what sort of paper works best?
(I might just go to a stationer's and ask for samples of various weights of paper, assuming they have samples sitting around. But that may not be an option in the 21st century.)
Jim Propp I've had good luck with K-8 learners with copier weight paper.
A little less durable, a little more flexible for turning.
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Cool! I see that PowerUp Toys (poweruptoys.com) has their new DART on Kickstarter for $49.99 ($25 early *bird*(!) special). 24,000 backers and $1.7 million raised on one month. That's a lot of interest in powered paper airplanes. Still no GPS, but that's got to be coming soon, as it's already available on helicopter drones. At 02:35 PM 3/27/2018, Brent Meeker wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/POWERUP-Smartphone-Controlled-Paper-Airplane/dp/B00N8...
Brent
On 3/27/2018 11:41 AM, Henry Baker wrote:
Speaking of folding paper, where are $5 engine/CPU/GPS units to enable *powered* paper airplane drones?
I've seen 4-rotor plastic drones that fit into the palm of my hand and *sell* for < $50, so it should be possible to do a 1-propeller engine for a paper airplane for a lot less.
Ideally, the box the engine/CPU/GPS unit comes in would refold into the actual flying paper/cardboard airplane.
I suggested at least a decade ago that Fedex could simply include cardboard wings + a GPS unit on their packages, take them up to 30,000 feet above a metropolitan area, and dump them into the sky, where each package would simply glide itself into the backyard of the destination customer. After all, if the Air Force can drop hundreds of GPS-directed bombs, then Fedex could do the same with their packages.
At 11:07 AM 3/27/2018, John Golden wrote:
I'm sort of a newcomer to hexaflexagons. Any thoughts about what sort of paper works best?
(I might just go to a stationer's and ask for samples of various weights of paper, assuming they have samples sitting around. But that may not be an option in the 21st century.)
Jim Propp I've had good luck with K-8 learners with copier weight paper.
A little less durable, a little more flexible for turning.
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