Sunday, May 12, 2013

how to make straw hoop plane


  • A regular plastic drinking straw
  • 3 X 5 inch index card or stiff paper
  • Tape
  • Scissors
  • 1. Cut the index card or stiff paper into 3 separate pieces that measure 1 inch (2.5 cm) by 5 inches (13 cm.)
  • 2. Take 2 of the pieces of paper and tape them together into a hoop as shown. Be sure to overlap the pieces about half an inch (1 cm) so that they keep a nice round shape once taped.
  • 3. Use the last strip of paper to make a smaller hoop, overlapping the edges a bit like before.
  • 4. Tape the paper loops to the ends of the straw as shown below. (notice that the straw is lined up on the inside of the loops)the experiment will look as shown below. 

  • 5. That's it! Now hold the straw in the middle with the hoops on top and throw it in the air similar to how you might throw a dart angled slightly up. With some practice you can get it to go farther than many paper airplanes.

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