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Paper “GOOSE” Construction Manual

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CREATING THE FUSELAGE

 Fuselage nets (2X) We’ll start making by making the
fuselage first; it is the easiest part to
assemble, and you can gain some good
skills in handling paper whilst
assembling it.

 Scissors Begin by cutting out the white edges

on the outside of the nets (the white
stripes on the paper edges). In the end
you get two clean nets like below.

 Fuselage net (1X) Putting the net upside down and

starting from the corner of paper
opposite of the corner of the net, begin
by rolling a tube of approximately ≈1cm
in diameter. Aim for the front of the tube
to be slightly wider (thicker in diameter)
than the back (where the tail will be
attached).

 Glue Glue the extruding corner from the

tube to the tube’s body so that you
secure the shape.
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 Second fuselage Again curl the paper net into a tube
net like before, except now insert one end
into the front of the previous tube you
made. Make sure the diameters of both
tubes are more or less equal at the
junction of the two tubes and hence glue
the tip of the paper from the second tube
to the second tube’s body, securing its
shape.

 Fuselage tubes Glue the two tubes to each other,

(2X) forming a single fuselage.

 Scissors As per the image on the right, bend

 Glue the two ends like so and glue the
opposing insides of the bend together;
then cut away everything that leftover
paper.

Creating the Wings

 Scissors Cut out the wing nets
 Wings nets (2X) along with the tabs on
them (the rectangles on
the bottom of the net, the
bigger ones are the tabs,
the smaller are the
spaces between them
that you must cut out).
In the end you should get
wing nets like the one on
the right.
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 Glue Glue the wings into an
 Scissors airfoil-resembling lifting
cross-section by gluing
the top part of the wing
≈7 mm inside the trailing
edge of the bottom part
of the wing. This will
create a curvature at the
top. Do your best to keep
the wing free of warps
along the span; at the tip
of the wing consult the
pictures on the right for
guidance- cut a small
strip and curve the paper
around it to finish off the
wing. Do this for both
wings. Then cut away
excess paper on the
trailing edge. GREAT
JOB, you are done
creating the hardest
piece of your airplane!

Creating the Tail Section

 Glue Easiest part guys! Cut out
 Scissors both nets from the sheet
 Tail section net provided at the back of
this manual. Bend the
base of the vertical tail
fin as shown on the
picture and glue it to the
horizontal tail fin (shown
on the picture as well).
Congrats, you are done
with the tail section!
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Tail-Fuselage Junction
 Glue Glue the tail section to
the backmost part of the
fuselage, gluing so that
the end of the vertical tail
matches up with the end
of the fuselage. Make
sure that you glue the tail
perpendicular to the axis
along which you plan to
place your wings.

Wing-Fuselage Junction
 Wing nets (2X) Careful! This is very
hard to do as you have
to make sure all the
wing tabs are properly
placed- and there are
16 of them per wing in
this kit!
 Glue Start out by gluing the
wing of the side
opposite to the hand
you right with (ie. If
you are right handed,
glue the left wing first);
it will be easier for you
this way. Spread glue
over all of the tabs
carefully, be careful not
to poor too much or
else you’ll soak the
tabs. Put the wing next
to the fuselage so it is
perpendicular to the
vertical tail fin and
begin to stretch the
tabs over the fuselage,
starting with the center
tabs and moving
outwards. In the end
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you should get a
junction like the one in
the picture on the left.
You can also try to add
positive dihedral to the
wing (positive angle in
respect to the fuselage)
for better gliding
performance!

 Glue Repeat the procedure

for the second wing; try
and get the positioning
and dihedral of the
second wing mirror the
first one as close as
possible.
Congrats, you are done
with creating the frame
of the airplane!

Creating the Main Gear

 1 mm steel rod Take an
 Pliers approximately ≈12 cm
long steel rod ≈1 mm
in diameter and use
pliers to bend it into a
shape like in the
illustration on the left.

Attaching the Main gear to the Fuselage

 Main gear frame Place the gear holder
 String (top of the frame)
 PVA glue right in front of the
 Airplane frame wing leading edge and
wrap a considerable
layer of string around
the holder. Soak the
string in PVA glue and
spread the glue over
the string until it
dries. Leave the
junction to dry further
for ≈5 minutes.
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Wheel selection for Main Gear
 Your own choice The wheels you put on
the main gear frame
will act as a
counterbalance to the
tail. The CG of the
plane will have to
balance around mid-
chord of the wings;
therefore you must
choose wheels that
weigh what it takes to
balance your aircraft
at the mid-chord of
your wings. The image
on the left shows the
wheels I made for this
particular airplane.

Adding Flaps and Elevators

 Scissors Consult the picture
and cut out flaps and
bend elevators on the
tail upwards to make
the airplane balance
out in flight and create
enough lift to support
itself for a smooth
glide.

Congratulations, you are done creating your first 3-D Paper

Airplane!
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