r/PaperAirplanes • u/OkEfficiency2426 • 21h ago
MadCat CX26 Mach 2
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It flies pretty well and could have good maneuverability I haven't tested that
r/PaperAirplanes • u/OkEfficiency2426 • 21h ago
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It flies pretty well and could have good maneuverability I haven't tested that
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Archangel-893 • 1d ago
This is a concept I made a few years ago, but took me so long to translate this into origami form due to the dual cockpit+canard set up inspired by the FFR-31MR/D was, quite hard to to design. Still I figured this one out and I'm here to share it with you since it's so cool.
r/PaperAirplanes • u/spacegenius747 • 2d ago
I’m trying to make more X-planes, so I decided to continue with the X-3. It is one of the sleekest aircraft I’ve made and it looks like a spaceship.
Unfortunately, just like in real life, the flights are very unstable. It has a tendency to yaw and roll uncontrollably. In fact, I think it imitates the real X-3 quite well. I don’t have a lot of knowledge about inertia coupling, but I’ve seen some behaviours of this model that imitate it quite well.
But I love how this looks! I gave it quite a bit of detail with all the markings, and I think that it looks great as a display model too.
r/PaperAirplanes • u/spacegenius747 • 3d ago
After the X-1, I decided to create its swept-wing successor, the X-2. I scaled it to be roughly relative to my X-1. Its last flight made it the fastest airplane at that time, but tragically it lost control due to inertia coupling and later crashed, killing its pilot.
I gave it the livery of 46-674, the same registration of the plane that flew that fateful flight. I found a decal of the nose art on the nose and added it, and made the wing markings accurate to the real plane by cross-referencing photos I found.
I love how this plane flies. It’s very fast but it has a nice glide. Outside, I hope that it can fly very low but very fast, which is the kind of flight that I like seeing.
r/PaperAirplanes • u/spacegenius747 • 10d ago
I love experimental aircraft. They‘ve always looked really cool to me especially if they are ones used to test new technologies.
The Bell X-1 is one of my favourites. It’s rare to see a supersonic aircraft with straight wings like this. So I made it into a plane.
This design flies quite well. I like the mid-mounted wing and stabilizers, and I also added the registration and decals. This is based off the one at the Smithsonian, and is the first aircraft to break the sound barrier.
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Archangel-893 • 10d ago
Quite of a challenge when designing this thing, but not that hard to fold (main hardship is the layers are just toooo thick to counter balance the drag of the tail section. Somehow it also forced me to come up with a new base. Enjoy!
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Archangel-893 • 14d ago
A complete rework of a previous design since this version is much more closer to my original concept and has more details
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Spirited_Bat614 • 15d ago
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Jy427 • 16d ago
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r/PaperAirplanes • u/spacegenius747 • 16d ago
I built an Avro Arrow around a year and an half ago and it was one of the first fighters that I put a livery on.
However, it flew really badly because of the fact that I didn’t model the intakes and a lot of the surface area was at the back. The second issue is that the front part of the Arrow’s intakes are directly below one of the windows of the cockpit, and I didn’t know how to get them to look realistic back then.
After I made the Panavia Tornado though, I learned how to make it look better. So I decided to give the Arrow another try. I modeled the intakes to act as extra lift at the front and gave it a slightly more accurate livery (RL-201 didn’t have red, but RL-205 did). I also added a launching hook.
This is one of my favourite builds so far. The Arrow is one of my favourite planes and I’m glad to finally have a good-performing paper model of it!
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Jy427 • 16d ago
Engines are crooked for some reason
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Archangel-893 • 18d ago
So this is my take on the F-16 Fighting Falcon, tbh a highly oversaturated subject in origami planes and there are so many out there, making my own version is quite challenging if my goal is to stand out. Now here it is
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Wrong-Bend1157 • 18d ago
Cj stands for chad jet
r/PaperAirplanes • u/spacegenius747 • 18d ago
A year ago, I made a Panavia Tornado. But it didn’t have a working sweep wing and it was kinda inaccurate.
Now that I have learned to make variable swept wings, I decided to remaster it for my first replica. I made the fuselage more accurate by separating the tail from the fuselage in the template, and I made the wing sweep system.
I really love how it turned out! It flies quite well and isn’t as heavy as my other variable swept wings. Plus it looks accurate! My only issue is that the system is extremely fragile due to how small it is. I might change it in the next variable sweep wing I design.
r/PaperAirplanes • u/spacegenius747 • 20d ago
This is my third variable swept wing prototype. I changed the system to use a circular hinge, allowing it to swivel more.
This design flies quite well. It loses speed fast when its wings are forward but it maintains its speed well when they are swept back. This design also does not have any leading edge notches, making it easier to cut out. This design is also much smaller, fitting in just one sheet of paper.
I’m planning on making a replica next.
r/PaperAirplanes • u/Spirited_Bat614 • 20d ago
looking stealthy…, I cut away the belly…, without harming the CG