Mission 1 — Paper Plane Lab · 3D Folding Guide

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This guide needs an internet connection for its 3D engine. No problem — the written steps under the stage still tell you everything: crease the center, fold the corners in, fold the edges in again, fold it in half, fold the wings down, fold the wingtips up. Then run the experiments below.

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STEP 0 OF 6

Meet Your Aircraft

EXPERIMENT 1✈️ Wing Size — the Fold-Line Trick

When you fold the wings (Step 5), where the fold line goes decides how big the wings are. Fold line hugging the body → big wings. Fold line far from the body → small wings, chunky body. Slide it and watch the finished plane change:

Wing size: CLASSIC

◀ BIG wingssmall wings ▶

Scientist rule: change only this, keep everything else the same, fly 3 times, log it.

EXPERIMENT 2📎 Paperclip & the Balance Point

Every plane balances on one point — its center of gravity (the glowing orange dot). A paperclip moves it. Pick a spot and see where the dot goes:

Tap a button — the plane above jumps to its finished form with the clip on.

Then do it for real and watch what each one does in the air. Prediction first, flight second — that's the scientific method.

FLIGHT LOG📋 Record Every Flight

Same start line every time — stand on a piece of tape on the floor.
Same throw: gentle, aiming slightly up. Let the plane do the flying — don't hurl it.
3 flights per version, measure each one, write it down right away.
One change at a time. Two changes = mystery data.

Version	What I changed	Flight 1	Flight 2	Flight 3	Best
A	Baseline — nothing
B	Bigger wings
C	Smaller wings
D	Paperclip on the nose
E	Paperclip on the tail

Report your log — and your champion plane's best distance — back to Mission Control. Good flying, pilot. 🛬

MISSION CONTROL📡 Received Flight Logs

Every log the pilot submits lands here, straight from the mission database.

When	Version	Change	Flight 1	Flight 2	Flight 3	Best
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