Model Glider Design

  1. Glider Basics
  2. Google Images (Glider Designs)
  3. Fly Straight: Build a balsa wood glider
  4. Basics of Toy Glider Physics
  5. Glider Handbook
  6. Glider Designs (NASA)
  7. How to Improve Your Glider Flights

Design #1

This glider will be build from standard cardboard.
Size:
Minimum Length/Width – 12″ x 12″
Maximum Length/Width – 24″ x 24″

Isometric Sketch Paper

Design #2

This glider will be build from balsa wood and launched from a rubber band attached to a launch pad. You will need to include in your design a notch a the front of your glider that the rubber band can be fixed to prior to launching from the pad.

Size:
Minimum Length/Width – 10″ x 10″
Maximum Length/Width – 20″ x 20″

Design #3

This design will be designed in Fusion 360 and 3D Printed. Parts will need to be printed independent of each other. See an example here and here.

Size:
Minimum Length/Width – 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Maximum Length/Width – 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″