Here’s a tip from Chuck Young.
He’s been helping kids make planes at school.
In order to prevent the tissue from shrinking and warping the plane, he’s been preshrinking the tissue.
I’ve heard of this before and I know it works.
What I’ve been doing is having children crumple the wing tissue before building. That way there is a bit of pre-tension in the tissue so the problem never occurs.
Hi Darcy,
We made the Squirrels and had great fun flying them!
Of course, one got stuck in a tree and we managed to get a broom handle
and broom end stuck in the tree as well. After getting a ladder from home,
we were able to get the plane, with cheers from the 20 or so onlookers who
had gathered 🙂
Squirrels = Good Fun
Thanks so much for making them available along with the detailed videos.
–John Mackey
