Design And Build A Helicopter

MAKE YOUR OWN HELICOPTER WITH ONE A PIECE OF PAPER, PAPER CLIPS AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS!

EQUIPMENT

  • A4 sheet of paper
  • Scissors
  • Paper Clips

METHOD

  1. Take a piece of paper and make three cuts as shown in the illustration.
  2. Then fold the paper in on itself at the bottom half – use a paper clip to keep the sides together.
  3. Fold the two halves of the remaining paper away from each other, to form the helicopter blades.
  4. Stand carefully on a chair and drop your helicopter, making sure it stays upright as you let go!

THE CHALLENGE

To design and build a helicopter using only paper and paperclips.