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Bradley A. Minch |
Flapping Bird. A flapping bird that I discovered in 1995 while playing around with the traditional one. It is something of a cross between the traditional flapping bird and Robert Lang's Seagull, which is diagrammed on pp. 113114 of The Complete Book of Origami. I am particularly pleased with the flapping mechanism, which is somewhat different from that of the traditional flapping bird. |
Raptor. An origami paper airplane that I designed in 2005, which is somewhat reminiscent of an F-22 Raptor, whence its name. In essence, it is a combination of the base used by Michael LaFosse in his F-14 Tomcat model and Thay Yang's fuselage folding technique. It can be folded either from a square sheet of paper or from an ordinary sheet of letter paper. It flies quite well with a slight upward curl of the back of each horizontal stabilizer. Diagrams are available in pdf format. A 30-minute video showing how to fold it is also available. |