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Add Note Edit Step 25 — Final assembly – Tow hook and landing skid  ¶ 

  • For the tow hook, drive a 1" screw into fuselage, following the plan. For the landing skid, use 2 more screws to attach the brass strip under the fuselage, then sandwich rolls of masking tape above the middle to make the strip spring. Ensure that the radio is fully charged, and mount the wings to the fuselage. That’s it!

  • Download the plans for Medicine Man and read more about model aviation at makezine.com/17/model_airplane.

  • Build a high-start catapult to launch your glider hundreds of feet in the air: http://www.instructables.com/id/Greenest...

  • For a small glider like this, use about 3-5 pounds of pull for your first launches.

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Related Make: Online posts:

Using Paper Airplanes to Learn About Flight:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01...

$2000 Homemade Airplane:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01...

Medicine Man Glider in MAKE, volume 17:

http://makezine.com/17/

Make: Projects Roundup

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/07...

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Addendum August '10: since this article was published, many dozens of Medicine Man gliders have been built and flown throughout the world! I now offer a kit on my website <www.realkits.com> to save the builder the time--and expense--of gathering all the materials through various retail outlets. My site also links a stunning on-board video shot by AJ Harmans of the Netherlands of his example running through some impressive airwork!

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