This is an interesting boost glider. Wish Hobby Lobby had another one. It's kinda reminiscent of my high school days when we'd make loops out of paper and attach them to pencils and fly them through the classroom. Yeah, a type of paper plane.

When I was a member of COSROCS, we had a regional meet with CRASH in Denver. One of the fun events was paper airplane boost glide duration (along with a six-pack egg loft.....yes, it gave purpose to the Super Big Bertha). We didn't win the event but it sure fueled the imagination. Couldn't figure out how to get my ring glider into the air.

Now Estes came out with one. Not quite the design from my youth but still reminds me of the paper ring gliders.

This makes a perfect winter project because there is no painting involved. The only "craftsman" work is cutting out the glider from the provided pattern. The pattern is just taped into the ring so if you save a cut-out, you can make all different kinds of gliders from colored cardstock/poster board or print out your own design. Really fast and easy build. I'm planning on flying mine at the MSRS launch this coming weekend.

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