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F-15 Eagle
U.S. Air Force
Build an easy paper jet model with your hands, some
scissors, two rules and some glue !
Check your handiwork skill !
Challenge a child to build it !
Assemble one as a gift for someone !
Collect the most famous jets in the world !
Once built, fly it !

Print in sheet 1, page 8 and opposite 8, in sheet 2 page 9 and in


sheet 3 page 10. Cut the pieces, bend on the lines to give shape
and paste with glue. The plane is balanced and should fly with minor
aerodynamic adjustments.
Whole process from assembly to flying is detailed in this document.

PaperAircrafts.com presents a flying paper-plane that attempts to


replicate as simple as possible the famous McDonnell Douglas F-15
decorated as 33d Fighter Wing based on Eglin AFB.

The F-15 is a twin engine, single seat, ground based, air superiority
fighter. First flew in july 1972 to replace the F-4 Phantom II. Its owners
are the USA, Israel, Arabia Saudi, Japan…

Enjoy !

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Index

How to build it………………...3


Note about printing Parts ….7
Parts………………………......8
Assembling………………….14
How to fly it…………..……...21
Airplane Stand………………27

Copyright Notice
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical. Any unauthorized use, sharing,
reproduction, or distribution of parts herein is strictly prohibited. The buyer of this
ebook may print as many copies as he want for his personal use.

Legal Notice
While attempts have been made to verify the correctness and reliability of the
information provided in this document, the author do not assume any responsibilities
for errors, omissions, or contradictory information contained in this publication.
The reader of this book assumes all responsibility and liability for the use of the
information and materials described in it, (like glue or scissors).

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How to build it

tools

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! Note about Glue

Before start
pasteing the aircraft,
check your glue:
Spread some glue
in a sheet of paper
and wait some
minutes. If the
paper gets wrinkled
or wavy, then, that
glue is not valid for
paper; the aircraft
would be deformed.
Suitable glues could
be “transparent
contact glue” usually
for repairing shoes.

√ X
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Print pages 8, 9 and 10


in common paper A4 or
Regular Letter. Print at
scale 100% to avoid
parts distortion and using
option ”Auto-rotate and
center pages”. Do not “fit
to page” or “shrink to
page”.
Cut parts over the
external lines.

Fold over the lines with


the help of the rules to
achieve the shape of
each part.
Note that you can bend
the paper on the lines
with the help of the
rules, (to the opposite
side) and after it, with
your fingers, on the
same line, to the
correct side to achieve
the final piece shape.

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Paste the parts puting glue in the overlaping


surfaces.

X
Put little amount of glue. Otherwise, the aircraft
would look ugly and it would weight too much.


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Note about printing Parts


There are four pages with parts to be printed on three
sheets of paper. Page opposite 8 must be printed behind
page 8 in order to the plane was correctly decorated. Check
option “Auto-rotate and center pages” but do not “fit to page”
or “shrink to page”. Pages 8, 9 and 10 must be printed with
100% scale to avoid parts distortion. If you want to print the
rest of pages use “fit to page” option.

Page 8 Sheet 1 Page opposite 8

Page 9 Sheet 2 Page 10 Sheet 3

If you want to build a static model (not to fly) you could print on a
high quality paper in high resolution. But if you want a flying model
it is better to use normal paper printed in low resolution for saving
weight and avoiding wrinkling the paper with excess of ink.

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Parts 5
5

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3
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Fold each part to achieve its shape

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8 12

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Assembling

11 15 13 17 16
8 7

1
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14
10
21

3
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1

2
2 Paste parts 1 and 2 in three
steps in order to facilitate it.

1
c
b
a

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4
a

5 5
3
5 5

3
4

3
6

d a

4
7
b

d
a

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14

c
a

19

Paste in a single step.

10 20

11

11
a

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13 14
15

12
15 16
7

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Cut these lines

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elevators
How to fly it
ailerons

flaps

leading edge flaps


(LE flaps)
Although the F-15 doesn’t have
leading edge flaps, we can use them
to improve some flights.

1 Aerodynamic cleanness

Elevators and wing must be


parallel. If the surfaces are
bent, force the paper with your
fingers trying to straighten
them. The aircraft could have

X √ defects, but they must be


symmetrical.

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2 Aircraft balanced

Rest the aircraft on two fingers so that the wing’s circles


get positioned just over them. If it keeps levelled and
does not fall…it is balanced.

√ Ready to fly

If it falls forward, the nose is


too heavy. Remove part or
whole piece 10

If it falls backward, it needs


more weight in the nose. Did
you paste parts 7, 10 and 12 ?
Add part or a whole piece 10.

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It is easier to throw the


3 Throwing aircraft keeping it on the
sight line and impelling it
on his longitudinal axis.

1.
2.

X
1. 2. 1. 2.

Once the easy


throwing is well
trained, try to
launch over head

X for a longer flight

3.
3.

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4 Correcting the flight path:


Pitch

If the aircraft pitchs down going to the ground, deflect upward


gently the elevators. Repeat the flight. If it keeps going down,
deflect the elevators upward a little more until the aircraft went
straight gliding.

If the gliding path osciles


like above… the elevators
may be too much deflected
upward. Reduce the
elevators upward deflection.

In this case the nose still needs a little


more weight. Cut a triangular piece of
paper and paste it in the nose

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+
If you achieve to stabilize the glide path but it is too inclined
downward… the nose may be too heavy. Remove part of piece
10 and reduce the elevators upward deflection.

Correcting the flight path: direction

To correct the turn, deflect the ailerons asymmetricaly like


each picture shows but very gently. The deflection in the
pictures is exaggerated; you would obtain the opposite efect.
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5 Advanced Flight
Once you have calibrated the glide path in pitch and direction,
you can try different aircraft performances.

“Cruise”: The aircraft will


pitch down,
oppose it, rising
the elevators a
Deflect down little.
the LE flaps a
little.

The aircraft will fly more smoothly

“Approach”:

Compensate the
pitch down,
Deflect a little more rising the
the LE flaps and elevators if
also the Flaps, (in needed.
both wings). The aircraft will fly slower.

“Landing”

Compensate the
pitch down,
rising the
elevators if
needed.
Deflect down the flaps
significantly, (both wings).

The aircraft will fly more slowly with a shorter glide path.

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F-15 Stand

1 2

1 2

2↓

1↓
3↑

F-15

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F-15 Stand

Glue line

2.1 2.2 2.3

2.4 2.5 2.6


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2.7 2.8 2.9

2.10 2.11 2.12 2


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2.13 2.14 2.15

2.16 2.17 2.18

2.19 2.20 2.21


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