Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers Adventure pdf - ER - NASA

10. Turn the glider over again and insert a toothpickin the center of the left rib line as shownand add a bit of glue. Then insert the otherend of the toothpick into the front edge of theupper wing and glue. Add another toothpickin the same way to the right rib line. (If theStyrofoam is thin, glue these to the undersideof the upper wing instead.)10.11. (Optional) Cut enough .6-inch (1.5-centimeter)toothpick pieces to stick into the back edge ofeach wing on the lines to simulate the ribs.12. For display, the kite can be hung on a threadand strings can be added to be held by kneelingplastic toy soldiers. ADULTS: You may addfigures by cutting, swapping, and gluing partsof plastic army soldiers. To obtain the desiredposes, arms and legs can be removed andsome from other soldiers glued in their place.Guns and helmets should be trimmed awayusing a hobby knife and the figure arms andlegs can be shaped, swapped, or repositionedto fit and glued on. Five-minute epoxy worksbest for this. See steps 12 of the 1901 Gliderinstructions (pages 52 and 53) for moredetailed illustrations.11.12.Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers’ Adventure EG–2002–12–007–GRC45