Its REALLY easy to make gliders using Easel and the X-Carve, and while you COULD do the same with a knife, wheres the fun in that?\r<br>Subscribe to my channel: \r<br>\r<br>Heres what youll need:\r<br>(purchasing via these affiliate links supports ILTMS)\r<br>Balsa Wood strips 1/16 - \r<br>Balsa Wood strips 3/32 - \r<br>\r<br>For more details check out \r<br>\r<br>Check out FliteTest for more RC planes, multi-rotors and more!\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>MORE PROJECTS, POSTS AND EVENTS\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Want to support ILTMS? There are lots of ways .. find out more at \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>BUY A SHIRT, STICKER OR A HANDMADE ITEM!!\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>FOLLOW:\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>I started a design, purely out of my head, in Illustrator, but there are free design software options, like Inkscape, as well. I just made sure the slits for the wings and tail were as wide as the material I was using for the wings.\r<br>Saving the design as an .svg file, I imported it into Easel and scaled them up to my final size.\r<br>I copied the wing and tail pieces to a new file, since they use a different thickness material than the body.\r<br>I used 3/32 balsa wood that I got from a craft store.\r<br>Balsa is very thin and soft, so the X-Carve can cut it quickly and easily.\r<br>For the wings, I used 1/16 balsa.\r<br>Make sure to use tabs in Easel, to hold the pieces in place while theyre being cut out.\r<br>The tabs were quickly cut away with a sharp blade.\r<br>I slid the wing and tail pieces into the slots, and it was almost ready.\r<br>I added two paper clips to the front for a little weight.\r<br>Then I spent way too much time decorating the glider with markers.\r<br>I decided to also try making a glider from dense styrofoam insulation from a big box store.\r<br>I scaled the design up a bit, and resized the slots to match the new material thickness (1).\r<br>I tried, miserably, to shape the wings and body with a rasp to help it fly better.\r<br>Finally, I screwed in a heavy screw to the nose to add some weight.\r<br>Heres my complete balsa glider!\r<br>Heres my complete styrofoam glider!\r<br>Check out the video above to see how they flew! Second channel: bit.ly/iltms-2
