More Pizza Tray Gliders
2,470 views · Published 11 March 2014 · 9:51 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: GrandadIsAnOldMan · 2014 · Science & Technology
Expecting a sunny day today so I wanted to fly some gliders. I destroyed most of the previous batch flying them to destruction so decided to make some more last night. In the end I made 3 and each is slightly different with the final one having barbecue skewers glued to the leading edge of the wing to give extra strength. I only show one build session in this video but the other 2 are close enough and follow the same general build. The components are all the same. All the planes survived their flights today, so I must have got something right. Components - 2 polystyrene pizza trays 2 or 3 barbecue skewers 1 flower cane 1 wooden drink stirrer Scrap of cardboard for fin and elevators Rubber bands to hold wing to fuselage Large hexagonal nuts are used for weights Clearly many parts of the world do not have polystyrene pizza trays. They are just the packaging that my local supermarkets use for pizzas. I use them because they are free and would otherwise be thrown away. You could use any polystyrene or styrofoam packaging you can find or even buy foam board from model shops. The foam I am using is about 5mm thick. Tools - Hot glue gun Sharp knife Steel ruler pen Related playlists Aircraft https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0nZItxE_78EJP0F99Ghaki Pizza Trays Projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB04GN5yvwwJipBl8tm3-LcD Pizza Tray De Havilland Mosquito https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2vw43V2xKeu1I-C2y1QKbn Pizza Tray Flying Car https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1XmUrtUx1ZmUtvWF3rmkm9 Another pizza tray aircraft https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB166fV86ythXzHwVFFEkAc9 My Channel page https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan Oldest videos https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=da Most Popular https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=p&flow=grid&view=0 Newest videos https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=grid Playlists https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandadisanoldman/ Merchandise - Check both of these links if you are interested as the prices will vary and the shipping charges will be different. http://www.redbubble.com/people/grandadiaom/portfolio http://grandadisanoldman.cottoncart.com/ I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides https://youtu.be/ceBSOoOHcgw or https://youtu.be/Zj4UgwkwYRk My "GrandadsOtherChannel" channel is generally where I will host the videos that give extra detail or longer versions of the videos I post on my main channel https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadsOtherChannel
