The glider’s structure was 3D-printed with ABS plastic just 0.2-millimeters thick (the nose was made slightly thicker at 8-millimeters) so it’s incredibly lightweight and frail, but with its ...

The fighter's short wings are going to create bigger vortices, and more drag, than the glider's. "They have a 777, and they want to turn it into a glider," Ullrich says.

At the Smithsonian | April 11, 2022. This Quirky Contraption Lifted 19th-Century Pilots Into the Air for a Short, Exhilarating Glide. The rare Lilienthal glider, one of only a few originals known ...

Students glued, screwed, bolted, nailed, and welded together the cantilever fuselage and various components made of wood, plywood, and steel tubes. They covered the entire glider with 1/16-inch 3-ply ...