The Spike
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7. Pull out from underneath, and free, the large flap to get to
diagram 8.
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8. ...and fold it back underneath the triangles,
(hidden underneath) locking the flap into position, underneath.
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9. Fold in the lengthwise edges to the
center while pulling the nose forward,
halving the model's width.
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10. The next step is complex. Make sure you take a good look at diagram 11 so
that you know where you're headed, and pay careful attention to which folds
are dot-coded as mountain folds, and which are supposed to be valley folds!
Precrease these folds.
The right part of this diagram shows what will become
the rear end of the airplane. Unold that portion of the lengthwise folds back
out once again while at the same
time folding what will become the nose (at left, above) into the center of
the airplane, all the while respecting the small folds coded above as
mountain or valley folds.
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11. First, carefully fold the diagonals along the nose,
and let them spring back up slightly. Then fold the whole
nose structure forwards, along the dotted lines which
run up and down behind the nose structure. This will rotate
a part of it underneath.
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12. Then fold the wings up and down as
indicated (note the center mountain fold),
to get the result shown in figures 13 and 14. Fold
up the triangular tabs at the back of the wing only as much as is
neccesary for a proper flight.
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13. To launch: release the plane carefully and fairly gently
to start the Spike flying.
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14. The spike in flight.
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