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✈️ Paper Airplane Glide - 2D Flight Path

2D companion of the paper airplane glide sim: side-view flight path with lift, drag and weight arrows, speed and altitude graphs, equilibrium glide marker and a vacuum plus steady-glide numerical check.

Everyday Physics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Paper Airplane Glide - 2D Flight Path ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the paper airplane glide sim: side-view flight path with lift, drag and weight arrows, speed and altitude graphs, equilibrium glide marker and a vacuum plus steady-glide numerical check.

Paper AirplaneGlide AngleAerodynamic Lift

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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