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✈ Paper Airplane Flight — 2D Glide Path and Phugoid Oscillation

2D side-view companion of the paper airplane flight: point-mass glider with quadratic lift and induced drag, ideal glide line, force arrows, phugoid oscillation and two analytic checks (glide ratio and Lanchester period).

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Paper Airplane Flight — 2D Glide Path and Phugoid Oscillation ↗ Open standalone
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2D side-view companion of the paper airplane flight: point-mass glider with quadratic lift and induced drag, ideal glide line, force arrows, phugoid oscillation and two analytic checks (glide ratio and Lanchester period).

Paper AirplaneAerodynamic FlightGlide RatioPhugoid

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

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