DIY Airplane Play Structure
by
Rogue Engineer
(IC: blogger)
For a long time now, we have wanted to build a small play structure for the kids out back. We wanted something that would encourage imagination and, well, be different. Since I’m an aerospace engineer my wife suggested we build an airplane. I knew this was going to be tough. I wanted to design a plane that was fairly simple and could be built in a weekend. The problem was actually making it look like a plane and yet still be an easy build. In case you didn’t know, airplanes have pretty complex surfaces. Nonetheless, after a couple design iterations I think we nailed it
DIY Airplane Play Structure
Cut List
Overview of dimensions
Step 1: Assembling the wing
Testing out the plane with his co-pilot
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Published July 8th, 2015 8:02 AM
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Jeremy Kalo Shane on Apr 29, 2018
Thanks for the plans!
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Donna Bates on Apr 19, 2021
Kids will have a great imagination playing. Fantastic
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Do you have all of the plans for this? I would love to make this for my little one!
Do you have all of the plans for this? do you have metrick (cm) ?
I would love to make this for my little one!
many greeting from belgium johan