for this project I’m going to show you
how to raise a squadron of 3d fighter
jet puzzles and assemble an elite fleet
of foam fighter jets that will fly as
straight as an arrow and cruise over 40
feet away to start this project you’ll
just need a piece of foam board from the
dollar store it doesn’t matter whether
it’s a black or white board because
we’re just after the foam on the inside
pick one of the corners and use a
fingernail to carefully peel the top
layer off the board then flip it over
and peel the paper off the other side as
well this should leave you with a nice
large sheet of medium density styrofoam
now the next thing you’ll need are these
styrofoam cutting templates I made for
building an su-27 fighter jet I’ve put a
link in the description to where you can
get those print off the templates and
use a sharp pair of scissors to
carefully cut around the outlines of the
puzzle pieces as neatly as you can and
take time to do a good job because the
finished product will only be as
straight as your cuts now if you printed
your templates on full-page label paper
you can simply peel off the backing and
stick the pieces directly to the foam
otherwise just use some glue to slap
them on instead I cut and pasted all my
pieces to the foam board so let’s get
ready to slice and dice with electricity
the quickest cleanest and easiest way to
cut these styrofoam shapes is with the
styro-slicer’ I showed you how to make a
previous project this homemade wire foam
cutter uses electricity to heat up a
very thin wire and melt through
styrofoam like butter
flip the red switch to the normal power
setting then press the control knob to
get the electricity buzzing and turn up
the dial it should only take about two
seconds for the system to heat up and
you can see the instant the wire touches
the foam it glides right through it
without any trouble at all now I find
the best approach to precision styrofoam
slicing is to simply rough out the
individual pieces first then focus on
tracing the templates themselves once
they’re smaller and easier to handle you
can see how the wire slices through the
foam with ease but notice how it doesn’t
actually cut through the paper that
means that anything you can make out a
paper you can now make into foam when
you finish tracing the edges you should
be able to pop the templates right out
of the foam leaving you with clean and
professional-looking puzzle pieces
alright our 3d puzzles nearly ready for
assembly there’s just one thing we need
to do first the little white slots on
the paper still need to be cut out so
find a sharp knife with a pointy tip and
carefully begin carving along the edges
I put a piece of scrap foam on the
bottom to help protect my work surface
see it gives the blade a little better
penetration through the foam as well now
when all four sides are cut simply press
it with the tip of a knife and the piece
should fall right out leaving a clean
blank hole in its place go ahead and cut
the other slots the exact same way and
your 3d puzzle is ready for assembly now
to do a quick check to make sure you
have 29 puzzle pieces that look like
these and it’s okay to leave the paper
glued to the foam because I designed it
so that you could now rather than
spoiling the fun and showing you how the
puzzle goes together I’m gonna let you
try and figure it out by yourself but
the pieces are made to interlock and
hold themselves together without glue
these finish 3d fighter jets make an
awesome addition to your desktop or
dresser and can make really fun gifts as
well the aircraft is modeled after an
su-27 fighter jet and if you give it a
gentle tug upward it’ll separate right
off the base you can see how the
missiles and each of the other
components interlock with each other
making the jet surprisingly robust and
durable considering it’s made of foam
now when you’re done admiring your
handiwork just look on the underside
directly in the center and you’ll find a
hook for connecting it back to the base
simply push the stand into place and
your foam fighter stands proudly on its
own until you need it for the next
mission not just for fun I tried peeling
the paper off the templates and made a
couple versions in plain white foam
which actually look pretty cool in and
of themselves in fact I made a whole
squadron of different shapes sizes and
models which are all really awesome but
would be even cooler if they could fly
now with a few modifications I just
created a fling fighter jet version
that’s powered by rubber bands and will
easily cruise over 40 feet away the
designs similar to the 3d puzzle but
it’s different enough that I gave it its
own template the fling fighter jet only
has four pieces to cut out which can be
done quickly and easily the same way you
made the others and similar to the
puzzle the pieces are designed to
interlock and hold themselves tightly
together as well now you will need a way
to balance your foam fighter so it flies
straight and I recommend using a small
wire nail like the kind used for hanging
pictures carefully push one down into
the nose and it’ll shift the center of
gravity forward now the way to the nail
you need will be different depending on
the type of foam you use the elevation
you’re at and the temperature so you’ll
need to experiment with which Nails work
best for you in your area but in my
experimenting number 16 wire nails
between one and a quarter inches to one
and a half inches work best for me when
you’ve got your jet perfectly balanced
it’ll shoot as straight as an arrow
load your fling fighter by looping an
elastic band around the hook under the
cockpit then grab the tab at the tail of
the jet pull back to power it up then
simply aim and release these fling
fighters can be launched over and over
and they fly impressive distances
especially indoors well now you know how
to convert pieces of dollar-store foam
board into interactive fling fighters or
arrays a micro air force of 3d fighter
jet puzzles you made yourself by the way
with the styro-slicer’ you’re not just
limited to making airplanes either in
fact you can make anything you can think
of well that’s it for now if you liked
this project perhaps you’ll like some of
my others check them out at the king of
random calm hey guys thanks for watching
another one of my videos this one was
sponsored by my friends at Casper
because apparently they’re fans of
making things out of foam as well my
wife and I believe a good night’s sleep
can really affect health and wellness
because when you do the math it turns
out you spend about a third of your life
in bed so when Casper approached us a
year and a half ago with the challenge
to experiment with there obsessively
engineered mattresses we accepted you
can see it’s a really nice looking
mattress with a breathable hand so
uncover and the mattress itself is a
cool hybrid of premium latex foam and
high density memory foam the idea being
that with these two technologies
combined you get just the right sink and
just the right balance all in one
package and I can confirm that we love
our Casper mattress and have for nearly
a year and a half and now Casper wants
you to experience their mattress as well
with their risk free return policy
Casper will ship a mattress to your
house for free give you three months to
fully enjoy it and if it’s not the best
mattress you’ve ever tried they’ll come
get it with no expense to you these
mattresses are made in America and sold
online which cuts out the middleman so
you don’t have to spend fifteen hundred
dollars to five thousand dollars on big
name brands instead simply go to Casper
comm slash the king of random and get a
mattress from between five hundred
dollars for twin sized to nine hundred
and fifty dollars for luxury king-size
and use the promo code the king of
random when you check out to get an
extra $50 off the price tag there’s free
shipping to the US and Canada and don’t
forget you have a hundred days to return
it so use the promo code the king of
random and start experimenting with the
Casper mattress tonight thanks again for
all your support and I’ll see you in the
next project video talk to you then
[Music]
pay a special shout-out in big thanks to
everyone supporting these projects on
patreon your donations are helping me
make more videos and helping me find
bigger and better ways to give back to
the community thank you kindly for your
generosity and made a good karma you’re
sending out so freely return to bless
you back with interest
[Music]
how to raise a squadron of 3d fighter
jet puzzles and assemble an elite fleet
of foam fighter jets that will fly as
straight as an arrow and cruise over 40
feet away to start this project you’ll
just need a piece of foam board from the
dollar store it doesn’t matter whether
it’s a black or white board because
we’re just after the foam on the inside
pick one of the corners and use a
fingernail to carefully peel the top
layer off the board then flip it over
and peel the paper off the other side as
well this should leave you with a nice
large sheet of medium density styrofoam
now the next thing you’ll need are these
styrofoam cutting templates I made for
building an su-27 fighter jet I’ve put a
link in the description to where you can
get those print off the templates and
use a sharp pair of scissors to
carefully cut around the outlines of the
puzzle pieces as neatly as you can and
take time to do a good job because the
finished product will only be as
straight as your cuts now if you printed
your templates on full-page label paper
you can simply peel off the backing and
stick the pieces directly to the foam
otherwise just use some glue to slap
them on instead I cut and pasted all my
pieces to the foam board so let’s get
ready to slice and dice with electricity
the quickest cleanest and easiest way to
cut these styrofoam shapes is with the
styro-slicer’ I showed you how to make a
previous project this homemade wire foam
cutter uses electricity to heat up a
very thin wire and melt through
styrofoam like butter
flip the red switch to the normal power
setting then press the control knob to
get the electricity buzzing and turn up
the dial it should only take about two
seconds for the system to heat up and
you can see the instant the wire touches
the foam it glides right through it
without any trouble at all now I find
the best approach to precision styrofoam
slicing is to simply rough out the
individual pieces first then focus on
tracing the templates themselves once
they’re smaller and easier to handle you
can see how the wire slices through the
foam with ease but notice how it doesn’t
actually cut through the paper that
means that anything you can make out a
paper you can now make into foam when
you finish tracing the edges you should
be able to pop the templates right out
of the foam leaving you with clean and
professional-looking puzzle pieces
alright our 3d puzzles nearly ready for
assembly there’s just one thing we need
to do first the little white slots on
the paper still need to be cut out so
find a sharp knife with a pointy tip and
carefully begin carving along the edges
I put a piece of scrap foam on the
bottom to help protect my work surface
see it gives the blade a little better
penetration through the foam as well now
when all four sides are cut simply press
it with the tip of a knife and the piece
should fall right out leaving a clean
blank hole in its place go ahead and cut
the other slots the exact same way and
your 3d puzzle is ready for assembly now
to do a quick check to make sure you
have 29 puzzle pieces that look like
these and it’s okay to leave the paper
glued to the foam because I designed it
so that you could now rather than
spoiling the fun and showing you how the
puzzle goes together I’m gonna let you
try and figure it out by yourself but
the pieces are made to interlock and
hold themselves together without glue
these finish 3d fighter jets make an
awesome addition to your desktop or
dresser and can make really fun gifts as
well the aircraft is modeled after an
su-27 fighter jet and if you give it a
gentle tug upward it’ll separate right
off the base you can see how the
missiles and each of the other
components interlock with each other
making the jet surprisingly robust and
durable considering it’s made of foam
now when you’re done admiring your
handiwork just look on the underside
directly in the center and you’ll find a
hook for connecting it back to the base
simply push the stand into place and
your foam fighter stands proudly on its
own until you need it for the next
mission not just for fun I tried peeling
the paper off the templates and made a
couple versions in plain white foam
which actually look pretty cool in and
of themselves in fact I made a whole
squadron of different shapes sizes and
models which are all really awesome but
would be even cooler if they could fly
now with a few modifications I just
created a fling fighter jet version
that’s powered by rubber bands and will
easily cruise over 40 feet away the
designs similar to the 3d puzzle but
it’s different enough that I gave it its
own template the fling fighter jet only
has four pieces to cut out which can be
done quickly and easily the same way you
made the others and similar to the
puzzle the pieces are designed to
interlock and hold themselves tightly
together as well now you will need a way
to balance your foam fighter so it flies
straight and I recommend using a small
wire nail like the kind used for hanging
pictures carefully push one down into
the nose and it’ll shift the center of
gravity forward now the way to the nail
you need will be different depending on
the type of foam you use the elevation
you’re at and the temperature so you’ll
need to experiment with which Nails work
best for you in your area but in my
experimenting number 16 wire nails
between one and a quarter inches to one
and a half inches work best for me when
you’ve got your jet perfectly balanced
it’ll shoot as straight as an arrow
load your fling fighter by looping an
elastic band around the hook under the
cockpit then grab the tab at the tail of
the jet pull back to power it up then
simply aim and release these fling
fighters can be launched over and over
and they fly impressive distances
especially indoors well now you know how
to convert pieces of dollar-store foam
board into interactive fling fighters or
arrays a micro air force of 3d fighter
jet puzzles you made yourself by the way
with the styro-slicer’ you’re not just
limited to making airplanes either in
fact you can make anything you can think
of well that’s it for now if you liked
this project perhaps you’ll like some of
my others check them out at the king of
random calm hey guys thanks for watching
another one of my videos this one was
sponsored by my friends at Casper
because apparently they’re fans of
making things out of foam as well my
wife and I believe a good night’s sleep
can really affect health and wellness
because when you do the math it turns
out you spend about a third of your life
in bed so when Casper approached us a
year and a half ago with the challenge
to experiment with there obsessively
engineered mattresses we accepted you
can see it’s a really nice looking
mattress with a breathable hand so
uncover and the mattress itself is a
cool hybrid of premium latex foam and
high density memory foam the idea being
that with these two technologies
combined you get just the right sink and
just the right balance all in one
package and I can confirm that we love
our Casper mattress and have for nearly
a year and a half and now Casper wants
you to experience their mattress as well
with their risk free return policy
Casper will ship a mattress to your
house for free give you three months to
fully enjoy it and if it’s not the best
mattress you’ve ever tried they’ll come
get it with no expense to you these
mattresses are made in America and sold
online which cuts out the middleman so
you don’t have to spend fifteen hundred
dollars to five thousand dollars on big
name brands instead simply go to Casper
comm slash the king of random and get a
mattress from between five hundred
dollars for twin sized to nine hundred
and fifty dollars for luxury king-size
and use the promo code the king of
random when you check out to get an
extra $50 off the price tag there’s free
shipping to the US and Canada and don’t
forget you have a hundred days to return
it so use the promo code the king of
random and start experimenting with the
Casper mattress tonight thanks again for
all your support and I’ll see you in the
next project video talk to you then
[Music]
pay a special shout-out in big thanks to
everyone supporting these projects on
patreon your donations are helping me
make more videos and helping me find
bigger and better ways to give back to
the community thank you kindly for your
generosity and made a good karma you’re
sending out so freely return to bless
you back with interest
[Music]
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