Paper plane tech log
Squawk SheetWrite down what each throw did. Get the engineer's fix, one adjustment at a time.
Pilots report what went wrong in the aircraft's technical log - a squawk - and an engineer writes the fix beside it. Do the same for a paper plane: one line per throw, in your own words.
a squawk, pinned where its fix goes the first fix, on the back edges a good flight damage
1 The plane and the throws free
One to eight throws. Say what it did: dived, climbed then dropped, turned left or right, spiralled, wobbled, landed short, flew well - or what got torn or soggy. Nothing is kept unless you press save.
2 The page's reading free
3 The engineer's entries metered
One run writes each squawk up as the engineer would: the defect as logged, one corrective action and why it works - then the first fix, how to throw next and the release line. It never changes the page's status, and the page checks every action against your throws.
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The page's check
4 Saved tech logs
How the page reads it
Each line is one throw. The page looks for what the plane did: damage (torn, soggy, crushed), a dive (nose first, straight down), a climb, then stall (shot up and dropped, swooped), a spiral, a bank to the left or right (turned, veered, curved), a wobble, lands short, or a good flight (glided straight, landed flat). Left and right are as you hold the plane to throw it, nose pointing away.
The status, checked in this order: a line shows damage - refold; else a line shows a flight fault - trim, then re-fly, starting with the first fix (pitch first: dive, then stall, then spiral, banks, wobble, short; the earliest throw breaks a tie); else fewer than two good flights - test flight needed; else cleared to fly.
Chapters follow the ATA 100 numbering airlines file maintenance under: 05 time limits and checks, 08 levelling and weighing, 27 flight controls, 53 fuselage, 55 stabilizers, 57 wings. The trims follow how control surfaces work: a back edge bent up pushes the nose up, and a back edge bent down on one wing lifts that wing.
A toy, not professional advice. Throw in a clear space, never towards people, animals or faces, and never from windows or heights. Keep paper clips away from small children.