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===Material considerations=== Compared to [[balsa]] {{nowrap|wood{{tsp}}{{mdash}}{{tsp}}another}} material commonly used to fabricate model {{nowrap|planes{{tsp}}{{mdash}}{{tsp}}paper's}} density is higher; consequentially, conventional [[origami]] paper gliders (see above) suffer from higher drag, as well as imperfectly aerodynamic wing chords. However, unlike balsa gliders, paper gliders have a far higher strength-to-thickness ratio: {{citation needed span|date=August 2021|a sheet of office-quality 80 g/m<sup>2</sup> [[photocopier]]/{{shy}}[[laser printer]] paper, for example, has approximate in-scale strength of aircraft-grade [[aluminium]] [[sheet metal]], while card stock approx{{shy}}imates the properties of steel at the scale of paper model aircraft.}}
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