Miura's Not-So-Space Ship

In August, I made this modification of Edu Solano Lumbreras' ship design to have a collapsible sail.

Please pardon the poor lighting.

The design of the sail is based of the Miura-Ori fold (aka the best way to fold a map), which astrophysicist Koryo Miura applied on a japanese spacecraft (hence the title).

the Miura-Ori fold (credit: British Origami Society)

I initially designed this model while studying the mathematics of folding at Harvard, but I was not happy with how to sail expanded up-down instead of out-in. This new version opens up correctly. 🙂

I'm really proud of this design; I think it's a really cool application of the Miura-Ori fold.