The magic of paper airplanes lies in the frontal section of them, Some Paper Airplane doesn’t cross a meter and they fall, because of their poor principles of construction. In order to make a best paper airplane, you need to make the nose-heavy. So when you throw them the frontal weight takes them in the correct position. Fighter ‘s trifold design frontal section has double the usual weight allows them to perform better in sturdy air. To try scroll down.
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Supplies Required:
- A4 Sheet of Paper or a Foolscap Paper with 70-90 GSM
- Ruler or Flat thick object to flatten the folded edges to make a strong crease.
Step 1:
- The first step is keeping your paper in portrait – orientation over the table
- Valley fold it from left to right and UNFOLD
- Do another fold from Top to Bottom and UNFOLD as shown in Fig.1
Step 2:
- Now, Fold the top section of the Paper to the centre crease you just made in step 1 (Yellow dot to dot)
Step 3:
- Fold it down again with the central horizontal crease as the centre
- Refer Fig.3 for your doubts
Step 4:
- Now, Bring the top right-hand edge to the centre line and top left-hand edge to the centre line with the yellow spot as the point of meeting
Step 5:
- Fold the nose section down to half of it length as shown in Fig.5 (Yellow dot to dot)
Step 6:
- Mountain fold the plane into half to the back section and also please check the Symmetry between both half
Step 7:
- Fold the wings with – half the length of the frontal section as shown in Fig.7
Step 8:
- Now, do the trifold by lifting up the whole diagonal section to the upside
- Do the same for the other side too
- If you have doubts just look at the Fig.8
Step 9:
- Yes, you’re right! You have successfully made the fighter plane. It performs well and good
- Also, gives a smooth flight performance on Gentle launches.
- Try with dihedral wing for different flight performance
Fighter flying technique:
- Hold the Plane behind the centre of the plane’s gravity centre
- Keep your left foot slightly forward and launch it in 30 – 40 degrees angle, throw it steadily with a medium force. If it fails, tweak the tail wing slightly up and try again.
- Try different angles and throw forces now! Wow, That’s how one learns properly with more trying and flying. Kudos!
- For More Techniques – Go to Flight Science > Flying Techniques. You will find far more than any other tricks available on the internet for How to fly Paper airplanes!
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