How to build best paper airplane design for distance!

This is all about how to fold and make the best paper airplane design, some gentle folds and precision is what you need in the first place. As you are reading this tutorial, you are one of the interested paper plane enthusiast. Statistically the better kind of planes are made of good papers. Paper planes are simple to fold, cheapest, importantly it is a lot of fun intended activity for a family. In fact as a kid I enjoyed making paper planes during 90’s. Considering the number of designs available in the internet it is more than counting factor. Every little kid at the end of every street knows a different one no matter what. But the distance paper airplane was taught by my dad who actually got to know from his dad from early 60’s. Without a further delay let’s make the paper plane model to reach some distance!

Two minutes for Noodles! isn’t it? Three minutes for Paper planes! It’s that simple with liftndrift*

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 horizontal — orientation over a table or over a flat surface
  • Fold it from left to right and UNFOLD
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Step 2:

  • Bring the Top Right-hand edge and Top Left-hand edge to the center crease and fold them
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Step 3:

  • Bring the Nose down to the bottom of the paper and align it with the center line and fold them (Yellow dot to dot)
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Step 4:

  • Now, pull up folded nose to upside of about 1/4th of the nose
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Step 5:

  • Now, mountain fold the plane into half as shown in fig.5

Step 6:

  • Fold the wings down on both sides with the dotted lines as the center.
  • Refer fig.6 & fig.7

Step 7:

  • Fold the winglets on both sides of the wing in upside direction
  • Check the fig.7 for doubts.
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Step 8:

  • Your Best paper airplane design for distance is ready for a giant leap!
  • Try them in your garden, school ground or in an open field – But I am sure it is gonna make you so excited with its performance!
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Best paper airplane design for distance flying technique:

  • Hold the Plane behind the center of the plane’s gravity center
  • 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 forces now! Wow, That’s how one learns properly with more trying and flying. Kudos!
  • For More Techniques – Go to Flight Science – Science behind paper airplanes > 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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