Water Plane

This paper airplane is made to look like a boat.

Water Plane

This paper airplane is made to look like a boat.

It glides through the air like a boat glides through water, slow and smooth.

Easy difficulty Letter & A4 Paper Time aloft Acrobatic Measurements

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

1. Fold the paper in half and then fold in half again.

2. Open the previous folds up. Mark a point about 4 inches (10cm) down from the top and fold down along that point.

3. Fold the top two corners in to the closest crease.

4. Unfold and then accordion fold the top corners into the inside.

5. Fold the two outer flaps in to the center line.

6. Fold the airplane in half towards you.

7. Accordion fold the top point into the inside, as shown.

8. Finally, fold both wings out to create the wings.

Final Paper Airplane Design

This slow glider tends to float in big loops instead of going in a straight line. Avoid taping or closing up the front part of this paper airplane. The wide plow in the front is what makes it look like a boat and float slowly.

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These beautiful, easy to follow, paper airplane folding instructions can be downloaded and printed as many times as you want. Simply follow the printed instructions and fold along the indicated lines to make a perfect paper airplane, every time.

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Number of Folds	8
Distance Flown Average Distance Thrown by a 10yr old	18.7 ft / 5.7 m
Time Aloft Average Time Aloft Thrown by a 10yr old	2.7 sec

Convert to Imperial	Letter Paper
Length The distance from nose to tail	17.7 cm
Wingspan The longest distance from wingtip to wingtip	10.9 cm
Wing Chord The average length of the wing, from front to back	15.4 cm
Wing Area The area of all wing surfaces	167.4 cm²
Wing Loading The averaged weight carried by the wings	274.8 g/m²

The Wing Loading is how much of the paper airplane's weight is being lifted by each unit area of the wing's surface. In general, an airplane with a lower wing loading will glider better. A standard piece of 75gsm printer paper is used for all of these measurements across the website.

References

• The Worlds Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book

• High-Flying Paper Airplanes

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