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King Bee

This acrobatic paper airplane looks like a bee and darts around like one too.

If you throw this paper plane at the right angle, it will wiggle back and forth like a bee hunting for flowers.

Medium Difficulty 9 folds Requires scissors acrobatic 20.2 ft / 6.1 m

Average Distance
Thrown by a 10yr old

1.7 sec

Average Time Aloft
Thrown by a 10yr old

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

Step 1

1. Fold the corners down to each side and unfold.

Step 2

2. Fold the top down so the three creases line up.

Step 3

3. Open up the sheet and accordion fold the sides in.

Step 4

4. Fold both edges of the triangle to the center (top layer only).

Step 5

5. Fold the top back to meet the bottom edge of the other side.

Step 6

6. Fold up both middle flaps up.

Step 7

7. Fold plane in half away from you.

Step 8

8. Fold down one wing as shown and then repeat with the other.

Step 9

9. If you want, fold up the tips of both wings and/or cut two aileron slits on the back of each wing.

Final Paper Airplane Design

King Bee

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Printable Folding Instructions

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.

Sample Paper Airplane Printable Instructions

Sample Paper Airplane Printable Template

Sample Paper Airplane Printable Template

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References

• The Worlds Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book

Of Interest

• Motorized Propeller for Paper Airplanes

• Paper Airplane Launcher

• Foam Airplanes

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