V-Wing

A smooth sailing paper airplane with a simple silhouette.

V-Wing

A smooth sailing paper airplane with a simple silhouette.

Like a stealthy spy plane, this paper glider flies quietly through the air.

Medium difficulty Letter & A4 Paper Requires scissors Distance Time aloft Measurements

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

1. First, cut off the bottom to make a perfectly square piece of paper.

2. Fold the sheet in half and then open back up.

3. Fold both upper corners to the center line as shown.

4. Fold the top point down to meet the corners from the previous step.

5. Fold the right upper corner to the center again.

6. Repeat with the other side.

7. Fold the paper airplane in half away from you.

8. Finally, fold out the wings. They should come to a point in the front and taper up towards the back.

Final Paper Airplane Design

This steady glider is very reliable and requires few adjustments, but you can fold the tail flaps up or down as needed to get this paper airplane to fly level and straight.

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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	35 ft / 10.7 m
Time Aloft Average Time Aloft Thrown by a 10yr old	1.7 sec

Convert to Imperial	Letter Paper
Length The distance from nose to tail	18 cm
Wingspan The longest distance from wingtip to wingtip	17.2 cm
Wing Chord The average length of the wing, from front to back	10.9 cm
Wing Area The area of all wing surfaces	186.8 cm²
Wing Loading The averaged weight carried by the wings	191.1 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 Ultimate Guide to Paper Airplanes

• Best Ever Paper Airplanes

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