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An acrobatic paper airplane design that will corkscrew through the air.

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Light Spinner

An acrobatic paper airplane design that will corkscrew through the air.

As this paper plane makes wide spirals through the air imagine what it would be like if you were sitting inside.

Medium difficulty 13 folds Letter & A4 Paper Distance Acrobatic 22.8 ft / 7 m

Average Distance
Thrown by a 10yr old

2.4 sec

Average Time Aloft
Thrown by a 10yr old

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

Step 1

1. Fold the top right corner to the left side.

Step 2

2. Open the sheet back up and repeat the same step with the left corner.

Step 3

3. Open the sheet back up and accordion fold both sides in so it looks like this.

Step 4

4. Next, fold the top point down to the middle edge.

Step 5

5. Fold both triangle flaps into the center.

Step 6

6. Take each triangle flap, fold them up and tuck them into the previously folded top triangle.

Step 7

7. Fold the plane in half with the triangle on the outside.

Step 8

8. Fold out both wings about 1 inch (2.5cm) from the center.

Step 9

9. Finally, fold out the wing flaps in opposite directions, one up and one down.

Final Paper Airplane Design

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The wing flaps are folded in opposite directions. This will cause this paper plane to spiral through the air like a corkscrew. Adjust the wing angles to modify the size of the spiral.

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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.

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