Fun Flyer

This paper airplane is fun to fold and fun to fly.

Fun Flyer

This paper airplane is fun to fold and fun to fly.

Try throwing it straight up and see if you can catch it on the way down.

Hard difficulty Letter & A4 Paper Distance Measurements

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

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

2. Repeat the last step with the other side.

3. Open the sheet back up and accordion fold the sides into the center.

4. Fold the bottom ends of the triangle shape to the top point.

5. Fold down both flaps of the diamond shape, then unfold.

6. Fold the top edges of the diamond shape to the middle and then unfold.

7. Repeat with the bottom edges of the diamond shape and unfold again.

8. Now, accordion fold both the top and bottom triangles in at the same time and pinch the middle upwards.

9. Fold the little center flaps up towards the top.

10. Flip the airplane around and fold the top down so the center flaps now stick out in front.

11. Fold the plane in half away from you.

12. Fold down the first wing as shown.

13. Finally, fold out the second wing.

Final Paper Airplane Design

Allow the body to remain open for best performance. Pinch it just enough to give your fingers something to grip. If it tends to dive, bend up some small flaps in the back.

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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	13
Distance Flown Average Distance Thrown by a 10yr old	26.4 ft / 8 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	13.9 cm
Wingspan The longest distance from wingtip to wingtip	19.5 cm
Wing Chord The average length of the wing, from front to back	10.3 cm
Wing Area The area of all wing surfaces	200.8 cm²
Wing Loading The averaged weight carried by the wings	229.1 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.

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