Mosquito

A compact paper airplane that glides quickly across the room.

Mosquito

A compact paper airplane that glides quickly across the room.

This paper airplane design has a thick blunt nose that makes it very durable. It won't get bent up as easily when it bumps into an obstacle.

Medium difficulty Letter & A4 Paper Distance Time aloft Measurements

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

1. Fold the paper in half and then unfold.

2. Fold the right side over to the left, unfold and repeat with the left side.

3. Unfold and then fold the top down so the fold goes through the X formed by all the other creases.

4. Unfold again and then fold the right side down to the diagonal crease.

5. Repeat with the left side.

6. Fold the top down to the bottom.

7. Fold the top edge down as shown, using the fold in step 3 as a guide.

8. Fold the point back up.

9. Now, fold both sides in.

10. Fold both sides in again.

11. Next, fold the top point back down.

12. Fold the entire airplane in half, away from you.

13. Finally, fold out both wings so that the body is fairly short.

Final Paper Airplane Design

Give the wings an upward dihedral angle to improve stability and use a small bit of tape to hold that angle. Bend the tail flaps up just slightly and carefully adjust them to get the airplane to fly straight and level.

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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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Number of Folds	12
Distance Flown Average Distance Thrown by a 10yr old	36.8 ft / 11.2 m
Time Aloft Average Time Aloft Thrown by a 10yr old	1.8 sec

Convert to Imperial	Letter Paper
Length The distance from nose to tail	12.9 cm
Wingspan The longest distance from wingtip to wingtip	13.9 cm
Wing Chord The average length of the wing, from front to back	8 cm
Wing Area The area of all wing surfaces	111.7 cm²
Wing Loading The averaged weight carried by the wings	411.9 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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