Floating Paper airplanes

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Floating paper airplane

This paper airplane is really very good. With its wide wing span and the stabilising

winglets at the end of wings it is very stable and flies very far.

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Floating paper airplane Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

Start with a plain piece of ! paper and fold it in half as in DIG. 1

DIG. " DIG. #

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Then fold down a flap as shown in DIG. 2and repeat the process with a flap on

the other side to give you DIG. 3

DIG. !

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$ow fold over the overhanging flap along the line in DIG. 3to give you DIG. 4

DIG. %

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Then turn the plane over and fold the nose of the plane up to give you DIG. 5

DIG. &

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'rease again along the middle line and then fold along the dotted lines in DIG. 6.It is important that the folds at the ends of the wing are folded downwards so you

get a plane as at the top of the page otherwise the plane flies upside down.

Floating paper airplane Flying

This paper airplane is best indoors. It is (uite stable but any major wind outdoors causes

it to crash very (uic)ly.


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Try throwing this plane very gently overarm with the nose pointed slightly upwards

holding it about a (uarter of its length from the nose. In still conditions outdoors or

indoors this will let it glide gently for (uite a long time and distance.

If you ma)e a flap at the bac) of one of the wings by snipping the paper twice for about

1cm *1+",- into the wing and ma)ing the two snips and inch *"cm- apart and then foldingthe paper inbetween the snips up the paper airplane should gently glide in a circle bac)

to you. Whether the circle is cloc)wise or anti/cloc)wise depends on which wing youplace the flap *or aerlon-.

Rapier Paper Airplane

I love this plane *I did design it but I can brag can0t I- it flies li)e a glider but has the

elegant shape and great precision of a dart. This plane is the best of both worlds and is soeasy to ma)e it must be the best plane on the site2


Rapier Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

3irst ta)e a rectangular ! *4 1+", by 11,- sheet of paper and fold down the centerdotted line on DIG. 1opening it out again afterwards.
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DIG. "

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Ta)e the first 1cm *1+",- of the rectangular sheet and fold it up along the dotted

line in DIG. 2

DIG. #

#

3old the flap over and over until about #+4 of the length of the sheet is folded in

this concertina fashion as in DIG. 3this should give a heavy and thic) front lip.

DIG. !

!

$ow fold along the two dotted lines in DIG. 3bringing the top edges into thecenter line and fold along the center line to give DIG. 4as a side view

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3old the wings down along the dotted line in DIG. 4one either side of the center.

$ow the plane should loo) li)e the diagram at the top of the page.

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The rapier paper airplane is another great plane for trying to hit your teacher or lecturer

with. It flies fast and true indoors e5actly where you want it to go.

6ust hold it about 1+! of its length from the nose tip and throw it overarm (uite gently. Ifyou want the plane to circle ma)e one wing higher at the bac) than the other *but only

slightly-. This will ma)e the plane circle with the lower wing towards the center of thecircle. 7e careful not to po)e anyone0s eye out though2

Nic!s Paper Airplane

This paper airplane is a superb glider it is very well balanced indeed even when made by

the most ine5perienced child. It can be (uic)ly made from a sheet of ! paper and I

really li)e it. I drew this page up and placed it on the internet within a day of learning toma)e this paper airplane.


Nic!s Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

3irstly fold the sheet in half along the line shown in DIG. 1and then open it outagain.
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DIG. "

"

3old the two top corners in to the center line to give the form in DIG. 2

DIG. #

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Then fold the top large triangle over so that the two flaps formed in step " are

underneath the large triangle. 8our paper should now loo) li)e DIG. 3

DIG. !

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3rom the form in DIG. 3fold the two top corners into the center line again in

such a way that you get the form in DIG. 4

DIG. %


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$ow fold the small triangle up over the two flaps to give DIG. 5

DIG. &

&

3old along the center line so that the small triangle is on the underside of the

plane on the outside along with the two flaps as shown in DIG. 6

DIG. 9

9

3old along the line 7 on DIG. 6then turn the plane over and do the same to the

other side producing DIG. ".

DIG. 4

4

3old along the line labelled 7 on the diagram first one way and then the othercreasing really well. Tuc) the triangular shaped depression inbetween the two

wings to produce DIG. #. This stabilises the plane if you do not ma)e it perfectly

since to ma)e it absolutely symmetrically is beyond my abilities.

Nic!s Paper Airplane Flying

This paper airplane is easy to throw. 8ou should throw it overarm with the nose pointingslightly up while holding the plane about 1+! of it0s length from the front.

$ic)s paper airplane will fly a very long distance indeed. If you throw it outdoors and

you have made it from a large piece of paper it can fly for hundreds of meters. If you

throw it on a very hot day from an upper storey window it can catch thermals and thenyou0re really tal)ing2

$riga%i Paper Airplane III


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This is a really easy to ma)e paper airplane that you will love flying again and again. Theblunt nose ma)es it really easy to reuse as it does not easily get damaged. It is another

classic design that has been around for many years and I really li)e it.


$riga%i Paper Airplane III Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

3old the s(uare piece of paper along the two diagonals on DIG. 1creasing well

on both lines and opening out the paper again afterwards.

DIG. "

"

$ow fold along the dotted line in DIG. 2bringing the left hand edge to the

diagonal center line from top right to bottom left. This will give you DIG. 3.
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DIG. #

#

$ow fold along the dotted line in DIG. 3which should ma)e things nice and

symmetrical again.

DIG. !

!

3old the tip down on the e5isting crease as shown by the arrow in DIG. 4

DIG. %

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$ow fold the blunt nose over again along the dotted line in DIG. 5


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DIG. &

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$ow fold along the center line mar)ed on DIG. 6

DIG. 9

9

$ow fold the wings down along the dotted lines in DIG. "

$riga%i Paper Airplane III Flying

This paper airplane can be thrown overarm (uite hard with the nose pointing slightlyupwards or can be thrown in a sweep from underarm as hard as you can directly upwards.

It should then sort itself out and fly down to earth very well. This plane is great indoorsor out.

$riga%i Paper Airplane II

To my )nowledge this plane is 6apanese in origin and it is a fantastic flier you will love

it. :lay around with it add stabilisers and flaps it can be a good stunt plane too.


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$riga%i Paper Airplane II Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

3irstly fold the sheet in half along the line shown in DIG. 1and then open it out

again mar)ing the (uarter line at the top as shown in DIG. 1.

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Then fold the bottom left hand corner to the top (uarter line along the dotted line

shown in DIG. 1to give you DIG. 2. ;a)e sure the flap is folded from the center

line to the top (uarter line precisely otherwise the plane is unsymmetrical.

DIG. "

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Then fold the top left hand corner to the top (uarter line along the dotted line

shown in DIG. 2to give you DIG. 3.

DIG. #

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$ow fold the tip mar)ed as to the point on the base mar)ed 7 along the dotted

line shown in DIG. 3. Then open the plane out again leaving a firm crease.

DIG. !

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$ow fold the left point to the crease made in Step ! along the dotted line shown in

DIG. 4

DIG. %

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$ow fold the blunt left edge to the crease made in Step ! along the dotted lineshown in DIG. 5and fold the whole thing over along the crease made in Step ! togive DIG. 6

DIG. &

9

$ow fold along the center line mar)ed on DIG. 6to give DIG. "


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DIG. 9

4

$ow fold wings down along dotted lines in DIG. "

$riga%i Paper Airplane II Flying

I would advise you to throw this paper airplane inside overarm as hard as you can almost

level with the ground but perhaps *if anything- tilted slightly up towards the s)y when

you release the paper airplane.

8ou could also throw it underarm as hard as you can in the air. If it catches a bree


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DIG. 1

1

Starting with an ! piece of paper fold as shown in the diagrams to the left.

DIG. "

DIG. #

DIG. !


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DIG. %

DIG. &

DIG. 9

DIG. 4

DIG. =

D%itri!s Paper Airplane Flying

This is another classic design which Dmitri )indly showed me over email. It flies very

well thrown hard or soft my main advice is to throw this plane parallel to the ground and

not angled up or down when you throw it. Try adding flaps on the wings to get it to do

stunts.

Dragon Paper Airplane


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This is my own design of paper airplane. If you ma)e the wings completely level and

throw it hard overarm it will fly fast and level indoors for #> meters or more and it is(uite good outside too. So try it out.


Dragon Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

3old along the dotted line down the center of DIG. 1then open the paper out andfold along the diagonal lines at the top to give DIG. 2.

DIG. "

"

3old along the diagonal lines in DIG. 2bringing the top left and top right edges into meet along the center line as shown in DIG. 3.
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DIG. #

#

3old along the hori


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$ow finally fold along the center line and dotted lines in DIG. 6to give you the

paper airplane as shown at the top of the page. Throw it hard overarm and it

should fly very level and very straight for a long distance.

Dragon Paper Airplane Flying

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DIG. "

"

$ow fold down the nose you are left with along the dotted line in DIG. 2to give

the body in DIG. 3.

DIG. #

#

3old along the two dotted lines in DIG. 3forming the shape in DIG. 4*having

brought the two sides of the front edge to meet in the center line-.

DIG. !

!

$ow fold along the center of the plane and fold down the two wings as indicated

by the dotted lines in DIG. 4to give you a plane loo)ing li)e that at the top of the

page. To improve flight the two wingtips at the very rear of the plane should befolded up totally.

&d%onton '(ado) Paper Plane Flying

This plane is very often biassed to one side or another and will turn this way or that. If

you ma)e it absolutely perfect this will not happen but it is practically impossible toma)e it perfectly.


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To throw the paper airplane throw it gently overarm and it will glide in a wide circle

down to the ground. I would always advise folding up the wingtips to give the plane more

lift.

*rape+iu% Paper Airplane

This paper airplane is all wing with a heavy nose. The structure of the nose is (uiteunusual but very effective. Aven if thrown as hard as possible at a wall it will be

undamaged. The last time I saw the first one of these I made it was flying towards theSevern estuary from the top of a tall tower in 7ristol.


*rape+iu% Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

DIG. 1

1

3old your sheet of ! paper along the diagonal lines shown in DIG. 1

DIG. "

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8ou should get the shape shown in DIG. 2

DIG. #

#

Bpen it out to give DIG. 3and fold along the dotted line shown

DIG. !

!

:ush in from the two points labelled in DIG. 3to give the shape in DIG. 4.

DIG. %

%

$ow flatten out this form and fold along the dotted lines in DIG. 5. 8ou should

find you are folding in flaps created by the previous folds.

DIG. &

&

This should give you the form in DIG. 6. gain now fold along the dotted linewhich gives DIG. "


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DIG. 9

9

3old along the two dotted lines in DIG. "again this is just bringing in the two topflaps.

DIG. 4

4

This should give you the form in DIG. #

DIG. =

=

The triangular flap in the center *underneath the two flaps you just produced-should have two poc)ets. Tuc) the flaps produced in step 9 into these poc)ets as

shown in DIG. ,

DIG. 1>

1>

8ou should be left with a piece of paper loo)ing li)e DIG. 1-

DIG. 11


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11

$ow turn the plane over and fold along the lines labelled ' and 7' in DIG. 11.

These folds are very important if you want to produce a plane that flies absolutelylevel.

*rape+iu% Paper Airplane Flying

This plane flies well indoors but is useless outdoors as the slightest bree


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DIG. "

"

$ow fold in the top left and top right corners of the paper to the centre line as

shown in DIG. 2.

DIG. #

#

3old down the tip of the plane to the centre of the bottom of the top triangle. This

fold is shown by an arrow in DIG. 3.

DIG. !

!

$ow comes the first tric)y bit. Bpen up the paper to it0s original form so that the

dotted lines shown in DIG. 4mar) out the creased lines on the paper.


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DIG. %

%

$ow pull in the corners and top centre of the paper along the arrows shown inDIG. ! so that the plane passes through the step shown in DIG. 5.

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The plane should fall relatively comfortably into the form shown in DIG. % due to

the e5isting creases.

DIG. &

9

3old down the trape


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DIG. 4

=

3lip over the plane and fold in the opposite direction along the creases created in

the previous step then unfold as indicated by the arrows in DIG. #.

DIG. = DIG. 1>

1>

The top left and right corners *labelled and 7- must now be tuc)ed under the

flap formed in step 9 *coloured in red- so that they meet at the centre line of theplane at the bottom edge of that flap. The labels are shown in DIG. ,and thefolding should pass through the form shown in DIG. 1-where the red arrows

indicate pressure being applied. The positions the arrows are applying pressure to

are the corners labelled and 7.

DIG. 11

11

3old the plane in half along the centre line in DIG. 11)eeping all the folded

sections on the outside when folding.


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DIG. 1" DIG. 1# DIG. 1!

1"

3old down the wings along the dotted lines indicated in DIG. 12and DIG. 13to

give the form shown in DIG. 14then open up to give the plane as shown at the

top of the page.

o/ra Paper Airplane Flying

I am really proud of this plane. I created it during a lecture on :article :hysics *yawn-

and it flies really well. This plane should be thrown hard and flat very simple very fast.

slow plane

This plane was designed apparently on the !th of 6anuary 1==#. I don0t believe a word of

it but it is (uite recent. I0ve had to cheat the aerodynamics slightly by my standards at

least. ?owever the result is a plane that flies in a wonderful trajectory either slowly or
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fast which is (uite rare. I would recommend this plane for those dull lectures sitting on

the bac) row as it will fly very slowly right to the front to the amusment of fellow

students.

Notes on t(e contruction

1. Standard beginning. ! piece of paper folded down the middle ma)ing creases attwo corners.

". Then fold as shown creases so the mar)ed edges join up well.

#. The same folds as several of my planes *nos " and %- apart from the vertical one

*on the diagram- is also a valley fold.!. 3old one corner over using the creases that are already there *mar)ed in light

grey-. 7e careful to )eep the other folds whilst doing this as it has a tendancy tomove them.

%. Then fold the top flap under along the center/line of the plane. I find this a lot

easier if I ma)e the fold by creases the entire plane in a mountain fold along this

centre/line then just folding the top flap under.&. Do the same with the other half of the plane. 3irst fold the entire flap over along

the crease line.

9. gain fold this flap under as in step %. 8ou can use the same method of before offolding the entire plane in half to ma)e the crease first. ?owever be careful that

you do this accurately as you can easily get the problem that the two halves of theplane overlap in the middle which ma)es the final step *of folding the plane inhalf to fly it- harder.

4. $ow ma)e the usual folds to get the wings and the flaps. I thin) that the fuselage

should be around "cm deep and the flags should ta)e up about half of the

remaining wing widthC in this case around !.#cm. $ow is the cheat that I try not touse. ;a)e another fold to the upright flaps by folding the edges over so that the

pairs of lines meet up. This creates e5tra wings that are at an angle to the main
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wings. This gives the plane e5tra lift without which it plummets into the ground.

;a)e all these folds to be right/angles to create the plane.

Notes on t(ro)ing

7asically this plane is suited to flying slowly as it doesn0t really ever seem to stall although it seems to respondvery well to e5tra speed / but not by instantly hitting the ceiling. gain it will fly best if thrown straight and

confidently.

f15

This plane is my second oldest I thin). This plane is tempremental to say the least. Avenif the utmost care is ta)en over contruction the outcome seems to be pretty random. ;ost

fly badly rolling over continuously during flight. ?owever the ones that fly well are

complete stormers which is why I have included this design. Indeed a modified version*I have forgotton what the modifications were of course- was one of the stars of the show

when Tim W I went down to the gym at school regularly flying the complete length of

the gym.
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1. Standard beginning. ! piece of paper ma)ing creases at two corners.

". Then fold as shown creases so the mar)ed edges *1 mar) " mar)s- join up well.

#. The more e5treme version of this fold at this point ma)ing the creases for the0waterbomb0 fold of the ne5t step. This is the same beginning as plane no. "

*which was decended from this plane-.

!. 3olding the sides up into the middle should bring the front over if the creasesmade in the previous step are good enough. 8ou will find that the sides when

folded into the middle overlap underneath the top flap.%. To ma)e the ne5t fold easier fold the entire plane in half in a mountain fold.&. This is the tric)y step well nigh impossible actually. This is what I got rid of in

plane no. " and you will see why now. Eemember the side flaps from step ! that

overlapped Well you want to fold these *and no other flaps- in a mountain fold

along the centre/line of the plane so that they fold bac) onto their own sideinbetween the bac) *the main part- of the plane and the top *which is the front of

the plane folded bac) over from step !-. 8ou0ll probably have to )ind of unfold

the previous couple of steps to be able to get at the bit of the plane in the middlethat you want to fold. The creases should already be there from step %.

&a is a picture of what the plane should now loo) li)e if you view it from thebac) *the right hand side in the plan views- loo)ing 0up0 the plane. The top of this

picture is the front of the plane folded over the bottom is the bac) of the plane.The sides are the side flaps that were first folded in from step ! and have now

been folded bac) on themselves. Good luc)2

9. $ow ta)e just the top layer of the plane and fold it up and over so that the points

match up at the front of the plane. This is the same fold that is used in plane !. s
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you ma)e this valley fold the sides will fold over and into the middle of the plane.

8ou want to fold these down so that they just meet in the middle.

4. $ow ma)e the usual folds to get the wings and the flaps. I thin) that the fuselageshould be around "cm deep and the flags should ta)e up about half of the

remaining wing widthC in this case around !.#cm. ;a)e all these folds to be right/

angles to create the plane. $ote@ when folding the fuselage do not fold over thetwo flaps at the front which were created by the previous couple of foldsC these

should stic) up to create the 0coc)pit0 of the 31%.

Notes on t(ro)ing

s I said before this plane will either be brilliant or crap / there is no middle ground. When it flies well there isalmost no lift so this is a really speed merchant. Thrown fast enough it will travel long distances easily and on a

flatter trajectory than most darts. If you build one that flies well / tell me about it2 The bad version of this plane

spirals down in to the floor. Bccasionally ma)ing a tail upright will sort this out. 8ou do this by cutting or tearinthe fuselage *only2- at an angle about #/!cm from the bac) of the plane. 8ou want to cut it so the cut is closer to

the bac) of the plane at the bottom of the fuselage further away from the wings. 8ou then fold this up so it stic)up above the wings the opposite way from the fuselage.

japanese flyer

This plane is another older one around the end of 1==1. It is a bit tric)y to foldC it

probably has the most influence from origami. It is not as predictable in the amount of liftit has as my other planes but I have included it none the less mainly because I thin) it

loo)s pretty good. It0s also true that most people probably couldn0t fold it first time which

always is impressive if you0ve got an audience.
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1. The beginning of this plane in the same as :lane $o. #. Fsual ! piece of paper

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pictures and that flies (uite micely. gain ma)e all the folds to => degrees with

all the surfaces flat.

Notes on t(ro)ing

This should fly straight however you can bend the bac) of the vertical flaps in theappropriate direction just a tad if it doesn0t. Sometimes this plane has too much lift when I

ma)e it but just gently *and I mean gently / it0s very easy to overdo- curve the bac) of

the wings down to reduce lift or up to increse it. 8ou0ll find that the wings will actuallystay li)e this for (uite a while so you shouldn0t have any other major problems. This

plane doesn0t really )eep well / some of my others *notably $o. 1- you can pic) up off the

floor+wardrobe+coving and will fly as good *if not better- than ever. This plane tends todegrade a bit faster but ma)es up for it with good loo)s. 7it li)e some women really...

bucket plane

This plane was designed around early 1==1 the same time as Bld 3aithfull. ?owever I0ve

never really used it although it can fly very well. I thin) the reason is that you have toma)e a fold with no guidelines to fold from. ?owever it is easy to become reliable about

this 0random0 fold and the rewards are considerable. This plane can be made with varying

amounts of lift / either a flat flyer or a gentle glider. Anjoy.
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1. Standard beginning. Fse a piece of ! paper *"=9mm"1>mm- to ma)e this

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cture dart

This plane was designed in my first year at Hing0s in the first term for flying in ;aths1 lectures in the 'oc)roft ecture Theatre $ew ;useums Site. It can be thrown very

hard and has a nice flat trajectory but is by no means an out/and/out dart. It also has the

benefit that it is very easy to fly / you can just pic) it up off the floor and chuc) it.

Notes on contruction

In terms of constrution it is slightly more aw)ward than :lane $o. 1 to build. It has adifferent beginning but the same ending folds as :lane $o. 1.

1. Fse a piece of ! paper *"=9mm"1>mm- to ma)e this plane. 'rease the

hor


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!. Same as for :lane $o. 1. If the previous creases are strong then this should be

obvious. The two flaps that go 0inside0 will have to lie on top of each other as they

both cross over the hori


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handle wind *if thrown the right way into the wind- and has made it off oughborough

campus from an 11th storey window in the middle of the site.


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