The Online Paper Airplane Museum



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|Almost everyone has folded a paper plane. They're fun and easy. The designs are endless--from war planes to sleek gliders to stunt planes. Here's one paper |

|airplane design. Try it out, and then experiment on your own. |

|For a printable version of this project, click here. |

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|Materials |

|• paper -- legal size (8.5" x 14") works best |

|• paper clips, tape, and anything else you want to experiment with! |

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|Instructions |

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|1. Start with a legal size piece of paper. Note: in these instructions green is the back side of the paper. |

|2. Fold the top, right-hand edge down as shown. Unfold. |

|3. Fold the top, left-hand edge down as shown. Unfold. |

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|4. The paper should look like this. The dotted lines are the creases or folds. |

|5. Turn the paper over. Fold the top edge down to the bottom of the creases. It should look as above. Unfold. |

|6. Turn the paper back over. It should have the above creases. |

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|7. Poke the center point where all the creases meet. Fold the top edge down and the sides in, as shown. |

|8. The top half of the paper collapses into a triangle. |

|9. Turn the paper over. Fold the top point down. |

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|10. Fold the right hand corner down as shown. |

|11. Fold the left hand corner down as shown. |

|12. Fold the flap up. |

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|13. Turn the paper over and fold it in half. |

|14. Position the paper as shown. |

|15. Fold the top edge down to meet the bottom edge. Crease well. |

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|16. Turn the paper over. Fold the top edge down to meet the bottom edge. Crease well. |

|17. Straighten the wings and let it fly! |

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|A Step Further |

|Now you know the basics. You can make additions and changes to your paper plane or you can get creative and design your own fabulous flier. Here are a few things|

|to think about as you work on getting your creation airbourne. |

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|Wings |

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|To make your plane fly farther, give it bigger wings. For a zippy stunt plane, try smaller wings. What happens if you give your plane flaps, or “ailerons”? In |

|real planes, left and right ailerons work together to make an airplane turn in flight. When the left aileron angles up, it creates a downward force, making the |

|left wing drop. Meanwhile, the right aileron angles down. This increases lift and raises the right wing. The plane turns to the left. Try bending your paper |

|airplane's ailerons. What happens if you bend them up or down, make them bigger or smaller? |

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|Rudder |

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|Changing rudder position changes the direction a plane’s nose points--and the direction the plane flies. Give your plane rudders by making flaps in the tail |

|section. Try different rudder positions and see how they affect flight. |

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|Extras |

|Think about planes loaded with people, pets, fuel, and food. Does it matter where all this weight is placed in the plane? You can experiment with weight and |

|balance by putting tape or paper clips on different parts of your plane. Does making your plane with thicker or thinner paper change the way it flies? |

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|Throwing |

|The way you throw your plane will affect its flight. Different planes fly better depending on how you throw them. Try throwing your plane straight up into the |

|air vertically for loops. Throw gently in a horizontal direction for gliding. |

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