Navy Plane

Designed to look like a fighter jet, this paper airplane is made for speed.

Navy Plane

Designed to look like a fighter jet, this paper airplane is made for speed.

Throw this paper jet as fast as you can and go for distance.

Hard difficulty Letter & A4 Paper Distance Time aloft Measurements

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

1. Holding the paper horizontally, fold in half and then unfold.

2. Fold down both top corners to the center.

3. Fold the tip of the plane down to meet the previous fold. If you are using A4 paper, fold it only half way to the previous folds.

4. Fold down the top right corner, aligning it with the center.

5. Now repeat with the left corner.

6. Turn the plane around and fold the right bottom corner to the center.

7. Repeat with the other side.

8. Next, fold the right edge towards the center, as shown.

9. Repeat with the left edge.

10. Now, fold the plane in half towards you.

11. Fold one wing down as shown.

12. Repeat with the other wing.

13. Finally, fold up the two tail flaps.

Final Paper Airplane Design

If your jet dives towards the ground, create some elevons on the wings and bend them up a little bit to get your paper jet to stay aloft longer.

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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	29.5 ft / 9 m
Time Aloft Average Time Aloft Thrown by a 10yr old	2.6 sec

Convert to Imperial	Letter Paper
Length The distance from nose to tail	14.8 cm
Wingspan The longest distance from wingtip to wingtip	10.2 cm
Wing Chord The average length of the wing, from front to back	5.2 cm
Wing Area The area of all wing surfaces	53.3 cm²
Wing Loading The averaged weight carried by the wings	863.2 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.

References

• Great Paper Airplanes

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