Free paper airplanes,
paper helicopters and gliders, LEARN TO FLY...
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.
Floating
paper airplane Folding Instructions
Start with a plain piece of
A4 paper and fold it in half as
in DIG. 1.
DIG. 1
Then fold down a flap as
shown in
DIG. 2 and repeat the
process with a flap on the other
side to give you
DIG. 3.
DIG. 2
DIG. 3
Now fold over the
overhanging flap to give you
DIG. 4.
DIG. 4
Then turn the plane over and
fold the nose of the plane up to
give you
DIG. 5.
DIG. 5
Crease 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.
DIG. 6
Floating
paper airplane Flying Lesson
This paper airplane is best
indoors. It is quite stable but
any major wind outdoors causes
it to crash very quickly.
Try throwing this plane very
gently overarm with the nose
pointed slightly upwards holding
it about a quarter of its length
from the nose. In still
conditions outdoors or indoors
this will let it glide gently
for quite a long time and
distance.
If you make a flap at the
back of one of the wings by
snipping the paper twice for
about 1cm (1/2") into the wing
and making the two snips and
inch (2cm) apart and then
folding the paper inbetween the
snips up, the paper airplane
should gently glide in a circle
back to you. Whether the circle
is clockwise or anti-clockwise
depends on which wing you place
the flap (or aerlon).