How to make a cool paper airplane that flies

We will refer to this pointed tip a couple times in the steps below. Step 5: Fold the pointed tip along the center line so it reaches the back end of the paper airplane and crease. Step 6: Unfold step 5 creating a middle crease. Step 7: Hold you finger on the center crease made in Step 6 and fold the wings downward.

As the body generally acts as the vertical stabilizer to the paper airplane, when your paper airplane flies to one side, the best way to counteract it is to adjust the back edge of the fuselage, think of this as the rudder. Before making changes to the rudder, crease all your folds again and see if your paper airplane will fly straight.

Step 1: The tutorial uses A4 80g printer paper. I’ve made this paper airplane with 70g A4 paper as well and it flies very well. Step 2: Fold the paper in half along the width. Step 3: Fold the two corners of the paper and align the sides to the center line. Step 4: Fold the edge of the wings and align it to the center line.

The easiest way to improve your paper airplane is to reduce drag, this is the force slowing it down. To reduce drag, you need to make sure the folds of your paper airplane are as flat as possible.