Paper Aeroplane
Step One
Start with an A4 sheet of paper. The exact size is not important, it should be rectangular not square.
Step Two
Fold over the left hand corner as shown.
Step Three
Crease
Step Four
Result
Step Five
Fold over the right hand corner.
Step Six
Result
Step Seven
Fold over the right hand corner.
Step Eight
Crease
Step Nine
Fold down the center line from front to back.
Step Ten
Fold the resulting left hand tip up as shown.
Step Eleven
Crease along the bottom edge.
Step Twelve
Repeat the same procedure on the right section.
Step Thirteen
Fold the left hand point back.
Step Fourteen
Crease.
Step Fifteen
Mirror the same folds on the right panel.
Step Sixteen
Bend the left panel as shown.
Step Seventeen
Crease from back to front only 2/3 of the way.
Step Eighteen
Study photos 18 and 19 carefully. These folds are difficult to describe. Try to duplicate them as shown in the photos.
Step Nineteen
Mirror the folds on the right.
Step Twenty
Turn the plane over and fold the point back and crease as shown.
Step Twenty One
Turn the plane over again. The result should be similar to the photo.
Step Twenty Two
Crease wing as shown.
Step Twenty Three
Moisten the crease with your tongue. Do this slowly and carefully or you could receive a painful paper cut on your tongue.
Step Twenty Four
Carefully tear off strip of paper. Save the strip of paper because you are going to need it to make the tail.
Step Twenty Five
To make the tail, fold down the center of the strip of paper to form a trough.
Step Twenty Six
Tear as shown to form control surfaces. The folds should be parallel with the bottom of the trough.
Step Twenty Seven
Fold wings up.
Step Twenty Eight
Fold the right wing down as shown in photos 28 and 29. Take special care to angle this fold in such a way so that the leading edge of the wing is slightly higher than the trailing edge.
Step Twenty Nine
Study this photo and you will see that the fold is not exactly parallel with the trough at the bottom but slightly angled as described in photo
Step Thirty
At this point the plane should look like picture 30 above.
Step Thirty One
Bend the wingtips up.
Step Thirty Two
Insert tail into slot under wing.
Step Thirty Three
Finished at last!
Aircraft shown with landing gears down. Note: the craft does not fly as well with the gears down. It's time to fly your plane!
