The general concept is to always have the center of gravity in front of the center of lift. For fast paper airplanes, the center of gravity is placed closer to the nose with the center of lift slightly behind it. For gliders and floaters, set the center of gravity close to the middle of the paper airplane with center of lift farther apart. According to an article in the Bangkok Post, the record for the longest flight indoors of an origami plane is 22.48 seconds - held by Takuo Toda, who is the originator of this paper airplane creation. It seems like an excellent way to get a quick video lesson to inspired your paper folding journey! Collins, who's known as "The Paper Airplane Guy," has written a new book offering instructions for folding not only his record-setting design, but stunt planes that do loops and flap their wings. Albatross Paper Airplane With its heavy nose and extra vertical stabilizers, this all purpose glider can float or be made to do acrobatics. It is designed to be an indoor craft and best made with medium to heavy weight paper. Click here for the complete step by step instruction on how to fold the Albatross paper airplane. Kingfisher Paper Airplane Step 4: Making the Envelope. Take your newly made pointy end and make it point in the opposite direction. You can do this by folding the pointy end such that it touches the baseline. It is also important to ensure that the new fold uses the entire new pointy end. When it is done, the new fold should be perpendicular to the baseline and you will Take a standard sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of paper. Fold in in half long ways, then unfold. Fold the top edges in so that they line up with the center line. At this point, this should look very similar to the most basic paper airplane design. Fold the top point down so that it touches the bottom edge of the paper. Best paper airplane design for distance flying technique: Hold the Plane behind the center of the plane's gravity center Keep your left foot slightly forward and launch it in 30 - 40 degrees angle, throw it steadily with a medium force. If it fails, tweak the tail wing slightly up and try again. Try different angles and forces now! May 5, 2017 - How to make a PAPER AIRPLANE (also called paper plane) that flies? On this paper airplane tutorial, I will show you step by step instructions of how to make 1. Fold paper in half lengthwise on a straight line. 2. Fold top right corner into the middle of the paper. The edge should line up along the center line. 3. Repeat Step #2 with the top left corner coming into the middle crease. 4. Fold paper in again from the right side to the center crease so that the points touch. The Best Paper Airplane Instructions Hannah Mcalister 35 260 Step by step instructions on how to make a paper airplane that will definitely fly! How to make the best paper airplane with voiceover tutorial. Good instructions for beginners! 07/22/22 Tags: Paper Report this item Login to leave a comment - Step One: Select a Design. We looked through all of our designs, picked one to start with, and my daughter and I sat down and followed the directions for the first airplane. If you've ever made origami, it's the same approach. Most of the steps were easy enough for her four-year old hands and mind, but I had to help her with a few of the 3. Unfold the paper. Then bring down the top two corners to form a triangle on each side. 4. Then fold in the pape