The Glider (Paper Airplane)

By Dallin -
The basic airplane is a very easy model to fold and the finished product lets you have a little fun. It's a great pastime in the summer to make a bunch of them and see which ones fly the farthest, or even try modifying the wings to make it do flips or spirals.


Step 1: Take a rectangular (8.5 by 11) piece of regular paper, not origami paper, and lay it horizontal on a surface


Step 2: Valley fold the top edge down to the bottom one


Step 3: Crease and unfold


Step 4: Take the top right hand corner and valley fold it to the center line as shown below


Step 5: Valley fold the bottom right corner to the center as well


Step 6: Take the tip on the left hand side and valley fold the entire triangle portion like shown below


Step 7: Valley fold the top right corner down to the center line, at about the angle shown


Step 8: Do the same with the bottom right tip so that the two meet but don't overlap


Step 9: Now there is a small triangle of paper just to the left of where these two points meet. Valley fold that triangle to the right so it covers the two points. Sorry the pictures aren't the clearest because the white paper is hard to make out.



Step 10:  Mountain fold the bottom edge up behind the model so the two meet at the top. Also, turn the model around. It will look like this:



Step 11: Valley fold the top edge down to form a wing


 Step 12: Mountain fold the other wing down at the same angle


Step 13: Unfold the wings partially, making sure that they are pointing up, not straight across or down. This helps it fly better. Your airplane is now complete! To fly it, grip it at the triangular flap at the bottom and throw it gently.

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