Avião de Papel Dardo Clássico

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Classic Dart

5 STEPS — ~4 MINUTES — A4 PAPER

This paper airplane is designed for bored people in offices, lectures and classrooms the world over. 7 folds and throw, there isn’t a difficult part in making this plane. I must dedicate it to Peter Batey who received my email for a few weeks and sent me this design.

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// STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 01

1. Take an A4 sheet and fold it in half DIG. 1

STEP 02

2. Fold the short edge of one side down to the first fold (ie produces a 45Degree angle). Do This for the other side too. DIG. 2

STEP 03

3. Fold down the new fold you have created to the original fold you did in (1). Repeat for the other side. DIG. 3

STEP 04

4. Do step 3 again for both sides DIG. 4

STEP 05

5. Hold Centre and open wings out. Now Throw!!! DIG. 5

// HOW TO FLY

Oh come on we all know how to fly these! Well I’ll just give a refresher course. You throw this plane overarm and on the level. It will fly quite far and very straight if you have made it correctly. It is very hard to make it so poorly that it crashes. It flies very well indoors and out.

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13 June 2026

Foguete de Papel

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Foguete de Papel

1 STEP — ~3 MINUTES — A4 PAPER

You’re right this is not a paper airplane either but is supremely simple to make and has some very interesting science behind it. This was shown to me by a Cambridge (UK) Physics lecturer so must be a great paper airplane (kinda).

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Passo 1: Simply cut out the below shape from a piece of card. - Foguete de Papel

STEP 01

Simply cut out the below shape from a piece of card. Ideally something like a cereal box with one water resistant side.

// HOW TO FLY

Place the rocket on the surface of a sink full of pure water (there must be no soap in the water so rinse the sink out once first). Now drip some washing up liquid into the hole in the center of the rocket cut out. The rocket should shoot across the water.

This is showing the effect of surface tension. At the back of the rocket where the washing up liquid exudes the surface tension becomes zero but it is still high elsewhere around the rocket. Therefore the resultant force propels the rocket forward. The sink will have to be emptied and refilled before you do this again. This is bad for the environment in the amount of water you use so don’t do this too may times.

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13 June 2026

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Origami III

7 STEPS — ~5 MINUTES — A4 PAPER

This is a really easy to make paper airplane that you will love flying again and again. The blunt nose makes it really easy to reuse as it does not easily get damaged. It is another classic design that has been around for many years and I really like it.

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// STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 01

Dobre o square piece of paper along the two diagonals on DIG. 1 creasing well on both lines and opening out the paper again afterwards.

STEP 02

Now fold along the dotted line in DIG. 2 bringing the left hand edge to the diagonal center line from top right to bottom left. This will give you DIG. 3.

STEP 03

Now fold along the dotted line in DIG. 3 which should make things nice and symmetrical again.

STEP 04

Dobre o tip down on the existing crease as shown by the arrow in DIG. 4

STEP 05

Now fold the blunt nose over again along the dotted line in DIG. 5

STEP 06

Now fold along the center line marked on DIG. 6

STEP 07

Now fold the wings down along the dotted lines in DIG. 7

// HOW TO FLY

This paper airplane can be thrown overarm quite hard with the nose pointing slightly upwards or can be thrown in a sweep from underarm as hard as you can directly upwards. It should then sort itself out and fly down to earth very well. This plane is great indoors or out.

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