Cobra

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// FLIGHT MANUAL — MEDIUM DIFFICULTY
Cobra
11 STEPS — ~7 MINUTES — A4 PAPER
This is a paper airplane I designed which flies straight and true and is a fairly easy plane to make !
Cobra
// VIDEO GUIDE
// STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Paso 2: Hold a sheet of paper in portrait orientation and fold in ha - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 01
Hold a sheet of paper in portrait orientation and fold in half (lengthways) along the line shown in DIG. 1 then open out again.
Paso 3: Fold in the top left and top right corners of the paper to t - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 02
Now fold in the top left and top right corners of the paper to the centre line as shown in DIG. 2.
Paso 4: Fold down the tip of the plane to the centre of the bottom o - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 03
Fold down the tip of the plane to the centre of the bottom of the top triangle. This fold is shown by an arrow in DIG. 3.
Paso 5: Comes the first tricky bit. - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 04
Now comes the first tricky bit. Open up the paper to it’s original form so that the dotted lines shown in DIG. 4 mark out the creased lines on the paper.
Paso 6: Pull in the corners and top centre of the paper along the ar - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 05
Now pull in the corners and top centre of the paper along the arrows shown in DIG. 4 so that the plane passes through the step shown in DIG. 5. The plane should fall relatively comfortably into the form shown in DIG. 5 due to the existing creases.
Paso 7: Fold down the trapezium shape at the top of along the bottom - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 06
Fold down the trapezium shape at the top of DIG. 6 along the bottom edge of the folded down paper. There are little dotted indicators at each end of the line in DIG. 6 to indicate which line to fold along
Paso 8: Fold and unfold as indicated by the arrows This involves fol - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 07
Now fold and unfold as indicated by the arrows on DIG. 7. This involves folding the top left and right corners into the centre line of the plane at the bottom of the flap folded down in the previous step.
Paso 9: Flip over the plane and fold in the opposite direction along - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 08
Flip over the plane and fold in the opposite direction along the creases created in the previous step then unfold as indicated by the arrows in DIG. 8.
Paso 10: Follow step 10 diagram - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 09
Follow the diagram above.
Paso 11: The top left and right corners (labelled A and B) must now b - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 10
The top left and right corners (labelled A and B) must now be tucked under the flap formed in step 7 (coloured in red) so that they meet at the centre line of the plane at the bottom edge of that flap. The labels are shown in DIG. 9 and the folding should pass through the form shown in DIG. 10 where the red arrows indicate pressure being applied. The positions the arrows are applying pressure to are the corners labelled A and B.
Paso 12: Dobla el plane in half along the centre line keeping all the - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 11
Dobla el plane in half along the centre line in DIG. 11 keeping all the folded sections on the outside when folding.
Paso 13: Follow step 13 diagram - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 12
Follow the diagram above.
Paso 14: Fold down the wings along the dotted lines indicated and to  - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 13
Fold down the wings along the dotted lines indicated in DIG. 12 and DIG. 13 to give the form shown in DIG. 14 then open up to give the plane as shown at the top of the page.
Paso 15: I am really proud of this plane. - Cobra Avión de Papel
STEP 14
Follow the diagram above.
// HOW TO FLY

I am really proud of this plane. I created it during a lecture on Particle Physics (yawn) and it flies really well. This plane should be thrown hard and flat, very simple, very fast.