Q&A for How to Make a Paper Airplane

Wet folding is an interesting technique, but it’s not ideal for making paper airplanes. Wet folding works best for creating smooth curves or rounded shapes because the slight dampness allows the paper to bend and hold softer lines without breaking. Also, paper airplanes rely on sharp, straight folds to fly well. Adding water makes it harder to achieve those clean edges, and moisture could weaken your paper, which makes your airplane flimsy and prone to tearing. If you're folding paper airplanes, stick to dry folding.

It can fly far if thrown correctly. The best way to throw is to grab the bottom of it between the back and middle. Keep your arm completely level or slightly tilted up while stepping forwards and swinging it ahead. Then let go. It takes some practice to master, but the better you get, the faster and further your paper airplane will go.

Yes, if you follow the instructions, making a paper airplane is easy, even the first time. If it doesn't fly as well as you would like, keep trying. Remember, practice makes perfect!

The 'classic' airplane can fly up to about 12 feet, depending on how well it is made, the type of paper, if there is wind, and how well it is thrown.

Yes, you just need to make sure you follow the instructions/guide very carefully.

You can use cardboard, but it would be harder and it wouldn't fly as far because it is too heavy.

Yes- you can use blank white printer paper and you will get the same result.

Yes, but it may be slightly more difficult because it's sticky.

No, you can use any size you want. As long as it is a rectangle, it will work just the same.

Fold the corners of the paper, then fold the paper in half backward vertically. Open the wings, and there you go.

The throw does not matter. The flight depends on how the plane was made.

Definitely Advanced, but it mostly depends on how you throw it. Personally I think the Advanced is easier to throw.

On this page, without any modifications, the advanced plane is probably your best bet.

Add more flaps onto the paper airplane to increase drag. To increase thrust, add more (control) surfaces.

Yes. A paper airplane can be made with almost any type of paper, as long as it isn't too heavy.

If you follow the instructions and make the plane correctly, then yes, it should!

The paper needs to be thin enough and thick enough to fly high and far, as well as not fall down easily. Printer paper would work.

226 feet,10 inches! On Feb. 26, former college football quarterback Joe Ayoob broke the world record.

Try to throw it harder. Use lighter paper like plain paper. You can use card stock but it might be too heavy.

It doesn't matter what paper you use, as long as it is not too heavy.

Yes! Keep practicing until you get it right. The only thing limiting you is your paper supply.

Yes. There are other ways. A few of them are simple, but many of them aren't.

You might not be holding it right. Hold it steady from the middle. Make sure that it stays straight, and don't try to fly it outside on a windy day.

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, invented the first airplane.

It depends on both weight and design.

Just fold the edges of the wings, and it will fly farther than normal.

No, a normal printer paper will do the job.

Throw it harder. The harder you throw it, the farther it will go.

It would go slower than a paper plane because a paper plane would be lighter, but it would probably be sturdier during a crash.

Just keep practicing the construction process. You are probably just folding the wings in a way that causes the plane to return to you.