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Paper Aeroplane: Thunder Bomber

Paper Aeroplane: Thunder Bomber
This is one of the very best of paper aeroplanes, it is extremely stable in flight and glides excellently. It is fairly easy to make with no complex folds and no cutting needed.
 
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Take an A4 piece of paper and find a smooth, flat surface to do your folding.

1. Crease down the vertical centre of the paper from side to side, then unfold.

2. Fold across the horizontal centre of the paper from top to bottom.

3. Now you have to fold the paper along a line from the top of the central fold to the bottom corner.

4. It should look like so.

5. Now fold from the top corners to the crease that you just made.

6 You should now end up with this.

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Apr 14, 2012. 2:48 AMchin2293 says:
mine is not flying well please mention sumthing abt hhow to throw fr best flight
Nov 24, 2011. 5:30 AMvtoma1 says:
mine sucks.i did it just like in the instructions but flies like someone burnt it
Feb 25, 2012. 12:51 PMdjbox9 says:
lol
Jul 23, 2009. 1:52 PMjamesfgr says:
instructions are unclear and pictures unhelpful.
Jan 29, 2012. 7:20 AMrawknexstuff says:
I disagree with James, I feel it was done quite well, and I'm a freshman in high school!
Oct 28, 2011. 5:48 PMjmoore33 says:
oh im stuck at step 3
Aug 5, 2011. 3:03 AMorenski says:
My son LOVES this bomber plane! I also got a bit lost on the "1. Fold the top flap back and then fold down the centre line. " part, but worked backwards when I got to the end and realised I needed to do this for both sides and then carry on. This is the second time I have made it and I now remember that I mucked up in the same place :) Thanks so much for taking the time to post this, makes my life easier as my son is obsessed with paper planes at the moment!
Aug 6, 2011. 3:11 PMOrigamiAirEnforcer says:
Perhaps he should take a look at some of my projects too... :)
Sep 19, 2009. 2:17 PMxxjjxx3 says:
Cool plane, but my plane does not have a split at the end.....
Sep 19, 2009. 5:08 PMxxjjxx3 says:
Actually I got it now tnx for the Instructable.
Jul 10, 2011. 11:55 PMobsessedfry says:
how'd you get it? the split, that's where i'm lost hahah!
Jul 19, 2011. 3:00 PMxxjjxx3 says:
Well, that was a while ago, I might have to go through this again to find out.
Sep 18, 2010. 7:04 PMbabbler254 says:
The instructions are very unclear! I'm dead at step 3!
Jul 18, 2011. 6:33 PMcommentnlookr says:
look it up in a paper airplane book.
Jul 12, 2011. 12:08 PMldavis8 says:
its brilliant flyer
Jul 10, 2011. 11:30 PMobsessedfry says:
i got a little lost on the transition from step two to step three, mostly the "fold the top flap back" part, but otherwise awesome! thanksS
Jun 10, 2011. 1:16 PMtinker234 says:
wow this would be a cool airplane
May 30, 2011. 10:37 AMsirdoken2 says:
Did it extremely wrong >.<
Mar 26, 2011. 8:17 AMmtobin says:
I can't see anything on this pics -.-
Feb 20, 2011. 10:24 AMamos41 says:
This thing really flies well!

Watching the YouTube video really helped too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6plESjz04c
Dec 27, 2010. 10:37 PMmidas_jack says:
Excellent!
Thanks for this plane
Dec 26, 2010. 12:04 AMAerofan says:
mine just rolled and crashed 10 feet away
Dec 2, 2010. 3:04 PMMr.Unknown says:
what do u mean from here to here i dont understand how u fold it making it more clear would be nice
Nov 27, 2010. 6:22 AMmiggythepiggy says:
i saw a video on youtube if you are having a difficult time
Nov 25, 2010. 8:58 AMPAULI18 says:
maybe next time use a paper that has one color on one side and another on the other.
Jun 19, 2010. 2:46 PMtrebor_29 says:
This is an excellent plane. The instructions were a little difficult to understand, but I got there in the end, and it flies really well! Thanks a lot.
Sep 29, 2010. 2:43 PMrawknexstuff says:
Exactly!
Sep 12, 2010. 1:31 PMtomsta14 says:
didn't understand at all
May 15, 2010. 6:37 PMnaruto954 says:
help plz on step 3

Mar 8, 2010. 2:56 AMNerdBoy says:
Great plane, Loosewire. Glides beautifully.
Apr 29, 2010. 11:46 PMlasersgopew says:
Agreed.
Jan 27, 2010. 6:53 PMshane0137 says:
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Apr 29, 2010. 11:45 PMlasersgopew says:
I would say your mind is underdeveloped before I would blame the author.
Mar 17, 2010. 11:40 AMimcharly says:
this plane is from the book ._.;, the book as more instructions so its easier to make, go to the library and look for the book
Apr 29, 2010. 9:30 PMlasersgopew says:
Seriously who cares, why would we go get the book when the planes are right here, his explained all that's needed.
Aug 13, 2009. 7:32 AMrichardsavage says:
The instructions take a bit of lateral thinking, but the plane flies very well. Very well worth the effort.
Apr 29, 2010. 9:20 PMlasersgopew says:
Indeed worth the effort, it's definatly more stable than The Harrier and with The Harrier you have to get it perfect.

 

Apr 23, 2010. 8:21 AMInstructable Maker says:
You should make the instructions a bit clearer. I haven't undertood anything. Make more steps or something. It looks cool at the end though.
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I have just finished uni,so I a now free to build what I please. At the moment I regularly flick between props, trying to find work-experience prop making, mechanical models and an ever-growing 1/72 m...
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