Twin jet paper airplane

Long ago, before the internet was invented, we used to make these paper airplanes out of paper torn from our notebooks in class. It looks great and flies fast.

The video shows me making and flying the plane.

Step 1: Dismember a magazine

To keep the tradition alive, I shall build this plane out of scavenged paper - from a magazine.

The first step is to tear off (or cut) a rectangular piece of paper from suitable stock. I am illustrating the process with an old magazine I had lying around.

Comments

[PoniesSwag]

Mine doesn't fly...it just flops to the ground. I made it exactly how i saw it in the video and it looks just like it.

[142536789]

A4 size paper huh !!!!!!

[paperairplanecreator]

The music in the video... it motivates me... :3

[theswordninja561]

so...about the rec. piece...do i..just...stick it in there...lol

[ClemensY290]

lol my stepdad taught me that one like 4 years ago, hes 53, he knows alot of the original paper airplane designs and this plane is a good one, at my school i threw it and it landed on the public library 5 blocks away( NOT A LIE) i have people who can vouch

[theswordninja561]

...... i have never had a paper plane fly even close to that far..... and i have to ask you this.......sir......are you jesus!?

[Elricho]

have u posted any??????????

[bilal sardar]

i saw the same paper plane on different site! its under the titlw of worlds best paper plane! any wayz its a good out dooR!

[buyuy]

 my dad makes a better air planes

[taco363]

This plane is way to big for inside of a house...
Unless you r Bill Gates

[[ jack the young idiot ]]

my dad makes these =D
but my design (completely different) is better :P

[Healice]

what the hell!
It is  newspaper ?

[S RV]

You Rock man!Your plane is awesome and I got famous in my grade becauseof it.

[unominame]

look cousins :D this plane and a variation of the swallow

[catlover101]

i dont want to ruin the tradition but would it work with a sheet of line-d notebook paper?

[catlover101]

i cant wait to try bluiding it cuz my friend makes oragamis and planes alot and i dont think he no's this 1 so im gonna brag for a while lol

[orangesrhyme]

The "magic" fold, for those inept in the arts (or non-paper airplane nerds), is called the squash fold.

[bob the builder #1]

how old are you neelandan?

[neelandan]

Old enough.

[neelandan]

Just received the prize (for max page views) today. T-shirt, Pilot's License and stickers.

[sadunpererarules]

i like the Harry Potter humour

[legoman]

sweet

[precious_sweetie_4u]

heehee! I like the video. How did you get your hands to be edited as invisible? What program did you use? [and the flying segment of the video, as well]

[neelandan]

I have a post in the forum detailing the process of creating the video. Read it here: http://www.instructables.com/forum/Paper-airplane-videography/

The programs I used are listed here in my instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Time-lapse-movies/

[Pumpkin$]

oh an by the way umm...precious_sweetie_4u he's using fishing line you can see it reflecting from the light

[Pumpkin$]

put this on toss it!

[FreshPineSent]

Vid = lawl

[iq_abyss]

What size paper, 8.5"x11" or something else?

[neelandan]

I measured the magazine. It is 27 cm x 20 cm.

[kobezbro]

cool! i make something like this and ill get a pic up of it

[duck-lemon]

I need help on step 12 i'm confused

[neelandan]

Maybe I'll put that bit in the video ...

[GorillazMiko]

Pretty cool. Did you have to scan each step to take a picture? I find that... very annoying and long. :P

Great job, might try it out.

_{You have to have a 30 second or less video of it in flight.}

[neelandan]

Yes, compared to a video of the process, scanning the steps is tedious. But I find that the best imaging device I have now is the scanner, and my best pictures come from the scanner. Perhaps I have yet to learn to use the digital camera effectively. I am working on the video, and hope to get it posted sometime before the deadline. Thanks for the encouragement.

[dyii]

it works. even though it took me a bit of time to figure out the picture...

[kenny94]

kind of good....

[cprocjr]

i built it and it worked very well.