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How to make a paper airplane that flies far: Strike Eagle

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A tutorial by paper engineer Mahir Cecen, this is how to make a paper airplane that flies far. In fact, all of Cecen’s paper plane videos are titled that, so you’ll have to test them all out and let us know which one flies the farthest. This A4 paper model is named Strike Eagle.

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Related folding: foldnfly.com, a database of paper planes with easy to follow folding instructions.

In the archives: a LEGO paper airplane-making machine and the 2012 world record for longest throw of a paper plane.


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