How to Make a Dual Wing Paper Airplane
There are hundreds of paper airplanes that paper craft aviators can make from a single sheet of paper. One aspect that differentiates different plane designs is the wing shape. Planes with wider sets of wings are typically gliders and better at staying afloat while planes with narrow and angular wings fly further in straight lines. Dual wing planes have two sets of wings like real-world airplanes and require cutting the paper to create the second set of wings. One such paper model is the F-15 Eagle fighter jet, which uses front and tail wings to fly.
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Things You'll Need
- Printer
- Scissors
- F-15 Eagle Paper Airplane Pattern
- 8.5-by-11 inch sheet of paper
Instructions
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Print out the F-15 Eagle Paper Airplane Pattern (see Resources section of this article) on a sheet of 8.5-by-11 inch paper. Start with the printed side of the paper facing down on your working surface. Cut the white border away from the template.
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Fold the sheet of paper in half along the 11-inch side. Next, open the paper and ensure that the nose of the plane (according to the pattern on the opposite side) is facing away from you. This is the top of the paper.
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Fold the left and right corners of the top of the paper toward the center crease. This forms two triangles with the top edges aligned with the crease of the paper and an edge along "Line 1" on the template.
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Next, fold the point of the paper toward the bottom of the sheet. Make the top tip of the triangle align with the bottom edge of the paper. Fold the paper to create a crease across the width of the sheet along "Line 2" of the template.
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Place a finger about 1 inch from the top of the paper on either side. Hold your fingers in place as you bend the pointed tip of the paper upward, making a crease where your fingers are. Move your fingers and smooth the crease. The folds resemble a house (triangle on top, rectangle on bottom).
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Fold the left edge of the paper toward the center line, making a smaller crease with the triangular shape made in Step 2. Below the skinny triangle, open the flap and press down the paper, which naturally makes another wide triangle. "F-15" is visible on the outer edge of this triangle. Repeat this step for the right edge of the paper. "Eagle" shows on the outer edge of the triangle on the right side.
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Pull out the canopy flap. This is the dark gray area on the plane template. It is folded beneath the point of the paper on the left side. Pull it so if faces the table and fold it backwards along the crease so that the flap of white paper on the underside shows.
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Fold this flap inward toward the center of the paper. It makes a triangle with a point facing the bottom of the plane. Next, fold the topmost section of the flap toward the center so that another triangle forms, matching the pointed nose of the plane. This forms a diamond shape beneath the nose of the plane.
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Flip the paper over to work on the printed side. Cut out the shape of the wings along the solid black line. Also make a small cut along the solid line in the tail wings. Do not cut past the solid black line. Next, fold the tail of the plane upward along the tail wing cut.
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Fold the entire plane in half with the printed side facing out. Match up the edges evenly. Next, fold the wings down over a straight line that is 1 inch from the bottom length of the plane. This leaves room to hold the plane for launching.
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Lift the flaps on top of the tail wings and fold them along the crease in the opposite direction to allow them to stand perpendicular to the plane wings. Look the plane over and sharpen any folds that require it.
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Tips & Warnings
You may use an 8.5-by-11 inch sheet of paper to design this plane if no printer is available.
References
Resources
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