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Dart template

Two pages on A4. The first is the sheet you fold: every crease, numbered in order. The second shows each step. Print at 100% (“actual size”), then fold the first page along its lines, printed side up to start.

1234568DartFold along the lines in number order, this side up to start.Steps on the next page · paperplanejoy.com

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How to fold the Dart

8 folds · easy · one sheet of A4

The classic paper plane. Lift grows with the square of speed, so small wings like these want a good, hard throw.

  1. 1

    Fold the top left corner to the middle.

  2. 2

    Now the other corner.

  3. 3

    Fold the new edge to the middle.

  4. 4

    And the other one.

  5. 5

    Fold it in half along the middle.

  6. 6

    Fold the wing down, along the keel.

  7. 7

    Turn it over.

  8. 8

    And fold the other wing to match.

  9. ✓

    Open the wings out, level with the keel, and throw it gently, straight ahead.

Crease it sharp. Line the edges up exactly, then run a fingernail along each fold.

If it dives, bend the back edges of the wings up a little.

If the nose rises, then drops, it’s stalling: bend the back edges down a little.