Hammer 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.
Paper Plane Academy · Steady
How to fold the Hammer
The Art of Manliness’ expert plane: more folds than most, and of its three, the one that “flies the best and farthest”. All those layers make its snub nose.
- 1
Fold the right edge in, to lie along the line from the top left corner.
- 2
And the left one: its corner meets the right one’s edge.
- 3
Fold the top down, all the way to the bottom edge.
- 4
Fold its point back up, so it sticks out over the top.
- 5
Fold the left side in, from the bottom corner, until its top corner meets the point.
- 6
And the right one.
- 7
Fold the left side in once more: a straight edge from the bottom corner to the top.
- 8
And the right side.
- 9
Fold the top down where the sides begin: a snub nose.
- 10
Turn it over.
- 11
Fold it in half along the middle.
- 12
Fold the wing down, along the keel.
- 13
Turn it over.
- 14
And fold the other wing to match.
- ✓
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.