How To Fold The  Kookaburra Paper Airplane

INSTRUCTION

1. Start with a medium to heavy weight sheet of letter size paper. Fold the upper left corner down so the upper left point hits the paper's right edge. When folded correctly, the paper's top edge should line up with the right edge. Unfold after the crease has been made.

2. Fold the upper right corner down so the upper right point hits the paper's left edge. When folded correctly, the paper's top edge should line up with the left edge. Unfold after the crease has been made.

3. Flip the paper over, keeping the diagonal creases at the top.

4. Fold the upper left and right points down so they hit the points created by the diagonal creases at the outside edges of the paper. The new crease should pass through the point created in the center of the paper by the diagonal crease. Unfold after the crease has been made.

5. Flip the paper over, keeping the creases at the top.

6. Pop the left and right horizontal creases up and bring them towards the middle. A new flap should stick straight up out of the plane's main body; a new crease is created at the nose end to bring the two layers of the flap together.

7. Split the two layers of the flap, which is standing up, apart, bringing them out towards the edges of the paper. Bring the point at the top, where the two flaps meet, straight down to the center of the paper.

8. Using the first two layers of the triangular topmost flaps, make a crease about two finger widths from the bottom edge. The bottome layer must stay in place so two hinges must be created between the 2nd and third layers. This is a tough fold, so take some time to get it right!

9. Flip the paper over keeping the nose at the top.

10. Make a crease to fold the nose tip down. The new crease should be about three finger widths down from the point at the tip of the nose. When folded correctly, the center line creases should line up.

11. Rotate the plane around so the nose poinst to the left. Fold the plane exactly in half. Be sure the wing flaps line up for good balance.

12. Rotate the plane around so the nose points to the right and the wing flaps point up.

13. Make a crease to fold down the landing skid. The right point of the crease should be where the diagonal edge hits the front of the nose. The crease should be slightly angled going up from right to left.

14. Fold the bottom tip of the landing skid back on top of itself. Make the crease so the newly created triangular flap fits exactly on top of the small triangle underneath. The left edge of the new flap should line up with the right edge of the larger triangle above.

15. Unfold the landing skid but not the small triangular flap which was just created.

16. Flip the plane over so the nose is pointing to the left and the wing flaps are pointing up.

17. Make a crease to fold down the landing skid. The left point of the crease should be where the diagonal edge hits the front of the nose. The crease should be slightly angled going up from left to right.

18. Fold the bottom tip fo the landing skid back on top of itself. Make the crease so the newly created trianguler flap fits exactly on top of the small triangle underneath. The right edge of the new flap should line up with the left edge of the larger triangle above.

19. Unfold the landing skid but not the small triangular flap which was just created.

20. Flip the plane over so the nose points to the right and the wing flaps point up.

21. Make a crease to create the first wing flap. The right point of the crease should be about one finger width up on the bottom edge of the fuselage and the left point should be about two finger widths up on the tail.

22. Flip the plane over so the nose points to the left and the first wing flap is underneath.

23. Make a crease to create the second wing flap. Be sure the wing flaps are line up for good balance.

24. Open up the wing flaps and adjust the wing angles. Bring the landing skids up with the wing flaps. Set the dihedral angle flat or slightly up.

25. Drop the landing skids down from the wing flaps. This fold also shows the plane separating at the fuselage to better illustrate the dimensions of the plane.

26. Unfold the landing skid tips. The landing skids and tips may be adjusted to many angles; the angles are not too important, just be sure there are balanced from left to right.

THE THROW - This craft can be tricky to trim and fly. A piece of tape across the midsection will help to stabilize the flight. Add slight up elevator and make sure the landing flaps are even. Launch with a soft to medium level throw.