How To Fold The Owl Paper Airplane

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Start with a square sheet. Fold the paper exactly in half. Unfold after the crease has been made.

2. Fold the upper left and right points down so they hit the horizontal center line crease. When folded correctly, the top edge of the paper should line up with the center line crease. Unfold after the crease has been made.

3. Rotate the paper around so the creases are at the bottom.

4. Fold the upper left and right points down so they hit the horizontal center line crease. When folded correctly, the top edge of the paper should line up with the center line crease. Unfold after the crease has been made.

5. Rotate the paper around so all of the creases are vertical.

6. Fold the paper left corner down so the upper left point hits the left-most vertical crease. When folded correclty, the right point of the new crease should hit the center vertical crease at the top edge of the paper.

7. Fold the upper right corner down so the upper right point hits the right-most vertical crease. When folded correctly, the left point of the new crease should hit the center vertical crease at the top edge of the paper.

8. Flip the paper over, keeping the pointed end at the top. The flaps just folded down should be underneath.

9. Make a crease so the point on the right edge of the paper hits the center line crease. When folded correctly, the right half of the top diagonal edge should line up with the center line crease.

10. Make a crease so the point on the left edge of the paper hits the center line crease. When folded correctly, the left half of the top diagonal edge should line up with the center line crease.

11. Flip the paper over, keeping the pointed end at the top. All of the flaps created so far should be underneath.

12. Fold the point at the tip of the nose down so it hits the bottom edge of the paper at the center line crease. Be sure to line up the center line creases for good balance.

13. Flip the paper over, keeping the narrower end at the top. The nose flap just folded down should be underneath.

14. Rotate the plane so the narrower end is up and pointing somewhat to the left.

15. Fold the upper right corner down so the upper right point hits the center line crease. When folded correctly, the right half of the top edge will line up with the center line crease.

16. Fold the upper left corner down so the upper left point hits the center line crease. When folded correctly, the left half of the top edge will line up with the center crease.

17. Flip the plane over so the flaps just created are underneath.

18. Rotate the plane around so the nose is pointed down and slightly to the left.

19. Pop the first layer of the left and right triangular flaps on the nose up. Bring the point at the tip of the nose up, forward, and down while pulling the first layers furthest apart. Two new creases must be created as hinges as the whole nose section is pressed down flat on the working surface.

20. Open up the nose section to form a pocket. Keep the topmost layer of the nose section somewhat flat.

21. Fold the very tip of the nose section down and back into the pocket. The left and right points of the crease made for the fold should hit the outer left and right points of the nose section. The point at the tip of the nose should hit the center line crease.

22. Close the pocket formed by the nose section. The nose flap just folded in should be inside the pocket.

23. Rotate the plane around so the nose is pointed to the right.

24. Fold the plane in half about the existing center line crease. Be sure to line up the wing flaps for good balance.

25. Fold the wing tip up so the bottom point hits the left edge of the wing flap. The size of this fold is not too important but the left point of the crease should be about where the top-most flap hits the left edge of the wing.

26. Flip the plane over so the wing flaps are pointing up and the nose is pointing to the right. The wing tip flap just folded should be underneath.

27. Fold the wing tip down so the top point hits the left edge of the wing flap. Be sure to make both wing tip flaps the same size for good balance.

28. Flip the plane over so the wing flaps are pointed down and the nose is pointed to the right.

29. Make a crease to fold the first wing flap. The crease should be horizontal to the bottom edge of the fuselage and should be about one finger wide.

30. Flip the plane over so the first wing flap is underneath and the nose points to the right.

31. Fold the second wing flap down. Be sure to line up the wing flaps for good balance.

32. Open up the wing flaps and adjust the wing angles so they are even. Set the dihedral angle to be slightly up. Open the wing tip flaps and adjust them so they are slightly off vertical towards the outside of the wings.

THE THROW -- Launch with a moderate to hard level throw. This craft can also be launched almost straight up with a rather hard throw. Adjust the forward winglets to create acrobatic flights.