How to Make a Record-Setting Paper Plane

If you want to make the best paper planes, you need to learn from a master. So we asked John Collins, who set the Guinness World Record for farthest flight by a paper aircraft in 2012, to teach us a thing or two about the squash fold and perfect winglets. In this tutorial, he shows us how to fold three planes:

The Suzanne—the plane he set the world distance record with, named after his wife.

The Tube—a tube-shaped plane you throw like a football.

And, finally, the Boomerang—a stunt plane capable of circling left and right and performing loops.

Ready to fly? Grab a stack of paper, press play (pause as often as you need to) and fold away.

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[duchi]

*"This is how you fold Susanne"*

That kinda sounded weird knowing he named it after his wife 😅

[oldman]

Him: "This is how you fold Susanne."

Susanne: **༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽**

[ketanbhailikar]

This is probably 100th time I am watching him make an airplane. Lol

[nabri-nfg]

his first design I use to do the same design in middle school.


He's just good at through in it

[quocanluu]

The video: *Shows "Tube"*
Me: *cant do that*
Collins: *Y E S*

[jeep..]

Hearing the paper fold is just so satisfying.

[bluehyper]

And I thought my plane that i made as a 5 year old was good...

[dulciloqent]

Everyone in the comment: “This is how we fold Susanne”

Me: And I thought me planes were good

[prodigytoesucker]

Imagine how cool this guy was in school

[danilogondim]

It's midnight do you think i will watch a video of a guy teatching how to make paper planes?


Of course i will!

[Kurtations]

I need to watch this with a few pieces of paper ready

[ZaxorVonSkyler]

I made the fastest and farthest flying paper plane in school when I was young. I called it the mosquito because it was long and thin but pointed down at the front at a right angle like a mosquito. People didn't think it could go far because of the downward nose but were suprised when I proved them wrong. Sadly I lost the plane over the years and no matter how many times I've tried to recreate it I never could...

[firytwig]

“You throw it like a football”
I can’t throw a football :/

[maddoxflores]

he deserves a nobel prize for something. IDK what but he deserves it. As a kid who folded planes everyday, he is inspirational.

[shayak]

We got the A4 normie interceptor
And then we have the A3 bomber chad

[andrian]

"This is how you fold SUSSANE".
Not a good line to start with.

[benjaminwang]

*Come fly with me, with the butterflies and bees. We can wander through the designs and fold whatever we please. Come fly with me, to the paper airplane team. We can gaze upon our records as an everlasting dream.*

*All of my airplanes, I'll share them all with you. Maybe when I'm gone, I'll pass the folding torch to you. We'll always want to be, flying among the butterflies and bees. Making up new jets and flying so merrily.*

*My collection of airplanes, I'll give it all to you. It'll be with you always and always be with you.*

*Fly along with me, to this town beside the sea. We can make a whole new airplane in this everlasting dream.*

*All of my collections, I'll share them all with you. Maybe after I'm gone, you won't have changed your tune.*

*Come along with me, with the butterflies and bees. We can wander through the forest as an everlasting dream. Flying so merrily. Ding!*

[BoxGamesYT]

i cant believe it takes much effort to make a paper airplane. Incredible your the best John Collins

[sidsbarber]

So this is how yo fold Suzanne 🤣🤣🤣sorry I have a dirty mind😢😢😢

[mrpenguin]

everyone: This is cool and interesting


me: _THIS MUSIC IS A BOP_