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Re:Fold Epic Paper Airplanes by andai on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:56AM (#50424961)
That's a cool website. Is there a benchmark for these? I noticed some of these have scores ("Flies over x feet!") and some don't.

Mostly I'm just curious, how well does the standard crappy paper airplane fly, which every kid makes in school, how well does it fly relative to some of these world record winners? (Some of which have a lot more folds and measuring and tape than I was expecting!)

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Re:Fold Epic Paper Airplanes by FoldableFlight on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:34PM (#50430604)
Hi! I'm Kyle — the creator of FoldableFlight.com and the designer of many of the paper airplanes on it. I'd estimate that the standard "classic dart" paper airplane flies about 20 to 30 feet (less than 10 meters). Many of the paper airplanes on my website (even some easy ones) can be thrown over 100 feet (30ish meters). The world record design for distance can fly over 300 feet, though it requires cutting and a bit of tape.
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