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Thanks for your purchase! That was my dream as a kid too. I used to draw instructional diagrams for the paper airplanes I invented and dreamed of publishing a paper airplane book like the ones I owned at the time. I studied graphic design in college and wrote and illustrated Foldable Flight's Incredible Paper Airplanes as my senior project :-)

Hi Hinkley. Sorry for your negative experience with FoldableFlight.com. I'm the sole proprietor of Foldable Flight, which is primarily a YouTube channel. I wear a lot of hats and have no experience with web design, so I'm still working out the kinks on the website.

In the meantime, feel free to enjoy the same content on https://www.YouTube.com/FoldableFlight without the annoying popup.

I was a kid in the 90s too. Paper airplane design has come a long way since then. Some great designers include John Collins, Michael LaFosse, and Jayson Merrill. Various designs from each of them can be found on Foldable Flight's YouTube channel, but they also have their own channels and books.

That's awesome! I'm glad he's enjoying my planes, and I'm especially thrilled that he's iterating designs!

I'll look into that. Are you using the website on desktop or mobile?

Before my website was posted here, most traffic came from viewers of my YouTube channel, so the website homepage isn't their first interaction with Foldable Flight content. That's why I've had the newsletter popup there. Perhaps it's too disruptive to the user experience, though it does have a good conversion rate.

Thanks! There are two primary variables to consider when designing planes for the PowerUp platforms:

1. The chord length of the plane's wings (their length from front to back) needs to be similar to the length of the PowerUp unit, but shorter.

2. The surface area of the plane's wings needs to be great enough that the wings generate sufficient lift to compensate for the added weight of the PowerUp unit. The PowerUp 4.0 (the remote controlled version) generates more thrust than the PowerUp 2.0 and works with more paper airplanes as a result.

It is possible to design planes that work with the PowerUp units, but do not work on their own. That said, my primary interest is in designing paper airplanes that fly without the need for the PowerUp units, so all of my designs fly on their own. The only exception to this rule is Hammerhead — a plane I designed specifically for The PowerUp Paper Airplane Book, which contains 10 planes designed to work with the PowerUp units.

That's awesome! Thanks for your kind words.

Thanks! Good luck folding!

Thanks! Good luck folding :-)

Thanks for your kind words!

Good luck!

Hi! I'm Kyle — the creator of the website. I'm not proficient in web design.

What would it require for the mail popup to be remembered on refresh so you don't have to keep clicking off of it? I'd be happy to update that feature.

Hi — I'm Kyle, the creator of FoldableFlight.com. That's awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed Vanguard. 2-colored paper is a good idea!

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.

Hi! I'm Kyle — the creator of FoldableFlight.com and the designer of many of the paper airplanes in its database. Thanks for your kind words! Obsessive is certainly a fair description of me :-)

Hi! I'm Kyle Boyer — the creator behind FoldableFlight.com and the associated YouTube channel. My website offers similar functionality to FoldNFly, but a completely different (and more extensive) library of planes, including the world record designs for distance and time aloft!

Hi! I'm Kyle — the creator behind FoldableFlight.com. I don't run any ads on my website. Are you saying you can't see content on FoldableFlight.com while running an ad blocker?

Hi! I'm Kyle — the creator of Foldable Flight. No AI has been used to make the site. The "some reason" behind the doubled "intermediate" toggle was human error (mine) in the CMS input for one of the planes. It's fixed now!

Hi everyone! I'm Kyle — the creator behind Foldable Flight (the website linked in the original post). It's very fun to read these comments and to hear about your experience using the site and folding the planes featured on it! I've been designing paper airplanes since I was a child, and have shared many of my designs freely through my website and on YouTube. Foldable Flight also features planes from many other designers, including the world record planes for distance and time aloft.

Please comment with any feedback you have regarding the site. I hope to improve its existing features and to add additional features in the future.

Hi Anon,

This is Kyle! Thanks for your kind words! I just discovered this website because my website (Foldable Flight) has been getting an insane amount of traffic today because of this post. I hope you and your son continue to love paper airplanes and explore creativity together :-)