Paper Pilot

Making paper-planes is not as simple as you think. It is an exact science. You have to decide on the shape of the plane, weight of the paper, how much to fold the flaps to gain altitude and whether to fold the tip of the wings or not. Once you have decided all this, you can go and practise with you new plane before challenging your friends via email to see who's plane can fly farthest.

Getting your new plane airborne is just as complicated as it is in real life. You have to find the right combination of power and angle when launching it. Too high an angle and too much power and the plane will just do a loop or nose-dive straight away. You'll therefore find yourself constantly going back and forth between designing and testing thereby learning a few things about aerodynamics along the way.