What makes Pteromys exciting for paper airplane fans is the idea it can turn almost any design into something that will fly by tweaking details like wing location and shape, or the length of fuselage.

Unless it has a fancy, tailed design, “a paper airplane does this all in one,” he says. “I doubt our discoveries will change the way passenger airplanes are designed,” Ristroph says.

Taking a cue from birds and insects, researchers have come up with a new wing design for small drones that helps them fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence.

Paper airplanes have a fascinating history that has impacted everything from plane design to scientists' understanding of aerodynamics.

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a paper airplane! The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane has been broken by three aerospace engineers with a ...

You will also need to make sure the paper airplane does not get caught or snagged on the device when you launch it. Draw a few sketches of your design ideas, and pick one to build. Build a ...