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Aerodynamics Explained by a World Record Paper Airplane Designer | Level Up | WIRED

John Collins, origami enthusiast and paper airplane savant, walks us through all the science behind five spectacular paper airplanes. Most people know how to fold a simple plane, but paper airplanes can take as much from science as the newest car designs. ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Also, check out the free…

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John Collins, origami enthusiast and paper airplane savant, walks us through all the science behind five spectacular paper airplanes. Most people know how to fold a simple plane, but paper airplanes can take as much from science as the newest car designs.

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102 Comments

  1. WIRED

    October 13, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    Hey everyone, would you like to see in-depth tutorials showing how to make the paper airplanes in this video? What’s your favorite paper airplane design featured here? Reply to this comment and let us know. We’d love to hear what you have to say.

    • NautyCat

      October 13, 2020 at 10:48 pm

      YES

    • Navneet Rathod

      October 14, 2020 at 1:57 am

      Yes please

    • Naomi Davis

      October 14, 2020 at 2:21 am

      hi

    • M A#np

      October 14, 2020 at 12:47 pm

      yes olease

    • Ich Selber

      October 14, 2020 at 5:08 pm

      I liked the super carard because of its complicated design ^^

    • Allama Sadi

      October 16, 2020 at 2:14 am

      Yes!

    • Orion242

      October 16, 2020 at 5:04 am

      Yes, please share the tutorials

    • Rekla Nayagan

      October 16, 2020 at 3:03 pm

      Yeah,i want✌️✌️✌️✌️

    • Jbeast AKA JTURD

      October 17, 2020 at 2:10 am

      Yes

    • Zin

      October 20, 2020 at 4:51 pm

      yes we want more john collins content

    • abhay06976

      October 26, 2020 at 5:57 pm

      That would be great to learn and actually try out!

    • 陈伟

      October 30, 2020 at 8:50 am

      Yes please.Make more videos with Jonh M. C.

    • dileep kumar

      November 13, 2020 at 8:19 am

      Definitely

  2. Zzz Ep

    October 13, 2020 at 11:05 pm

    Physics class is all coming back to me

  3. KeanYl

    October 13, 2020 at 11:30 pm

    16 minutes of watching a guy talking about paper airplanes

    i do not regret it

  4. alex ameth

    October 13, 2020 at 11:43 pm

    Wow.

  5. Sid Skywalker

    October 14, 2020 at 12:27 am

    Feel like a true aeromodeller!

  6. HFChang

    October 14, 2020 at 12:29 am

    He smart

  7. pedro mg

    October 14, 2020 at 12:36 am

    excellent visuals, host, explanation. Really good 🙌

  8. Dr. M. Hfuhruhurr

    October 14, 2020 at 12:46 am

    I may be ready for ufos & jet propulsion now; whole much thank you!

  9. Navneet Rathod

    October 14, 2020 at 1:59 am

    I wish he would have taught me in school. I might not have hated Physics that much 😁

  10. Corey Childs

    October 14, 2020 at 2:08 am

    This video was sponsored by Dunder Mifflin.

  11. Naomi Davis

    October 14, 2020 at 2:21 am

    hii

  12. Bruno

    October 14, 2020 at 2:28 am

    👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

  13. Zack Raheem

    October 14, 2020 at 3:12 am

    Added to my favorites

  14. Cool One

    October 14, 2020 at 5:35 am

    I follow him on twitter

  15. KevWebsz

    October 14, 2020 at 5:52 am

    I’m getting educational kid show vibes. You guys should lean into it more next time lol

  16. Ph

    October 14, 2020 at 6:16 am

    If my teacher of fluid dynamics explain like him, I would have better grades for sure.

  17. Gogo Gaga Official

    October 14, 2020 at 6:49 am

    I don’t regret spending 15 mins of my life.

  18. FOLDED ART

    October 14, 2020 at 7:08 am

    His jokes and perfect explanation as well as his animation makes it even better to understandable, and even his hairs look aerodynamic😜,
    But well job WIRED👍!!!!

  19. Ms. Vsk

    October 14, 2020 at 9:11 am

    Hello guys I have a YouTube channel in which I do the funny challenges….if u like the content do subscribe

  20. Hafiz Othman

    October 14, 2020 at 10:03 am

    This is awesome 😄

  21. shlok The Pro

    October 14, 2020 at 10:22 am

    Watch the video in slow motion you will know all his tricks

  22. Sydney Arang'a

    October 14, 2020 at 11:20 am

    Awesome!

  23. [Name]

    October 14, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    You also can add oblique triangular wings to tube by folding. it makes it go more stable and more in a precise direction. Or thats how I make my tube paper planes.

  24. M A#np

    October 14, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    this is really good video

  25. TauntedTiger

    October 14, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    global warming guy

  26. Boris Trofimov

    October 15, 2020 at 4:26 am

    holy cow, what a guy! I didn’t expect the video to be so captivating!😄

  27. Elizabeth Brown

    October 15, 2020 at 5:45 am

    I’m a professional scientist and these explanations help, but I’ll never understand this fully. You can tell me about these forces all day long, and I have done calculations to measure them. I’m glad other people get it.

  28. player

    October 15, 2020 at 6:25 am

    I wanna try this guys meth

    • Onkel Pappkov

      October 16, 2020 at 9:26 am

      Try his math. It’s powerful.

  29. Books Rebound

    October 15, 2020 at 7:12 am

    I coulda sworn I heard gravity isn’t actually a force because Einstein and an inertial frame of reference or something

    • ThePaperAirplaneGuy

      October 15, 2020 at 11:19 pm

      Gravity is not a force, it’s an acceleration. Weight is the resultant force of gravity acting upon a mass. F=ma

  30. Home Lab

    October 15, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    Will it Explode? Mobile battery on Fire.

  31. Rotchild

    October 15, 2020 at 5:16 pm

    Tame Impala at 13:27 😉

  32. Li Le

    October 16, 2020 at 12:16 am

    This is why America is the greatest nation in the world

  33. Mugen Faiz

    October 16, 2020 at 2:28 am

    Please make the flying bat paper plane.

  34. evo sagara

    October 16, 2020 at 8:05 am

    I make my paper planes look like an a330 that flies , not origami and they dont fly far tho

  35. Utsab Das

    October 16, 2020 at 8:14 am

    reposted vids you idiots

  36. Daniel Rieger

    October 16, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    I like this guy, super good camera presence

  37. Alexander Momberger

    October 17, 2020 at 11:42 am

    Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!

  38. The Gaming Channel

    October 18, 2020 at 7:39 am

    A few months ago in lockdown I had online paper airplane lessons by him he made my paper airplanes go to 115 feet

  39. X-treme Gaming

    October 18, 2020 at 7:39 am

    A few months ago in lockdown I had online paper airplane lessons by him he made my paper airplanes go to 115 feet

  40. Jips Vlog and gaming

    October 18, 2020 at 12:05 pm

    I’m 12 and I’ve actually designed a plane that flies sorta well

  41. moepskie

    October 18, 2020 at 9:03 pm

    Quality content

  42. Wayne Karon

    October 19, 2020 at 4:23 am

    John Collins I’ve made this and adjusted the way you did and its not flying straight

  43. Lili Jai LaGanza

    October 19, 2020 at 2:00 pm

    If only we could send this video to Arthur Weasley!

  44. Juri Wormsbecher

    October 20, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    A successful flight is 80 percent dependent on the pilot and 20 percent on the design.
    It takes a lot of experience to properly throw a plane.

  45. Juri Wormsbecher

    October 20, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    The aerodynamics of paper airplanes are paradoxical, and indeed closer to butterfly flight than Boeing.

  46. Sofia Shen

    October 21, 2020 at 6:08 pm

    isn’t “suzanne” the Nakamura Lock?

  47. Xavier Harvey

    October 21, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    Rμv-1/2Rμv=(8πG)Tμv

  48. Randy Lewter

    October 21, 2020 at 11:13 pm

    Yes, a video showing how to fold the Suzanne would be appreciated.

  49. Just some guy from fairy tail

    October 22, 2020 at 4:59 am

    Beautifully constructed video

  50. Fe Dalanon

    October 22, 2020 at 8:42 am

    Dude there is a new world record paper airplane it is called black night by Jason Merrill. It flies 230ft

  51. Garnet DMello

    October 23, 2020 at 11:51 am

    I am constantly telling my dad planes with positive dihedral angle alway will fly further😂

  52. kids got talent

    October 23, 2020 at 5:20 pm

    Hi mr john your aero dynamics are the best and i couldnt understand this theory i ve been trying to make paper plane by watching other videos. today i made a paper plane using the techniques you tought and that was like a miracle to me because i ve been trying for weeks to make a plane. thank you very much ps- nice joke about the wings hope you are fine during this period

  53. Bert aroo

    October 24, 2020 at 7:51 am

    The title is spelt wrong but people probably noticed that

    • Qsie

      October 26, 2020 at 7:49 am

      Probably bumped views a tiny bit lmao

  54. VINITA GUPTA

    October 24, 2020 at 10:12 am

    It is world not word

  55. Invox

    October 24, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    Passionate playful knolegable people is what this world need the most.
    Loved this.

  56. Tey Treet

    October 25, 2020 at 4:42 am

    Thrust? Shouldn’t be any thrust on the graph.

  57. VINITA GUPTA

    October 25, 2020 at 5:00 am

    Can you give the tutorial of super canard

    • ThePaperAirplaneGuy

      October 31, 2020 at 1:57 am

      Posted yesterday. Check the WIRED channel.

  58. KEERTHI VANTH

    October 25, 2020 at 9:32 am

    Did anyone notice the spelling mistake in the title?

    • Qsie

      October 26, 2020 at 7:48 am

      Replying fot a bump, same

  59. AB Divilliars

    October 25, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Oh ,this tougher than rocket science

  60. AB De villiars

    October 25, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Oh ,this tougher than rocket science

  61. Western Spy

    October 25, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    Dude talk like a commercial

  62. Juraij Kazi

    October 26, 2020 at 6:51 am

    I actually made an airplane that is a mix of the dart and the basic glider and its really good at distance. I found out it can travel 10 meters is that good for a plane

  63. Binjie Liu

    October 27, 2020 at 1:35 am

    This should be the best way for kids to learn physics! Very interesting and attracting.

  64. Memes to watch at School

    October 29, 2020 at 11:44 am

    I have just won a competition for paper aeroplanes in my school using Suzan (the last one)

  65. Matt Cruse

    October 29, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    Suznane is like that end game plane that ‘s high on everything. The plane you want.

  66. Joshua Loh

    October 30, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    so inspiring

  67. Aditya Thaker

    November 2, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    I want more videos like this….just amazing.

  68. Lex

    November 2, 2020 at 8:52 pm

    Put them in .25x make them is funny making one then go out play then came again n make the next, go out n play. my nephew loved this, thanks for that

  69. Azi Ternio

    November 4, 2020 at 10:31 am

    hey john collins thanks for inspiring me to fly paper planes and one day i want to braek the record like u

  70. Dishant Chandra

    November 4, 2020 at 7:58 pm

    14:30 Messi’s Stats

  71. Ling Ling

    November 6, 2020 at 12:40 am

    please make a yt channel

  72. Caryl Miles

    November 6, 2020 at 3:07 am

    Let’s be honest none of us searched for this but we still watched it

  73. A B

    November 6, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    60k views for this great video makes me sad

  74. Vaishali Raikar

    November 7, 2020 at 10:27 am

    The Susan airplane does not fly

  75. K0ST

    November 10, 2020 at 3:45 am

    ✌🏼

  76. DECIPULO COLEN DANA

    November 10, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    I want to make a world record paper airplain.
    hahaha

  77. 多可青DECIPULO

    November 10, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    I want to make a world record paper airplain.
    hahaha

  78. Belu Estevez

    November 10, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    I want him to be my phisics teacher

  79. Greg Collins

    November 10, 2020 at 4:48 pm

    Thank you, I always thought the Bernoulli effect left much to be desired in explaining lift…. (BTW, awesome video)

  80. Yoss Cinematic

    November 10, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    16 mn very very well spent. Thanks WIRED. You’re awesome 👌🏾

  81. Ian Cox

    November 11, 2020 at 1:37 am

    I really like this guy

  82. dileep kumar

    November 13, 2020 at 8:21 am

    I want to know how to make these planes

  83. Akshat Prabhu

    November 14, 2020 at 11:02 am

    Came for a paper plane, left with the formula of aerodynamics.

  84. Michael McCall

    November 16, 2020 at 8:56 pm

    theres no way

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