Learn how to make the perfect Guinness paper plane

The Guinness record paper plane was “piloted” by former football player Joey Ayoob in 2012. It made a small plane that reached the 69.14 meter mark, surpassing the previous record by almost 6 meters. The toy's design was made by John Collins, one of the leading experts on the subject, who teaches us how to fold in the video above.

The video is in English, but it is quite intuitive. However, if you still have questions, we will show you step by step the plane called Suzanne, developed by Collins for the perfect flight. And don't forget to tell us if it worked!

1. Take an A4 sheet, remove 19 mm from the side and make two folds like this to create a mark on the paper.

2. Make two more marks on the paper, this time folding the sides of the sheet until the marks already exist. Watch out for a tiny 1.5 to 2 mm gap between leaf edge and mark

3. Now you can close the sides, one over the other, in any order, and notice that they appear to "fit" together, with no leftover or other unnecessary folding.

4. Fold the tip of the plane right at the intersection of the two flaps, as the expert points out.

5. For the previous fold to be perfect, you must align the paper marks as shown below.

6. Fold the two sides to the center following the marks already made.

7. Fold the plane in half by joining the two wings

8. Make the tip of the plane as flat as possible on both sides of the fold.

9. Finish wing bending by paying attention to two details: first, the beak should have a clearance of about 1 mm

10. And second: the top of the wing should be perfectly aligned with the lower rear end of the plane.

11. Open the plane and finish the aerodynamics leaving the wings slightly bent for the perfect flight

12. Now go for the throw and train to beat the world record