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The Ultimate Paper Airplane | WIRED
teacher: stop making paper airplanes to throw or you're going to detention. the kids at the back:
Well technically, they wouldn't throw one of these...
as one of the kids in the back we live a luxery we have daily feasts, art, naps (we just cant sleep at night so we do it at school), and this of course
Lolol
Kid: *throws the large paper airplane at teacher* Teacher: "aww $h!¥" The Whole Class: Is that a *bird!?* Is that a *P* *L* *A* *N* *E!?!?!?* the Pilots of the Plane: "WERE GOING DOWN!! BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!! the Passengers of the Plane: *screaming in terror*
The Whole Class: "Is that a bird? Is that a PLANE!?!?" the Pilots: "WERE GOING DOWN!! BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!!!" The Passengers: *screaming in terror*
Seems like a humble guy that just loves his hobby and isnt doing it to impress anyone other than himself. Good for you.
Me?
@@SB-or5mj Sorry bro, he's talking to me.
@@jasonshox6861 nah nah nah, me
ZeroXSamurai Apex it might be to the guy recording this
@@ryanh-vh8zo nah, pretty sure he was talking to me
Protect people with talent like this at all costs
Objective updated
Not tryna diss or anything, but not necessarily talent (although oftenly), but most of all, the sheer persistence
It only requires patience
@@herrhiterminator8149 "only" he says 😂😂😂
Don't let tsunami destroy it
“How to make a paper plane easy” The tutorial:
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1. grade: *let's build a paper plane* end of high school: *_DONE_*
*end of existence of earth:* done
i got so many subs by commenting *The end of the universe* *-DONE-*
how do you make the text italic
DarkDodo how u make a line go through?
You throwing it:this is not a failure. When it crashes into 1000 parts
Once it's complete this should really go into an aviation museum
aviation museum. or maybe a art museum? model building museum maybe. if he sells it he better get big $$$ or i'll get mad.
Or To Make A Limited Quantity and sell it in Auction
It should be in an aviation museum because it is so functionality correct and true to the real life mechanics which is engineering your typical art museum goer probably would not fully appreciate
Have to agree with Josh. The mechanics are very interesting in this project.
Josh Patterson honestly though I would love to take it though once I get the funds I do plan on building an aviation museum it will be a while though, aviation is my life and I am actually a student pilot at the moment, I plan on making my entire life about aviation
When I was studying Industrial Design, in one of our courses we had to make cameras, laptops, bikes, gundams etc all just using paperboard. Took us the whole trimester since parts had to be moving. Crazy fun but hella challenging. This guy is on a whole different level haha. Would have been fun to have had him as a professor.
Where were you studying industrial design? And what you doing now :)
Everybody gangsta till the mom comes in the ask him to let the cousin play.
No not ever
copy
Never
Oh no
@@user-vf9to2it8g ok..........
This is for why airplane security don't want water
@Daniel Khan airplane security doesn't allow water bottles
@Daniel Khan that's the joke the water will "break the airplanes" because this one is paper
R/wooooooosh
Yeah original comment
For why
The try hard in class. Teacher: ok kids make a paper airplane That kid:
@Shane Manzano You didn't need to tell such sad imaginary story 😢
Whoever destroys a paper plane as beautiful as that is gonna get ganged up on
@Shane Manzano then the kid goes full Sicko mode on the bullies
And he shows the teacher at the age of 21.
There is 666 likes....
this guy the second he sees mom coming over with little cousin: current objective: SURVIVE
This guy the second he sees John Wick coming over in a car with a dog. Current objective: SURVIVE
Oh god that would be a nightmare if he had to Rebuild the whole thing
@@user-vf9to2it8g are you bot pls love me!
@@user-vf9to2it8g Shut up
Exghredhkkfho
Making a paper plane with that detail is impressive enough. To make all the parts functional is just genius! Insane build! If i had the ability to go that detailed, i would never stop staring at it.
“I don’t even know how I’ve done it, but I have” Story of my life
Octo Creeper then that means you can do things
You are not crazy
@@NotGoodAtKZhead That's not true at all. OP wouldn't be working both jobs at the same time, there's no reason he can't tick the tax free threshold box for both jobs. All that box does is make the employer withhold less tax.. and if he's not earning any money at the original job, there's no problem with that. ATO just advises people only tick it at one job so they pay enough tax if working 2 jobs concurrently, and aren't shocked with a tax bill at the end of the FY.
Octo Creeper not funny
Octo Creeper why do is see your comment literally every (the profile pic)
"People think the seats recline but they don't." Kind of just like in reality.
Xingchen Hong *cough* @AmericanAirlines *cough*
Now imagine in the future someone actually uses the shrinking ray to explore the inside of it all. Sounds real fun.
why invent a shrink ray when you can make bigger paper planes
@@brixgalvez1890 u ......... N O It wasn't about the paper , it was about HIS art in the first place
It would be fun but there would be hella papercuts
@@dogwithawitchhat at that size the paper edges would be thick as table boards!
@@StressHaze cardboard papercuts are a thing too
the hard part is acknowledging that this at some point will be the only proof of the paper plane he made, because the paper could get wet, fold unproperly or get just destroyed :c
I’m pretty sure paper has a much longer longevity than any digital format
@@dutchpropaganda558 lol
Getting wet, folded improperly or just destroyed could apply to all centuries old paintings and writings we still have today, so yeah, while this is a possibility, it's not anything near 90% chance of this happening. I'm pretty sure when/if this man is finished, this ends up preserved in a museum. Or he'll have a son and pass it down the family. This is usually the kind of stuff you're proud of to have as a heirloom in your family. I remember reading "The Prince" my Machiavelli with comments by Napoleon. Apparently they found the book and Napoleon's notes about it in a //battlefield//, then later published it.
i can’t believe the engine retracts concentrically
Me: wanna have a paper plane contest? Man: *hold my beer*
*Still holding the beer after 20 years*
Hold my beer is like the number one saying before someone dies. Example: Me: I bet you cant jump over 15 people laying down. Them: Hold my beer.
😂😂😂😂
Nah mate it looks like hold my redbull
Will it fly challenge
“It started out as something for school” Strict teachers : tHeRes nO enGInE
Quite kid: there's no teacher
There is no wings first of all 😆
You are so right
"ThErE's No PaSsEnGeRs"
The smart kid: *makes a working engine using better paper*
The way he talks about making it sounds like he fell over one day and accidentally made the plane.
What an incredibly talented guy, I love his model which are just mind blowing. What a beautiful talent to have, I’m crazy with envious of him, poetry by paper. Simply incredible
Imagine asking someone to make you a paper airplane and they hand you this
DCdangerbrooks *25 years later*
*9/11*
I'd cry
Sneezes and it flies away to a different contry
XD
*country
*You turned the paper wet because of your snot*
whats up with that spelling
seriously 😆😅
This dude is more fanatical about working on a paper airplane than I am at working on the real thing. I mean look at that main landing gear. Scissor link, hydraulic lines, he even included the truck position actuator.
If you’re not serious about working on the real thing, you’re gonna potentially endanger a lot of people
I immediately like this guy. Reminds me of myself when I get obsessed with own my creative projects and just go "into the zone" as the rest of reality fades and falls away in a quiet hush not dissimilar to an acid trip.
"Mom can I get a plane?" "No honey." "It is foolish to test me mother."
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*Imagine him just sneezing while making it and all the pieces fly off.*
its hot glued..
bluebehr r/woooshh
ok, that wouldn't be a problem in this case (because everything is glued) i read about this one person who makes really, really tiny sculptures. like we're talking trees that fit in the eye of a needle. anyways, at one point they were making one sculpture and they accidentally inhaled it.
@@BallerKev ohh... I think I get it now oops :c
@@thunderwolf1151 I take my cocaine custom made
I don’t have enough brain cells for this...
U don’t have brain cells for anything 😏
@@jeanpierrepolnareff885 be respectful as much as you can.
@@unknowninvisible2519 it’s called a joke my guy
@@jeanpierrepolnareff885 Jojokes trash pfp
@@mhdfrb9971 Jojo is great you stereotypical weeb
This guy only smiled like two to three times....
The missing smiles are in your profile picture.
@@joogiewatkins1519 and yours too
@@hellodrfumiya1881 Oh yeah! I didn't notice that!
Yep, I've noticed that too ))) he seems to be so serious for one reason or the other. But it's perfectly alright with the rest of us, correct? )))
@@bpkolos1974 pretty sure he doesn't feel comfortable on camera or maybe he doesn't talk much (I mean he does dedicate most of his time building the airplane)
When u need to make an emergency landing above water Crew: we got 3mins before the plane rips
You mean seconds, right?
Princeton The Cat no, they're manilla folets
Deadlesssedg Gamezzz that’d actually be fun to do
The idea seemed to make sense on paper, but...
If this is an original response, it's way under appreciated. Nice
Very good, ba dum tssshhh to you Jared! 🥁🥁
Jared Tweed this is why no one loves you Jared
It’s a good idea in irl
God dammit.
His plane may not have the flight points but he gets a 10/10 for style
wdym by "flight points"
@@viswajitbala7924 That it doesn't actually fly.
When Senku is going to bring about the second jet age, we know who he’ll revive first lmao
Nice dr.stone reference 🤣
Wired: First real paper air plane is created Phineas and Ferb: am i a joke to you?
Underrated comment🤣🤣🤣😫
Dude the nostalgia
Heyyyyyyyyy nostalgia 👌👌👌👌👌
stone big You make no sense.
Chin Chin57 bUt It’S a ShOw
Impressive, but I once pushed a door that said “PULL” and it opened anyway
okay cool love too see a video on it
This comment has 69 likes so I’m just gonna leave it
Lol is it still attached on
now *this* is art
Wow! 😯
'Blows my own mind' Thats whats so awesome about creating things. Once you've accomplished a step, its done. Finish many steps and it gets mind blowing.
Imagine being able to shrink yourself, then enter this amazing creation.
Oh yes. Sitting on the perfectly designed paper seats, watching the flaps open and close...
*Gives it to his grandson to carry on the legacy* **throws it of the roof of an apartment to see if it flies**
lol
Plot twist: It does fly..... You know those giant cardboard airplanes that when you throw it, it makes a loop and smacks you back? Yeah.......
Haha
1- test it’s flight ability in maybe a weak wind tunnel 2- maybe put it in a museum.
It fly's to USA to Australia with no damage
This guy could probably direct the construction of a real plane without any blueprints by now.
no way
No he wouldn't he'd only be able to do that design and you have to take in account of the aero dynamics and weight
"arrow dynamics" I think you mean aerodynamics.
Campers yeah i meant to say aero dynamics, sorry for the mess up
Schyler Geangan, I know. It was a joke.
Awesome project! 36 years in aviation and I still love it. 12 of those at Boeing on R&D projects. His attention to detail is amazing and long lasting. I would love to see him working a Boeing someday.
I'd like to see someone at Boeing give this guy a high paying job, or even buy this beautiful model for 6 figures. This is absolute insane attention to detail. This is the kind of thing I would like to do but don't have the time. This is so very cool. I love creative people like this. What's even more amazing, is the moving parts. Thank you.
The engineering he puts in flaps, gears, doors... blows my mind!
Aakash Kalaria ikr the turbine and flaps blew my mind!
It was so detailed I didn’t notice it didn’t have wings until he said so
jimbo macaroni oh yeah same as me
Same
Bruh same
Same
Deec666 oh yeah you have a point. oh well
Its all fun and games till his mom says "Let ur little brother play with it"
this man is crazy brilliant...that is amazing detail and patience. He's got a bright future in aeronautical engineering for sure....wow!
Man: *builds paper airplane* Water: _i’m about to ruin his whole career_
Firespreader2 dumbass
random user Y’all are uh, toxic.
Who knew water could ruin his whole career
Just because he got it wrong doesn't mean he is stupid if anything, your the stupid one.
@Lonely Paint Brush bruh idot? Seriously??
Imagine a cup of water drops on this.... I don’t want to think about that.
Or an army of termites...
Let me help you think it...The airplane will fly on water
Milko Kalaijiev , it becomes a plane wreck?
Stop
Tuff Rocks Pal He Stores It In A Steel Vault Flood N Fire Proof With A 30 Digit Combination N 10 Security Questions.
The cousin who your mom said to let him play: "can I Fly it?"
I love how he seems so surprised by his own creation
3:00 "There are two types of manila folder I use. There's a... regular folder you might... encounter in the wild" Now if you look to your left, you'll see the manila folder in its natural habitat.
I was watching that bit when I saw this comment! 😝
OK I BELIEVE YOU
It’s spelled Manila paper...
@@mozarella_cheese thanks ^^; sorry.
@Terrarian Playz why? Is it fuckin relevant? Only a little bit of mentioning then you already ask a person his/her nationality? Buharin mo kabalbalan mo labaslupa.
The dedication this guy possesses is just unbelievable. You do you, man!
+Qiuniverse Ki ok?
RedMannequinDeisgn Are you OK with it??? Curiously OK? We are all very impressed with your condescending approval.
It may be cool but i think he should search a job
SMOKJE People like you annoy me.
Submersed24 people like you should search a job
Now this is proper art. In the Da Vinci sense of the term at least.
Very profound gamergod88
He uses the word "simple" like it's easy or something lol the amount of detail he put into this is literally mind-blowing
He probably broke 2 world records -Biggest/most detailed paper airplane in the world -most paper cuts a human has ever gotten
I stole your wallet my wallet is gone.....
-most time spent on building an airplane made out of paper
Most waste of time😂😂
I've never got any paper cut in my life
Your name fits the most papercuts so well.
When your true calling is to be an engineer but you hate trees
I hate Shrubs
I hate you three.
I hate threes(math)
Nuclear stealth bomber B2- spirit Glad to know.
I hate bees
This is phenomenal! I really can't believe what my eyes are seeing. This guy has a skill that should be put to better use.
Incredible! I had no idea paper could be used like this! Amazingly detailed is an understatement ! Good on ya mate!
Cup of water: I’m about to ruin this whole man’s career
I'd have preferred wood yes.
The cruelty of the world is that things are always easier to destroy than they were to create
@@icer8991 I stand corrected
Not necessarily, it might be some what water proof
i spend hours on survival 303 and every time you leave after 15 minutes your buildings go away then another 15 minutes and your inventory clears. i sometimes spent 8 hours just getting bluesteel. yesterday i worked on getting moss compost and i managed to get it, but i had to go immediately after at 2:00 am.
That landing gear is just incomprehensibly amazing. How did he do that??
insane :D
he cut the paper
Paper
Sharmila Naveen oh. I thought he had carved it out of a leather boot, with a paring knife..
Cam Good that amazing me the most it's insane
Thoroughly admire your skill and dedication keep modelling!
The level of detail and functionality is amazing
9 year old: searches how to make paper airplane Sees this: ok it'll be done when I'm 16
Lol that’s not a decade
Chocolate THUNDER So what
@@chocolatethunder7507 If there are a tutotial, it will be done faster!
Do ur maths lol
Me at 9 searches for paper airplanes Sees this: Nope F*ck that. Search how to roll a joint.
If his house burns he’s allowed to cry
Black I think anyone should be able to cry if there house burns down...
@@bobjeff7249 r/wooooshh
@Jacey Long 😂
Fiery salamander how is that a woosh
I feel like if anyone’s house burns downs they’re allowed to cry
This is the most amazing thing I have seen .the intricacies are absolutely rediculous in perfection .amazing .
I don't think it is insane. I tried doing the same when I was in grade school (years...years back heheeh). It was just a section though, not in scale, unlike your project which is a whole plane, to begin with. I understand the thrill, challenge, and everything that goes with it. Can't believe you actually did a whole plane. I'm so envious.
Kid: paper airplanes are fun! This guy: lemme try.
lol
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Y.S GAMER no
Y.S GAMER idiot stop self promoting
You really thought about that one💀😂😂😂
Tiny little passengers take their seats... "So what's the inflight movie?" "Paper Planes." "Oh come on!"
And also paper towns
We also need a paper bush to order the attack
Final destination
Waiting for the person to call you racist.
lmao this was such a dad joke
I love Randy Orton’s new hobby
You are seriously one skilled individual, this is truly amazing.
Wow the flaps and slats blew me away
literally😂
Those mechanisms and it's symmetry is just amazing
Everyone else throwing the old paper airplane across the room while this dude can like take out the teacher
STR4PP3D _IN lOl
I wonder how scary it would be to see your student throw this at you...
Imagine this: Teacher in an Architecture class pre-911 brings a model of the WTC. This guy throws the plane at it. Teacher remembers this on 911. What would the teacher do, you think?
STR4PP3D _IN it even drops paper bombs with paper gunpowder inside.
STR4PP3D _IN you go to class and see this plane slowly glide in and hear: ‘PAPER1 is on final for TEACHERSDESK’
Kutos to this man for his insane dedication to this project! I know if I tried to do something like this, I would give up within 10 mins.
It's a year later Luca and I still think you are totally amazing!
*When you and your friend are competing who can make better paper plane*
His friend would win cuz those planes takes forever
22 yrs later.... “welp, I’m ready”
Autoscoot Gmail/KZhead nbvxvuplumsmdnx Enid Jedi rice X am: Mow
ahhhh, but whose plane would fly better though?
@@spiceyicey just add 2 edf units and a control board with servo motors to control the aelerons and flaps and stuff to the huge model and viola
This would be impressive even if there were no moving parts. The fact that the landing gear works and the jet will open up is just amazing!
it's got flaps too, it's simply amazing.
HudsonGTV ukjmnmxd'mmr
I wonder how it can do that, wouldn't the hinges snap? What does he use for hinges and axles?
PHANTOM MEDIA - Cars, RCs, and Lego Technic he probably does the same thing that he does with the wheels making it out of solid core so it is much more stiffer
This is a very beautiful model, just think about the patience that must be involved, this is beautiful.
Our interests and ideas are the exact same I loved trains when I was little now its airplanes and I'm actually trying to get into wood working so I can make something like this just at a way bigger scale and also this is the best thing I've ever seen
When you dont have wifi for 12 years...
Guess what I am 12 years old but I don't have WiFi still I have born
@@saadathossain4520 Uhhh, you're on the internet. That means you have an internet connection.
Saadat Hossain your using WiFi because your on the internet
@@saadathossain4520 r/whooooooshhh
@@Daniel-dj5pd #mobiledata
Imagine spending 3 years on this and then someone just sits on it
P4ZT I'd kill the person who sat on it
LT. RedSand Well, the cops can't arrest what they can't catch.
P4ZT he spent a decade on it not 3 years
“Oops, dropped my lighter.”
Lmao
he could turn the world into a paper.
I liked when he said : "it even blows my own mind"
As a designer, this is just amazing but my only concern is, will it be available at a museum for people to look? :O
some Dubai millionaire will probably bid stupid amounts of money on it
Miguel Gibberoni 😂😂 true
Miguel Gibberoni if it were made of gold and other precious metals....
A A This is a masterpiece that only a handful of people in the world could accomplish, art has a value of its own.
AdityaTD if it is possible, then it should be put in a "coffin" in a large box. Then put "VERY FRAGILE".
Dad! Yeas son? Can you teach me how to make a paper airplane? Why sure son... 26 years later...
Yeas
Yeas?
Yeas boii
yeas
Yeas
I’d love to see an update for this
Yes, these kinds of projects can be very therapeutic and end up with a great result.
Interviewer: So why do you think you're cut out for the job? Him: Oh I made a paper airplane once
Hehe "cut out"
@@nihaalkesarwani6662 I was just thinking that
Few years later, this will be in museum !!!!
Hopefuly!
@@thatscool5401 it's boring
@LegoWorld Fuentes whole*
xXGhoustXx boi it’s very interesting art. Sorry you only find triangles fun!
Matija Ravnik maybe he will build a paper museum
The movable wing surfaces and landing gear are unbelievable! Even the gear downlocks are functional!
Teacher: No paper airplanes! Kids in the back of the class:
Someone get this man a medal
@@johnwesleyhuss7580 exactly what i wanted to say...
or a girlfriend......
@@ehtcom No. His awesome plane would make her wet and she'd get the plane all wet and he'd have to start over.
It's not paper
Ok, I'll get him one
Meh, still more legroom than what you get in economy nowadays.
A bag of flour Lol
Not KLM
Good thing I fly first
Good thing I have a private jet
Spaghetti Sauce good thing I use my flying super yacht
*”he’s a man of courage, determination, and sheer boeing will.”*
Plot twist: he'll have parkinson's by the end of the year. Seriously though, this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I'm not one for scale models, but the attention to detail, the unusual material, the juxtaposition of ideas that these giant metal machines replicated with something normally considered flimsy like paper. It's all so beautiful, it's almost overwhelming. It's definitely inspirational. I more like to learn than create, but this makes me want to try my hand at creating something. For some reason I picture like a 12 foot tall scale model of the Empire State Building or the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, or the Petronas Towers. This sorta reminds me of these 3D puzzles they used to make in the 90's that were made out of foam pieces of things like R2D2, The Millenium Falcon (the digitally remastered Star Wars trilogy just came out) or Camelot. I still have a bunch that I never even took the plastic off of. Maybe I'll just start with one of those.
People talking about "Rain" or "Accidents" Meanwhile.... Cats: *giggles*
Oh no XD
Some cats gone die tonight
If he has cats then i'm scared of his bravery
Dogs: *giggles*
Yes probably dogs XD
Your notebook paper when the professor says "take notes"
*your
Cheerful chibi you'r
Your* comments are on every trending video... lol
"You're" all right! My bad I'll edit it lol
BlxckJqguar is that a bad thing? Lol
Just when I thought I could build a nice model this guy comes along. Awesome
For Me This Man Is Not Crazy, People Think He Is Crazy But They Don't Understand What This Man Feels, This Man Is An Artist.
When you can say you made a paper airplane, and it only took you *10 years*
It was fast a real airplane takes 20 years
@@sadekahmed7796 Actually a 777 takes about 83 days to manufacture.
Physics Teacher - *Ok class, today we are doing a paper airplane race* Me - **Builds a simple glider** That one kid - **This video**
My friend is that kid and i love her lol
Category: *Asian*
jeff wholsome my class is half asians (including myself) and I can confirm this
@@jaz3y_ who asked
I highly doubt that this design of airplane would function remotely well without an engine, even if it was as small as a normal paper airplane.
Crush: I like paper airplanes Me 12 years later:
This man took creativity to an another level!