This is the airplane I used in the New Millennium Paper Airplance
contest to win the Distance category. It received some close
competition from Peter's dart. Nothing record-breaking, though, the
entire building was only about 100ft long, and the arrow might have
gone about 70+ feet, which was more a matter of it flying somewhat
straight.
Instructions on Youtube:
I must admit I originally did not have any particular paper
aircraft model in mind for the "distance flown" category. I imagined
it will be long and dart-like, with as much mass near the front as
possible, and an arrow-like tail at the rear. I have little experience
in any sport that involves any pitching or throwing. However, I do
have a degree in a martial art, and leveraging that, I hoped to turn
my body into a whip, using the larger muscles near the center of the
body to create a base of momentum that is transferred to a smaller,
relatively relaxed arm and hand, and through some prestidigitation let
fly a bolt of paper at roughly a 45-degree angle to the ground which
would fall wheresoever it may.
