Roaring Fire: Origami Airplane

I wanted to finish off with a bang for my last paper airplane and what a better way to do it, is to make the "Roaring Fire." When I first saw the design, it looked insanely cool. The skill rating was between the medium and hard side but I knew I had to try it for myself. The description bought me in. "This airplane will light up the sky with its roaring fire. The flames will seem to glide behind the model as they flare across its wings. The large wing area, made by first folding the paper across its width, helps this airplane stay aloft. A powerful launch lifting it high into the air will see it blaze a trail across the sky" (Ono 60). Well, it's time for me to finish this.

Doing it a little differently from other blogs, I am showing the final design before the steps to show you how I got it from just sheet of paper to this.

The Paper Design:
From what I could already tell, the paper was different than the others. It was wider and it looked like it was going to be less complicated than I thought.









Second Step:
"Next turn the tip back so that it sits on the far edge of the paper" (Ono 60).
The first step was the "basic fold both corners onto the middle" so transitioning to the second the step, I had to fold the tip on the edge of the paper.

Third Step:
"Fold the tip back so that the new crease lies half between the new edge and the original flaps" (Ono 60).
When doing this, I made sure to use ruler so I knew if I was lying the new crease in the middle of the original flap. It helped a lot.
After the third step, I flipped the paper over and folded it in half, leading it up to the fifth and final step!

Final Step:
"Place a ruler against the object to make a crisp, angled fold for the wing, starting at the end tips of the plane. Turn over and repeat on the other side to finish" (Ono 60).
The ruler part was super helpful. I would recommend to use it as tool for other paper airplanes to build in the future.

Question:
Have you ever tried something you thought you would never do but end up liking it?

Ono, Mari, and Roshin Ono. Fly Origami Fly. Edited by Robin Gurdon, illustrated by Trina Dalziel, Cico Books, 2010.