The Sky King was flown by Takuo Toda to a new world record in 2009. This paper airplane pattern will help you learn how to fold the Sky King.
In April 2009 Takuo Toda, chairman of the Japan Origami Airplane Association, flew his paper airplane called the Sky King to a new world record. With a well practiced technique Toda arched his body over and tossed the Sky King high into the air 27.9 seconds later the paper plane touched the ground beating the previous world record by 0.3 seconds.
This is HobbyCaptain.com’s rendition of Takuo Toda’s Sky King. Toda likely used traditional origami paper for the Sky King. This version uses an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of office paper which is very different than origami paper.
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Sky King Instructions:
- The Sky King is challenging to fold but its flight is incredible
- Fold along the numbered lines lines
- Lines 1-7 and 4-6 are creases
- fold along the line on the first step then unfold and use the crease to help see where to make other folds
- On the second step, 7 and 6, leave folds in place
- The nose folds make a tight cupping affect, it keeps the plane held tightly together and provides a weight at the front of the plane (It is quite genius)
- The nose is difficult, check out the images below for help
- Fold the tail from side to side before pushing it up through the body
- The tail is difficult, check out the images below for help
- The tail is also optional, it will still fly really well without the the tail
- The wing folds #8-13 should be as parallel to the center fold 1-7 as possible
- Crinkle the back of the wings up to make a bit of an elevator, this will help keep the airplane level in flight
Go outside and lob this plane as high as you can get it, your flight time may break the current world record.
Folding Images:
Nose Folding Images
Nose Fold Diagram 
fold and unfold along lines 10 and 11 
push the tip up to form a cup 
push the nose tip back to form a diamond (square) 
fold the nose tip 11 down 
nose tip folded down 
fold the sides of the nose back along the body 
work the wings back into shape, flatter is better 
the nose should look like this
Tail Folding Images
fold the tail over, in both directions then push the tail up and pinch along the body 
the tail should look like this 
crinkle the back of the wing up just a bit