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Raviyaan
The Raviyaan is a typical Aerogami model i.e. you don’t need gum, scissors or tape for its construction. You just need to ‘fold and fly’.
Paper Size: Although any Square Paper will do, I’d suggest a 21cm square. This square can be conveniently cut from an A4 paper.
Difficulty: Moderate and is well worth the superb flight. The following 12 figures go to show how it is folded. Note that only steps 6 and 9 are the crucial steps. The crucial steps even include real photos. All the diagrams are drawn to a scale relative to the size of the first square.
Starters: To follow my diagrams you need to know what a mountain fold and a valley fold are. The symbols I used throughout are:
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(green)- Indicates a valley fold. |
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(orange)- Indicates a mountain fold. |
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(grey)- Indicates a crease on the paper. |
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(black)- Indicates a paper edge. |
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1. Start with a square paper. Fold in half vertically and then open back out. |
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2. Fold into half horizontally and then open back out. Important: Then flip the paper upside down. |
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3. Now fold one-fourths horizontally. Do not open back out. |
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Folding front: 4. Crease along the corners using valley folds as shown. |
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Folding behind: 5. Again crease along the corners using mountain folds as shown.
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Folding inside: 6. Steps 4 and 5 will be helpful for this crucial step. Push in the corners along the solid black wedges while mountain folding on the top flap and valley folding on the flap below. The result will be as shown in figure 7. Click here to see a picture of the result.
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7. Mountain fold the flaps inward in order to join the red dots.
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8. Fold along the green lines so that the red points meet each other.
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Crucial step 9. There are two pairs of valley folds seen. The folds labeled 1 should be folded first followed by folds numbered 2.
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10. First fold the winglets and then mountain fold the whole plane in half. Note that the area of the plane that is shown in the figure forms the underside of the final plane. |
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11. Find (or visually approximate) the mid point of the orange line and form the wings by folding along a line joining the mid point and the vertex . |
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12. Front view Important for flight: Notice the dihedral angle and that the winglets are parallel to the ground. Click here to see a picture of the front view. Send your feedback to
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