Paper plane competitions are often the best way for engineering enthusiasts to put their paper plane to the test and see whose plane comes out at the top.
However, a competitor in Japan decided to discard the mainstream way of making paper airplanes by folding the materials provided into a paper ball and throwing it as hard as possible.
Guess what? It worked and he won third place!
Twitter user @terurunchan posted two pictures showing off his certificate and his “award-winning” paper plane, which has gone viral for its unorthodox design.
He is a student studying at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where the paper plane competition is compulsory for a certain subject.
At first, he tried making a paper plane with an impressive design but the test results weren‘t promising.
He also pointed out that although the rules limited the materials to two sheets of A3 paper, glue and twenty pins, it didn’t state how participants should use it.
Taking advantage of this loophole, he chose to fold it into a ball and it ultimately paid off.
To his surprise, this idea was also used by another participant named @bu_iiiiin, who was crowned the champion with the same design!
@terurunchan’s way of bagging a spot at the top 3 has garnered 4.5K retweets and 20.6K likes.
The two paper ball winners also discussed about the match under the same thread as well.
Sources: Twitter/ @terurunchan
Editor: Raymond Chen
Proofreader: Sarah Yeoh
