Physics project help! - trigger system
I have built a rubber band powered helicopter for a physics project. It looks something like:
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Wright/Images/WrightHeloVert_lg.jpg
Basically, you wind up the propeller, and the energy stored in the elastic bands, once...
Yeah! That's exactly the page where I got it from! But I'm more interested in making a similar model using household objects and was wondering if anyone had good alternative materials on how to build it.
Thanks, but I've tried searching my local hobby store, but none of them seem to be able to work this one claims to. So, I was thinking of making this by hand, using supplies from my local hardware store.
http://www.turnertoys.com/G1/MM2202bat144.jpg
"The Wright Bat Vertical Flying Machine
Wilbur and Orville Wright (you've heard of them) played with a wooden version of this toy in 1878. Their father, Bishop Milton Wright, bought it for them as a gift. Wind the rotor and let go - it flies up...