Electric Plane Launcher

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Electric Plane Launcher

This kit’s great for office warfare but it’s really meant for flight-testing paper airplanes. Two DC motors spin rubber discs in opposite directions to grab your plane and propel it up to 30mph. There’s no soldering, just pre-cut wires and a screw terminal block.

Intended for teaching kids ages 14 and up, it’s easily assembled in minutes with a screwdriver (included); you add only batteries. I’d say kids 10 and up could build it, with adult help to push the motors tightly into grommets. Caveats: the instructions have some inconsistent drawings (the online video helps), and the front leg is fastened by a nut on the deck directly in the plane’s path — a dubious placement, though it hasn’t tripped up my planes yet. (Incoming, Jake!)

2 thoughts on “Electric Plane Launcher

  1. Jaap Titjes says:

    Within this whacky college celebration sport, you can observe if your paper-plane generating knowledge possess survived, or perhaps if they’ve got washed out through the years. Almost all which is required for the overall game is enough paper …Paper Plane Game

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