Test Launch.

Sorry that the 'tomorrow' was not followed in the plans, but here are the plane launches as promised:





anyways, sorry its a bit dodgy but yeh, I'm not gonna update for a while since im on MUSIC CAMP!!
have a great week of schoool... hehehehe

Launcher READY!

I finally got around to actually build the launcher, and I didnt use all the materials I bought, but oh well.

I used; nails, screw driver, nails, elastic band. AND, I made a hook out of ice cream container, its for launching the plane.

Also, I made myself a toolbox out of the strawberry freddo choc box to stall the spare materials I didnt end up using.. pretty cool huh?

Launcher Equipment.

Finally went to Bunnings and got my equipment for the plane launcher, here's a pic

Equipment included:

• thin wooden stick
• washer/'o' ring
• jackshaw (a 'junior' jacksaw)
• elastic band
• pair of nails

Plus, the wooden board I bought ages ago.

plan 4 building plane launcher

So, previously, in my blog entry titled 'Designing plane launcher', I referred to this youtube video, it didn't occur to me at the time to actually put the video itself on my blog, so yeh, here it is:



To date, my progress with the launcher remains the same, I have only painted it. But, I will be getting my materials from Bunnings next weekend and hopefully I will and am aiming to have the launcher built and ready to show you guys by the end or week.. four, yeh, week four.

awesome looking plane launcher.

Today, I decided I was going to paint a design on my airplane launcher. I used the design of a t-shirt that one of my favourite youtube blogger, Mychonny designed!!

source: http://panicpop.com/pages/roverice.php

And here is my lame attempt at art.. I know, many details are lacking & I ran outta white paint towards the end;

Took me sooo long to do, so, hope you like it!!

approved & plane launcher stuff & percy the pig.

ok so first thing first, my experiment has been given the all clear! yippppe! So yesterday, i went to Bunnings, and bought my materials for my plane launcher.

plank of craft wood, a daisy for decoration, and PVA glue :)

following my trip to Bunnings, i went to the fantastical Royal Easter Show; saw the cows, pigs, horses, rides, showbags.. blah, blah, blah, but the highlight was that I won this pig! *oink* *oink*

meet, Percy the Pig!

Anyways, I hope all who are bothered enough and bored enough to have been following my blog have a HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAYS!! I see you guys next term.. or before then, cya gee!

designing the plane launcher.

I found this video on youtube by user: MattB667 , uploaded on November 17, 2009. I wanted to adopt the 'plastic hook & rubber band' part of the method, and will be adding to the design myself.

'cut a hook out of plastic as shown in the next picture.'

'push the point of the hook throught the base of the plane so it pokes out underneath it,
and the rest of the hook resides in the middle of the plane.'

My plane launcher will have a base, probably made out of a plank of wood. Then, it will have two nails, nailed down a reasonable distance apart. And attached to each nail will be one end of the elastic band (or any elastic material) that the airplane will be hooked onto. The elastic band will then be pulled back and effectively 'launch' the plane.

So, it will hopefully look something like this: