In thisI add rubber bands and a propeller to the glider I made from polystyrene plates in #34. I make the propeller out of a plastic pop bottle. \r<br>\r<br>I have been asked for details of the propeller as you see in the video I did draw something on paper to give me some guidance but I just sort of guessed what shape and size looked about right. I have since measured it and it is made from a rectangle 14 cm long and 2 cm wide. Mark the centre and then trim 5 mm off the front edge of each blade and add some curves so the propeller looks a bit like a slightly squared figure eight. To be honest I am sure it is not the best and you could try other shapes to see what works best. I have seen square blades work fine, we are not building a high quality flying machine here. If you use the same plastic pop bottle I used, be ready for it to go soft and warp when you hot glue it. Initially I panicked when that happened, but then I realised I could use it to my advantage and add a good twist to the blade while it was soft.\r<br>\r<br>The width and length of the plane were just based on what the biggest section was that I could cut from the plates. The coffee stirrer is 17cm long. Each wing is 15.5cm long and 6cm wide. The tail is 12cm tip to tip and 3cm wide\r<br>\r<br>The main components are:\r<br>Styrofoam plate\r<br>Wooden coffee stirrer\r<br>Short length of solder or similar as a balance weight\r<br>\r<br>Extra items for the propeller\r<br> Plastic pop bottle for the propeller blade\r<br> Plastic jewellery bead for the bearing\r<br> Short plastic tube - mine came from a hand wash bottle pump\r<br> Paperclip \r<br>You would get better results buying a proper propeller for small electric planes online.\r<br>\r<br>Rubber power\r<br> Plastic jewellery bead for the bearing\r<br> Short plastic tube - mine came from a hand wash bottle pump\r<br> Paperclip \r<br>\r<br>Tools\r<br>-\r<br>Hot Glue Gun\r<br>Hobby knife\r<br>\r<br>Camera FujiFilm FinePix S4800\r<br>Editor Serif MoviePlus Starter Edition\r<br>\r<br>Related playlists and videos\r<br>I have grouped these styrofoam plate gliders into their own playlist here \r<br>The original basic glider video is here \r<br>Rubber Band Power version is here \r<br>Electric version is here \r<br>Aircraft playlist \r<br>Supercapacitor planes \r<br>Rubber Band Plane Prop Assembly Demo playlist \r<br>Rubber Band Power Planes \r<br>Radio Control Aircraft \r<br>RC Biplane Silverlit Palm-Z \r<br>Silverlit X Twin Jet RC Plane \r<br>Silverlit 27 MHz RC Sopwith Camel \r<br>Home Bargains - txJuice RC Stunt Plane xtreme \r<br>RC Airplane Sky İ 27MHz \r<br>Hot Wire Styrofoam Plane playlist \r<br>Another Plane from Scrap Foam playlist \r<br>DLG Pizza Tray Glider with Cheap Kite frame playlist \r<br>Sky Hunter 230 Radio Control Flying Wing 40 MHz \r<br>\r<br>My Channel page \r<br>Oldest videos \r<br>Most Popular \r<br>Newest videos \r<br>Playlists \r<br>Facebook \r<br>Merchandise - Check both of these links if you are interested as the prices will vary and the shipping charges will be different.\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides or \r<br>My GrandadsOtherChannel channel is generally where I will host the videos that give extra detail or longer versions of the videos I post on my main channel \r<br>If you feel the need to help support my channel you can donate at
