The Tindell AirHack 1000
Super geeky dad Jonathan Tindell sends along this story of building something new and fun out of something broken:
We love anything Air Hog here in my house. We have dozens of helicopters and helicopters from them.
Any way, we have an air engine airplane that was a favorite of my youngest daughter. It got damaged to point where I couldn’t repair the HDPE body. Luckily, the engine and air reservoir were intact.
Well, my daughter came up with an idea to turn it into a rocket. We cobbled together some some old wings and horizontal stabilizers into tail fins that we attached to the bottom of the air reservoir. They also make a great launch pad.We found out that the engine doesn’t have enough power to do more than hover a few inches off the ground. But if you pick it up and toss it…. Well, a six year old can throw it about 50 feet!
We had fun making it and my daughter is learning that making things can be as exciting as playing with a new toy out if the box?
We couldn’t agree more, Jonathan! Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Happy flying!
