Well, this weekend, I only lost two Squirrels! Both flights were great and landed high in very high trees. I also managed to catch this flight on video.
Monthly Archives: June 2005
Inventors’ Association
I did a presentation on the Squirrel to the Ottawa Inventors Association.
Building a model airplane in a pub
Kathryn Allebone and I were able to prove that the Squirrel is easy enough to put together in a pub. No mess and no damage to tables because the only tools you need are scissors. Staff didn’t mind and look what nice Squirrels we came up with!
Kathryn is going to be sharing the Squirrel design with her church. I’m looking forward to pictures and flying reports from that!
School Project Ideas
Jordan Loreto of San Clemente, California used the Squirrel design for a school project. Here he is showing his class how to make a Squirrel.
“Here’s the attached video and pictures, I love this design, and because it is so quick to build, I used it in my 8th grade report on “rubber powered model aircraft” where I built one in front of the audience. Thanks for such a great design!” — Jordan Loreto
I also received these two pictures of a “Tandem Squirrel” and the above amazing video from Jordan. I must say that it has to be the coolest modification I’ve seen! Flies very well too! Very stable and slow. It’s nice to see this as a school project and also to see such constructive creativity! Great job Jordan!
For more ideas of how you can learn from the Squirrel, please see Educational Activities.
