Book
The flying machine book : build and launch 35 rockets, gliders, helicopters, boomerangs, and more / Bobby Mercer. --
Record details
- ISBN: 1613740867 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781613740866 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: ix, 197 p. : ill.
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 16.95 |
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| Subject: | Paper airplanes > Juvenile literature. Flying-machines > Models > Juvenile literature. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | J 745.592 Mer | 31681002709285 | JNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more"-- - Baker & Taylor
Featuring 35 projects for flyable rockets, gliders, boomerangs and more, a step-by-step reference for young flight enthusiasts features recycled materials and includes coverage of related scientific principles. Original. - Baker & Taylor
Featuring thirty-five projects for flyable rockets, gliders, boomerangs, and more, a step-by-step reference for young flight enthusiasts features recycled materials and includes coverage of related scientific principles. - Independent Publishing Group
2012 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award Winner in Technology Category
Calling all future Amelia Earharts and Chuck Yeagersâthereâs more than one way to get off the ground! The Flying Machine Book will show you how to construct 35 easy-to-build and fun-to-fly contraptions that can be used indoors or out. Better still, each of these rockets, gliders, boomerangs, launchers, and helicopters can be made for little or no cost using recycled materials. Rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards can all be transformed into amazing, gravity-defying flyers, from Bottle Rockets to Grape Bazookas, Plastic Zippers to Maple Key Helicopters.Each project contains a materials list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos, as well as an explanation of the science behind the flyer. Use this information to modify and improve your designs, or explain to your teacher why throwing a paper airplane is a mini science lesson.
