| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Flight School; 2 Rockets; Basic Straw Rocket; Cruise Missile; Bottle Rocket; Soda Pop Rocket; Blow Darts; Whisper Rocket; 3 Hand-Powered Gliders; Flying Flounder; Plastic Zipper; Paper Plate Flyer; Red Baron; Round Square Flyer; Three-Penny Flyer; Phonebook Flipper; 4 Rubber Band-Powered Gliders; Classic Dart; Flat Flyer; Mini-Delta Flyer; F-16; Falcon Frenzy; Streak; Foam Plate Shuttle; Bat-Wing Flyer; 5 Helicopters; Apache; Straw Copter; Super Spinner; Maple Key Helicopter; Fantastic Four-Blade; 6 Launchers. |
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X-Wing Flyer and LauncherGrape Bazooka; Straight-as-an-Arrow Launcher; Pistol Grip Launcher; Pringles Launcher; 7 Boomerangs; Basic Fingerrang; Triple Threat; Criss-Cross Flyer; Ninja Star; Aussie; Back Cover. |
| Subject |
Paper airplanes.
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Flying-machines -- Models.
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Flying-machines -- Models.
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Paper airplanes.
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Engineering.
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Fine Arts.
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Toy Animals.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Toymaking.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Wood Toys.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Experiments & Projects.
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Flying-machines -- Models.
(OCoLC)fst00928451
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Paper airplanes. (OCoLC)fst01052395
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mercer, Bobby, 1961- Flying machine book. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011041174 |
| ISBN |
9781613740880 (electronic bk.) |
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1613740883 (electronic bk.) |
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9781613740897 (electronic bk.) |
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1613740891 (electronic bk.) |
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