Looking for WinExtra? You've found it - check out the ReBranding story as to why the change

Are we really this f*&#ing lazy

by Steven Hodson on December 5, 2008 · Comments

Paper airplanes are a part of every child’s life and for some can lead to bigger and better things. Some of these dead tree pilots might formulate their love of flying at this early stage, others might become facinated by the physics of it all. The rest of us though carry on making them as we get older because - well - hell we just like playing with paper airplanes.

Let’s get serious for a second here though and look at this stupid ass gizmo that will let you launch your paper aircraft creation at speeds of up to 31 mph. Are they serious? Have we really become that lazy that we need to have some electric contraption to take the place of our own arms in order to set our plane free?

From the website for this silliness

This is a fun educational aid product designed to demonstrate scientific concepts taught in school curriculum. Ready for take off! Kit contains everything you need to learn how spinning motors and plastic discs are used to launch a paper plane at up to 31 mph (50km/h). An ideal kit for exploring paper plane designs.

This kit was designed at Middlesex University by specialists who teach teachers. Each kit is thoroughly researched and encourages young people to stretch their skills and thinking. Contains Base plate with guide, Plastic discs with pulley, battery box, motors, plastic rings (grommet), plastic suction cups, sticky pads, short screws, long screw, connecting sleeves x 4, terminal block, nuts, wire and screw driver.

Right …  educational. Sure whatever you say. I think it’s just a bunch of fancy words to get you to hand over 15 bucks. Not too mention to show how lazy you really are.

[hat tip to Treehugger]

Related articles by Zemanta

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Similar Posts:

Tagged as: Crafts, Paper plane, stupid shit

Don't want to miss a single Shooting at Bubbles post?
Then make sure to grab our RSS feed right here and keep up to date with the cranky old fart of the Internet.
  • hey - people use friendfeed, is that not proof enough that we need this?
  • there is that :)
  • James
    That's not lazy, that's freakin cool! I wish I could've made my planes fly 30 mph!
  • LOL .. sorry but I still think it's stupid
  • ahhhh paper airplanes...mere toys compared to RC planes...that's where the real fun is at!

    want some real fun? go HERE:
    http://www.hobby-lobby.com/
  • I've always wanted a RC helicopter - I think they are really cool.
  • I dunno, sounds too complex. I mean, you have to make your own planes! Why couldn't they include a supply of five paper airplanes in the box (made in Bangladesh or wherever), and also offer an extra set of fifty additional paper airplanes for an additional five bucks (plus shipping, handling, and applicable taxes)? THEN we'd be lazy.
  • genieyclo
    What I thought, I mean, just think about all the calories you have to use to actually frigging fold the frigging plane! It's stupefying!...uunngh, I can barely lift my fingers to type this damn comment...
  • I've got to be a killjoy here, Steven. It's about time I disagreed with you anyway. :)

    When I was in school, I competed for about 7 years in local, regional and statewide science competitions. In one of those competitions, I had to build and launch paper airplanes. The event was intended to teach kids about aerodynamics and other principles of physics.

    This launcher is for units like that competition. It allows students to build airplanes, make changes and then test those changes to record/track/analyze the result with more accuracy. For example, say you bend a tail fin from 10degrees to 20degrees - this little launcher takes out the variable of a hand launch so you can attribute a change in altitude, flight time, etc. to whatever structural change you made to the plane. It lets you launch exactly the same way every time, which is critical to doing any type of aerodynamics lab.

    If someone buys this for personal use, they're lazy and/or a moron. But it's got a legitimate junior high/high school science lab use. I would've loved to have had this when I was doing those competitions.
blog comments powered by Disqus