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Description

A glider made with paper cups, tape and rubber bands

Resources

2 Paper Cups
Tape
long rubber bands

Instructions

Tape the bottoms of the cups together so that the open mouths face away from each other. Make sure the cup bottoms line up evenly with each other. Use several wraps of tape.
Take two rubber bands and loop one around the edge of a second, then back through itself. Pull to make the knot tight. Repeat to connect the other bands to the chain.
Use your thumb to hold one end of the chain in the center of the cups. Stretching the rubber bands, but not so tight they damage the cups, wrap the chain around the taped part of the cups while holding onto the end of the chain. Once almost completely wrapped, hook the other end of the chain over your other thumb so that the chain is coming out under the cups.
To launch, hold the hand with the cups behind the other hand. Make sure the rubber band chain is coming out under the cups. Aim your forward hand up in the air, pull the cups back (unwind a little if needed) and let go of the cups. It won't fly high, but rather glide gently to the ground. It is especially cool if you do it at the top of the stairs or off a balcony!

https://www.instructables.com/id/Magnus-Glider/

Tags

• craft
• glider
• paper cups
• rubber bands

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