I decided to add a twist and do Walkalong Gliders in my regular pub meetups (instead of the Squirrels) to see what would happen. It was an amazing success!
Ottawa Citizen’s Bruce Deachman covered the project and the design was printed as a cutout on Jan 8th (Web version: Winged wonders: Paper plane meetup lands in Ottawa). The event was also covered by Alan Neal of CBC Radio and Ed Hand of 1310 News.
I’ve been experimenting with Walkalong gliders and think it would be fun to do some meetups to work on these. So please come and bring some friends! Details below!
As it turns out we will have Phil Rossoni at the events on the 8th and 9th. He is an authority on this type of aviation. Here’s a video of an interview by Slater Harrison (also an advocate).
When: January 5th, 2014, 2pm
Where: ArtEngine, Room M70, 2 Daly Avenue
What: Walkalong and paper plane fun!
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
There are 3 RSVPs.
When: January 8th, 2014, 6pm
Who: Phil Rossini expert on Walkalong Gliders, Darcy Whyte model plane expert
Where: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa. Lots of free street parking.
Why: Science = Fun = Cool
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
There are 15 RSVP and 5 maybes.
When: January 9th, 2014, 9am
Where: ArtEngine, Room M70, 2 Daly Avenue
What: Walkalong and paper plane fun!
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
When: January 9th, 2014, 1pm
Where: Canada Aviation and Space Museum
What: Walkalong and paper plane fun!
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
When: January 9th, 2014, 6pm
Where: Arts Court Theater, 2 Daly Avenue
What: Walkalong and paper plane fun!
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
When: January 14th, 2014, 6pm
Where: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa. Lots of free street parking.
Why: Science = Fun = Cool
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
When: January 22th, 2014, 6pm
Where: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa. Lots of free street parking.
Why: Science = Fun = Cool
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
Slater Harrison’s Big Mouth Tumblewing and The Paper Plane Guy‘s Tumblewing:
Jeremy Shafes Super Boomerang and my Circle Plane (Peace Plane).
I’ve come up with a hub-less wheel.
It’s made out of card stock and doesn’t even require glue.
The square “hub” mates with groves in the wheel.
Because the square piece is longer it will bow out and form two points of contact with the axle.
Here’s what it look like in action:
As you can see by the pictures below the Dayton test build last night was a great success!
Send in your logo or other content and I can make a branded version of Dayton! We can print double sided and of course in any color!
Please share this with your Facebook and Twitter friends! I’m excited to make them with logos and other art work!
I made up some stands for Squirrels a while back. They made the Squirrel-O-Rama workshops a lot more fun. They were a little heavy since they were based on a block of wood. Great for functionality but bad for me to carry a bunch of them to an event.
Here’s a new stand! I will start bringing them to our meetups!
