Riyadi Derajat from Bandung West Java in Indonesia sent in this cool Squirrel. He will be making them with children at school soon.
Squirrels in Indonesia
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Squirrel and Dayton Appear at 3D Print-A-Thon
There has been a lot of hype about 3D printers in media over the past while. Of course the Squirrel Project has a couple of 3D printers so was invited to the Ottawa 3D Print-A-Thon. The event was very successful. I presented the idea of using 3D printers to perfect the propellers. Of course many fans of the Squirrel Project showed up and a couple of keen kids made a couple planes. I cooked up a Dayton myself.
The Love of Aviation
Here’s a wonderful video my friend Slater drew my attention to.
I’ve not watch the whole thing yet but so far I’m really enjoying it!
Colaboration
I have been talking with Adam Fraser Davidson about adding some of his artwork to planes. I think the Dayton is a great candidate since it’s based on bond paper.
I’ll report back this week!
Model Plane Meetup
Wednesday we had a meetup. Technically it’s not one the official meetup nights but there seemed to be interest so I did an adhoc meetup.
Six people attended (including myself). We made some Squirrels and the Butterfly Walkalong Glider from Mark Pechuls.
The Squirrels went together well and we practiced launching them in the back of the venue near the dart boards.
Michael and I decorated the walkalong glider. Seems people liked wearing it. 🙂 We glided it a bit at the table. I’m pretty new to walkalong gliders so will work on this more then next meetup.
