Wind up plane videos by Bill Kuhl of Winona, Minnesota!
These videos came from Bill’s excellent Bill Kuhl’s Dart Page. There are lots of good links and information there!
Category Archives: Testimonial
250 Squirrels per year in Jersey Shore
I teach in the Jersey Shore Area School District, a technology teacher at the middle school. Jersey Shore is landlocked in central Pennsylvania, a hundred miles away from New Jersey and even farther from the Jersey Shore, but otherwise well named.
Over 250 6th grade students make the plane each year.
Slater Harrison (Jan 2006)
Quote from Scott Hill
We are having major success with the Squirrel. Each 9 weeks I get a new group. I have just started my third group, but only my second group to build the squirrel. It is also an integral component of my Young Astronauts program. Our best time for the kids is 40 seconds. I only have those Midwest Delta Dart props at this time and plan on using the gray props next year. We really enjoy this plane. I have allowed kids to built several each during the nine weeks. Students shoot for the record each Friday with two launches each. Great fun!!!
Scott Hill, January 2006
Ondrej “Andy” Mitas comments
Ondrej “Andy” Mitas from United States:
Darcy, I just ran across your website, pointed there by a friend from Small Flying Arts. A year or two ago I tried to design a highly simplified beginners model, similar to a Peck ROG but more durable.. the plan is still on my website….but your Squirrel outdoes it by leaps and bounds. You have solved a number of the usual beginner problems with FF models by brash ingenuity, and the resulting model flies great and *actually looks good too,* a rarity for beginner models. Pretty incredible. I definitely salute your talent and insight. Please keep the free plan on the site, so my flying buddies and I can use it to seduce others into the hobby!
🙂
all the best
Andy
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Ondrej “Andy” Mitas
art, music, airplanes
School Project Ideas
Jordan Loreto of San Clemente, California used the Squirrel design for a school project. Here he is showing his class how to make a Squirrel.
“Here’s the attached video and pictures, I love this design, and because it is so quick to build, I used it in my 8th grade report on “rubber powered model aircraft” where I built one in front of the audience. Thanks for such a great design!” — Jordan Loreto
I also received these two pictures of a “Tandem Squirrel” and the above amazing video from Jordan. I must say that it has to be the coolest modification I’ve seen! Flies very well too! Very stable and slow. It’s nice to see this as a school project and also to see such constructive creativity! Great job Jordan!
For more ideas of how you can learn from the Squirrel, please see Educational Activities.
