From: Charles T Young
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:24 AM
Subject: squirrels at Houghton Middle School

Hi Darcy:

We* are building Squirrels in the Houghton, Michigan 7th grade middle school science class. We are devoting three class days to the project, and have completed the second day. Most all the Squirrels are flying today. We will devote the third day to fun flying in the school auditorium and some scientific measurements such as the relation between the number of turns and the flight duration. As you know, the construction involves a lot of following directions and manual dexterity in building. We found a pack of tissue in many bright colors at the local Dollar Store.
We will send you some photos.

*”We” are Chuck Young, Craig Kimmer and Ken Fisher, the remnants of the local RC club.

Notes after the last day: We had some contests: longest distance, greatest time in the air, most acrobatic etc. So, some kids that had corkscrew flight paths thought it was great fun, etc. Greatest casualities are the glue joints in the wing corners and breakage of the wing leading and trailing edges. Craig and Ken staffed the repair station. We may make it a point next year to have the students read and follow your written directions carefully rather than rely on our spoken instructions.

We sighted an airplane lodged in the rafters of the auditorium since last year. It has been there all year, so everyone who has sat in the auditorium could see it.

Chuck Young