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- Page 1 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com Thames & Kosmos UK Ltd, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2QZ , United Kingdom | 01580 212000 | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk...
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Page 2: Safety Information
Safety information Working with bamboo WARNING. Not suitable for children Bamboo is a super strong natural material. The thickness of the under 3 years. Choking hazard — small parts may be swallowed or bamboo dowels can vary, as the inhaled. material can be affected by humidity Keep the packaging and instructions and other factors. - Page 3 KIT CONTENTS Wheels (4) Part separator tool Shaft plugs, short (2) Rubber bands (6) Dowel holder anchor pins (2) Straight connectors (4) Dowel holder shafts (2) 150-degree connectors (2) Nose piece Stabilizer connectors (2) Airfoil ribs (4) Hulls (2) Dowel holder pegs (4) Hook fixture Bamboo dowel, 90 mm (6) Bridge connector...
- Page 4 PROPELLERS FOR FLYING Model 1: Airplane Assemble the propeller. The logo should be facing away from the hook for this model. Put the cap on the propeller. Assemble the fuselage as shown using Note! If a dowel does not slide two 220 mm dowels and 3–4 rubber smoothly into a connector, use...
- Page 5 Wrap the rubber bands around the bridge connector. Assemble the right-side wing with a 220 mm dowel , two airfoil ribs, a straight connector, and a wing surface film. Attach the wing surface to the airfoil rib by fitting the holes over the small tabs on the airfoil rib.
- Page 6 Attach the stabilizer films to the tail section using a 90 mm dowel Build both landing gear assemblies with a 90 mm dowel , dowel holder shaft, and a wheel. Affix the ×2 landing gear to the fuselage. To fly the plane, make sure all components are securely assembled, nothing is twisted, and the two sides are symmetrical.
- Page 7 Model 2: Helicopter Assemble the propeller. The logo should be facing away from the hook for this model. Put the cap on the propeller. Assemble the rotor mast as Attach the shown using stabilizer two 220 mm films to the dowels tail section and 4 rubber...
- Page 8 Build the landing gear ×2 assembly with 90 mm dowels as shown. Attach the landing gear to the helicopter body. Wind Wind 80–100 rotations. Fly the helicopter outside or in a space with very high ceilings. To fly, wind the propeller in Release the propeller and the the direction indicated.
- Page 9 HOW DO PROPELLERS WORK? To understand how propellers surface. Air flowing over the top has to travel farther, so it moves work, let’s first look at another part of the airplane: the wing. faster. As Bernoulli’s principle Wings generate a lifting force in states, faster moving air has a air.
- Page 10 PROPELLERS FOR DRIVING Model 3: Fan car Assemble the propeller. The logo should be facing toward the hook for this model. Put the cap on the propeller. Start the chassis assembly as shown using a 220 mm dowel Continue the chassis assembly as shown using another 220 mm dowel...
- Page 11 Connect the upper and lower chassis dowels together with the propeller, 2–3 rubber bands, bridge connector, and nose piece. Use 2–3 rubber bands. Assemble the four wheel holder rods with 90 mm dowels as shown. Attach the ×2 front wheels ×2 with 3-hole rods and short...
- Page 12 Attach the right-side body piece (hull) to the chassis as shown. Attach the left- side body piece to the chassis as shown. Wind To drive the car, wind up the rubber bands by spinning the propeller in the direction indicated 60–80 times. Put the car on a smooth, flat surface and let go of the propeller.
- Page 13 ALL ABOUT ELASTIC ENERGY What makes your rubber band powered and energy cannot be created vehicles go? It’s a special property or destroyed, then it stands of rubber that allows it to store and to reason that energy comes release energy! out of the rubber band when Rubber is a natural material it snaps back to its original...
- Page 14 PROPELLERS ON THE WATER Model 4: Airboat Assemble the propeller. The logo should be facing toward the hook for this model. Put the cap on the propeller. Assemble the boat body as shown using two 220 mm dowels 2–3 rubber bands. Use 2–3 rubber bands.
- Page 15 Assemble the two hulls as shown. Attach a 220 mm ×2 dowel ×2 Attach the left and right stabilizer films. Attach a 90 mm dowel a straight connector to each hull. Attach the hulls to the boat body with two more 90 mm dowels Wind Wind up the propeller 60–80 times...
- Page 16 Model 5: Hydrofoil Assemble the propeller. The logo should Put the cap on face toward the the propeller. hook. Assemble the hydrofoil propeller shaft as shown using two 220 mm dowels and 2–3 rubber bands. The rubber bands are Use 2–3 guided through the 5-hole rubber bands.
- Page 17 Assemble the hull with two more 90 mm dowels Attach the hull to the propeller shaft. To use your hydrofoil, you need a tub or pool of water that is deep enough so that the propeller does not touch the bottom when the hull floats on the water’s surface. Wind up the propeller 60–80 times in the direction indicated, hold it as you gently place the hull in the water.
- Page 18 AIRBOATS AND HYDROFOILS Airboats (also called fanboats) use big propellers just like the ones on airplanes to push them through the water. Because the propeller doesn’t actually go into the water, airboats can glide over bodies of water full of plants and debris in which normal motorboats would get stuck.
- Page 19 MEET THE NEXT-GEN GEEKERS! Quartz Zapp Spur Racket Mega Wheeler Boomer P.A. Helo Toney Cadet Nimbus Drop Sprout Props Coco Bell Bender 2nd Edition © 2015, 2016 Thames & Kosmos, LLC, Providence, RI, USA Thames & Kosmos® is a registered trademark of Thames & Kosmos, LLC. This work, including all its parts, is copyright protected.
- Page 20 Kosmos Quality and Safety More than one hundred years of expertise in publishing science experiment kits stand behind every product that bears the Kosmos name. Kosmos experiment kits are designed by an experienced team of specialists and tested with the utmost care during development and production.