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Post  mitchg95 Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:37 pm

This is so cool!!! has anyone here done this? if so do you guys have a vid of one working, this is what i found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4dy8MwLXBA , i have to try this Very Happy Babe Bee
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Post  nitroairplane Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:31 pm

I tried it with horse flies and it failed.
I glued their feet on and then learned that their feet must be left free to move.
Glue their abdomen on.

It is pretty cruel when you think about it though.
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:20 am

nitroairplane wrote:I tried it with horse flies and it failed.
I glued their feet on and then learned that their feet must be left free to move.
Glue their abdomen on.

It is pretty cruel when you think about it though.

not really cruel, but what would be cruel is lighting the whole plane on fire when there attached
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Post  jsesere Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:53 am

Think of all the garbage flys consume. Yes we all hate them, but they have a place in nature.
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:53 am

yes good point joe
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Post  engine049 Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:34 am

some one on this forum once said a wise thing they are born in poop every day after that is a gift matchsticks.com/Fly_Matchstick_Airplane.htm here's the link to the plans

"from the website Launch the fly matchstick airplane. It should fly like a charm, and, far from being cruel to the flies, you'll be teaching them a new and valuable thing, one that brings us to the virtue of this exercise. For we see that while flies think a lot alike, have a great deal in common, share many of the same hopes and dreams, they never act in concert, as a team, with regard for the worth of other, neighboring flies until forced to by grim circumstance - as, for example, when they are harnessed to fly and either first experience the exhilaration of high-altitude cooperation or die. Redeemed by such a critical choice, they'll soar like a glider, race like a Stealth, and, when overflying a barnyard or kennel, turn into a wicked-awesome dive bomber."
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Post  PV Pilot Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:03 am

Me and my best friend Guy (passed away) did this maany years ago when we were still in High School. used toothpics and made a double wing covered in a single layer of Saran wrap. we would trap the flys, then glue the abdomen to the fuse, feed them a little dab of honey, and set the whole contraption aloft. Really amazing how long they could stay up, and gain altitude.

Don't feel to bad for them, they are not an endangered species. the common Brundlefly or housefly carries a extreme amount of germs and disease, that can be days deadly to a infant.


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Post  Cribbs74 Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:11 am

I guess it's not the best way to go out but, they are flies. No shortage of those around.

I saw this on television once and it's amazing how much power they can muster.
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:03 am

engine049 wrote:some one on this forum once said a wise thing they are born in poop every day after that is a gift matchsticks.com/Fly_Matchstick_Airplane.htm here's the link to the plans

"from the website Launch the fly matchstick airplane. It should fly like a charm, and, far from being cruel to the flies, you'll be teaching them a new and valuable thing, one that brings us to the virtue of this exercise. For we see that while flies think a lot alike, have a great deal in common, share many of the same hopes and dreams, they never act in concert, as a team, with regard for the worth of other, neighboring flies until forced to by grim circumstance - as, for example, when they are harnessed to fly and either first experience the exhilaration of high-altitude cooperation or die. Redeemed by such a critical choice, they'll soar like a glider, race like a Stealth, and, when overflying a barnyard or kennel, turn into a wicked-awesome dive bomber."

thanks for the link Very Happy
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:04 am

PV Pilot wrote:Me and my best friend Guy (passed away) did this maany years ago when we were still in High School. used toothpics and made a double wing covered in a single layer of Saran wrap. we would trap the flys, then glue the abdomen to the fuse, feed them a little dab of honey, and set the whole contraption aloft. Really amazing how long they could stay up, and gain altitude.

Don't feel to bad for them, they are not an endangered species. the common Brundlefly or housefly carries a extreme amount of germs and disease, that can be days deadly to a infant.

Sorry to here about your freind, i cannot wait to try this on my own Very Happy lol!
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Post  PV Pilot Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:10 am

mitchg95 wrote:
PV Pilot wrote:Me and my best friend Guy (passed away) did this maany years ago when we were still in High School. used toothpics and made a double wing covered in a single layer of Saran wrap. we would trap the flys, then glue the abdomen to the fuse, feed them a little dab of honey, and set the whole contraption aloft. Really amazing how long they could stay up, and gain altitude.

Don't feel to bad for them, they are not an endangered species. the common Brundlefly or housefly carries a extreme amount of germs and disease, that can be days deadly to a infant.

Sorry to here about your freind, i cannot wait to try this on my own Very Happy lol!

Thank you Sir Mitch, I appreciate that.

Use some little 1/16" or 1/32" balsa square or round stick, it will be lighter than a Douglas Fir toothpick. Saran wrap works good for a covering, a bit tougher than tissue paper. You have to get the power to weight ratio correct, lol, find the fat flys, they have better endurance than the newborn's.
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:28 am

PV Pilot wrote:
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PV Pilot wrote:Me and my best friend Guy (passed away) did this maany years ago when we were still in High School. used toothpics and made a double wing covered in a single layer of Saran wrap. we would trap the flys, then glue the abdomen to the fuse, feed them a little dab of honey, and set the whole contraption aloft. Really amazing how long they could stay up, and gain altitude.

Don't feel to bad for them, they are not an endangered species. the common Brundlefly or housefly carries a extreme amount of germs and disease, that can be days deadly to a infant.

Sorry to here about your freind, i cannot wait to try this on my own Very Happy lol!

Thank you Sir Mitch, I appreciate that.

Use some little 1/16" or 1/32" balsa square or round stick, it will be lighter than a Douglas Fir toothpick. Saran wrap works good for a covering, a bit tougher than tissue paper. You have to get the power to weight ratio correct, lol, find the fat flys, they have better endurance than the newborn's.

thanks for the advice, now i have to get some flies
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Post  microflitedude Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:01 am

I have to try this. Our screen porch is filled with flies.

I wonder if those giant mosquitoes would work...
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:02 am

microflitedude wrote:I have to try this. Our screen porch is filled with flies.

I wonder if those giant mosquitoes would work...

if you do it get it on video Very Happy
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Post  Cribbs74 Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:07 am

Quick question, what type of glue should you use to adhere the fly?

I was thinking CA but, you can't kick it to cure fast as the heat might kill the fly or maim it to the point where it won't do anything.
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Post  PV Pilot Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:07 am

A Dragonfly would be like hot rod Tee Dee power.
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:08 am

cribbs74 wrote:Quick question, what type of glue should you use to adhere the fly?

I was thinking CA but, you can't kick it to cure fast as the heat might kill the fly or maim it to the point where it won't do anything.

i saw online where a guy tried ca but it was not drying fast enough so he use ca accelerator... he says it burned the poor guys
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Post  microflitedude Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:09 am

Yeah, epoxy heats up too and is toxic.
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Post  microflitedude Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:09 am

Double sided tape maybe?
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:10 am

white glue? but then it wont dry fast enough
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Post  PV Pilot Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:15 am

For the life of me, I can't remember what we used. I think it was a pin tip dot of the crappy CA in the white metal squeeze tubes. I think we glued there feet to the mini mount we made. One you toss them in the air they beat there wings, natural reaction.
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Post  mitchg95 Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:19 am

PV Pilot wrote:For the life of me, I can't remember what we used. I think it was a pin tip dot of the crappy CA in the white metal squeeze tubes. I think we glued there feet to the mini mount we made. One you toss them in the air they beat there wings, natural reaction.

sweet... lol! this is gonna be awesome
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Post  jsesere Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:46 am

You better see what PETA has to say. lol!
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Post  proctor Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:51 pm

Sorry guys but I find this a disgusting abuse of live creatures and I am sorry
to see it on this forum. John
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