Education and demonstration – Science – Physics
Patent
1996-07-24
1998-07-07
Hirsch, Paul J.
Education and demonstration
Science
Physics
446 58, 446 59, G09B 2306, A63H 2722
Patent
active
057759170
ABSTRACT:
A propeller-driven educational vehicle for teaching science, mathematics, technology, and research methodology. The educational vehicle includes a body, one pair of wheels at the front end of the body and a second pair of wheels at the front end of the body, and a number of interchangeable propellers of different sizes for attachment by means of a propeller shaft to the front end of the body. A rubber band connects the rear end of the body to the propeller shaft. Rotation of the propeller and the propeller shaft in one direction winds and tightens the rubber band, thus storing in the rubber band potential energy which is transformed into kinetic energy and causes the propeller and propeller shaft to rotate in the opposite direction as the rubber band unwinds and loosens, causing the vehicle to move at an acceleration and speed which are directly related to the size of the propeller, and illustrating the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy.
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Hirsch Paul J.
Lou-Vee-Air Systems L L C
Roberts, Jr. Reginald F.
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