DREMELCOPTER w/ short movie clip

Step 6 The finished project

Photo #1: To finish all I needed to do was tighten the nose end of my Dremel tool, plug it in and drop in one of the fan assemblies. Always launch the fans outdoors!
Photo #2: If you fail to launch outdoors something like this is probably going to happen. 

To launch a fan simply drop the fan spindle into the launch tube(it will align itself onto the pin) keep body parts away from it's ascending trajectory and turn the Dremel tool on briefly. Good luck retrieving the fan afterward. 

Comments

[will0w222]

how do you plug it in wile its flying

[budabob07]

the dremel itself doesnt fly, just the propeller. Its like one of those toys where you pull a string and a fan flies up

[Flying_MashedPotatoes]

i haven't seen a video of this, but is this one of those Pull-String Helicopters or the helicopters that are a prop and a stick with the grip; but in dremel tool spinning form?

[PDRWLSN]

There's a video attached, were you not able to veiw it?

[frollard]

Highly recommend uploading a copy to youtube (or other vid site) -- keep the copy here, but to lighten the bandwidth burden on ibles, and make an embeddable object -- 2 of my 3 video players wouldn't play your wmv file.

[dombeef]

It just shows me a green screen

[Flying_MashedPotatoes]

oh, i didnt see the attachment...usually people have it on youtube or another video site.

[chemicalvamp]

I'm gonna make my fins like the osprey military aircraft's. Well as close as I can get.

[PDRWLSN]

I would recommend either a rim around the blades or have them balanced. Building something from wood that accelerates as fast as this can grenade itself if you're not careful with the design.

[DieCastoms]

I, at one point in time, had two items that did not work: a dremel with a burnt-out/damaged speed control, and a lamp with a smashed socket and a dimmer knob in the base. I discarded most of the lamp but kept the base and power cord and dimmer, and mounted a 110 receptacle in the base. I took apart the dremel and discarded the speed control and replaced it with a piece of tin cut from an old computer case. The dremel was locked at full-power, but the lamp base's dimmer would let me control the speed from nothing to full. It worked out very well. You could use a similar device to finely control your dremel to much lower speeds.

[PDRWLSN]

The fan launches best and most reliably with the Dremel at full speed, but I'm still going to use your idea to power my workbench Dremel. Thanks

[chemicalvamp]

Lol thanks for the safety warning, I gotta try this.

[PDRWLSN]

I've got some tweaks for you if you want them get back to me.

[MTJimL]

Perhaps using only two or three fan blades, reducing the blade pitch, or adding weight will make finding the fan more likely.

[PDRWLSN]

I'm going to be tweaking the fans in many different configurations so thanks for the input, I'll be using some of your suggestions.