Last night we got to talking about what a waste it is to spend too much time browsing the internet or playing computer games. The kids decided that wanted to really work on doing some other things. Both of the kids have plenty of reading, writing, music, and other things to do beyond homeschool, but Christian and I got to talking about some of the things he really enjoys doing. One of those things was the construction of a working model of a motor. I have been wanting to do some kind of a project with Christian. Not a little project, but a big one that takes us all of one summer or even a year to complete. After looking around the internet, I found this page. Two high school kids built a one man hovercraft for around $200 in their garage. Wow! That is what I am talking about. I think that would be awesome. We even have a pond in the back yard where we could try the thing out. Well, I started looking around and I found some more projects that looked very cool. This one was very fun, too. But this is the one I think we should get after we build a leaf blower one first.
What about this one?
http://www.rqriley.com/pegasus.html
http://www.rqriley.com/imagespln/peg1.jpg
It carries 125 pounds, so it wouldn’t be RC, but it would be a lot more ‘show-offy’
WOW! That sounds great. Let me check it out. The thing is, we could do the first one to figure out how to do stuff and then, after we build the second one, we could use the first one as a trailer to haul behind the second one.
Actually, I think this one might be the best second one to build.
Christian
That one looks awesome, but it looks extremely pricey. But it also says ‘first time’ on the description.
Christian
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Trisha
That sounds like fun I’m jealous!!
Trisha, We are negotiating hard on the whole deal. I hope we do not bite off more than we can chew. It is not like we are not doing that already!