Fun Fly Stick

Background

The background to this project is to observe how charges of the same polarity can repel each other, even keep one afloat with enough charge. The goal of this project is to be able to fill two items with the same charge and keep one of the objects afloat without the need of physical force.

Materials

Flying fun Thinsel x1

Flying fun Static Charger x1

Procedure

1. Take the static charger.

2. Push the charge button.

3. While pushing the button, place the plastic on the charger rod. It should fill with static charge.

4. Quickly, peel off the plastic and throw it in the air.

5. Quickly place the rod underneath the plastic. The plastic should hover over.

6. Enjoy and keep it hovering for as long as possible.

Misconception

Fun Fly stick generally known as negatively charged while operating, But this is not the case. Actually The Fun Fly Stick is POSITIVELY charged. It works like a minature Van de Graff generator. Materials are the same; a plastic rubber belt, metal comb and two pulleys. But the only difference is the button that you use for operation. Buttom pulley is connected with a wire to the metal button. While metal comb collecting electrons from the rubber belt, Electrons passes on to your hand through the wires (grounding), with the electron deficiency of the toy, What we call, The toy is positevely charged. You can figure out with couple of easy experiments.

Result

The object that was charged with the same charge as the rod floated above it gracefully.

As it seen from the picture, there is 3 wires connected to button. 2 of them is for - (negative) and + (positive) side of the battery. But 3rd one is for earth, which is your hand highly positive.