Description

ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY “MAGIC WAND” FLY STICK

• Fun Fly Stick
• 5 Fun Stick Flyers
• Required but not included: 2AA Batteries

The Fun Fly Stick is a toy that appears to magically levitate and repel objects after the teacher presses the button on the handle. The Fun Fly Stick accumulates a large static electric charge using a miniature mechanism similar in design to the high voltage atom smasher devised Robert Van de Graaff.

When you push the button on the handle of the battery-powered wand, a belt moves inside the Fun Fly Stick and a static charge is formed which builds on the wand. When one of the included five Mylar (thin aluminum foil) shapes is brought in contact with the wand, the Mylar becomes charged. Since Conduction or “Charging by Contact” results in the same charge as the wand, the Mylar shapes will gain the same charge as the Fun Fly Stick. Since like charges repel, the Mylar shapes will immediately expand to their pre-set shape and can be levitated. With a little practice, you and your friends can move them about the room simply by bringing the charged Fun Fly Stick in close proximity to the Mylar shape.