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Science Museum Solar Airship
 
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Science Museum Solar Airship

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3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Technical Details

  • Solar Airship uses the sun’s rays to inflate itself
  • No pump required
  • Airship is 8m long when fully inflated
  • Can be split it into two 4m sections
  • Made from black high-density film

Product Specifications
Model NumberSM 1028
Assembly RequiredNo
Batteries Required?No
Batteries Included?No

Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 20 cm ; 231 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 290 g
  • Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
  • Manufacturer recommended age: 1 month and up
  • Item model number: SM 1028
  • ASIN: B000AAGNUG
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,142 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)

Product Safety

This product is subject to specific safety warnings
  • Warning: Not suitable for children under 36 months

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

The kite is dead. Long live the Solar Airship, heir apparent to the kite's 30 centuries of dominance of the skies. The Solar Airship might look like an eight metre bin liner, but it's wise not to be fooled. To unleash its might, just fill it with common-or-garden air, and it will amply demonstrate the power of solar energy. This Airship is different from anything invented by the Montgolfier Brothers or Count von Zeppelin... and simply uses nature's most abundant gases and the power of the sun to inflate its sausage-like shape--no pumps or puff are required. All you need is a reasonably calm and sunny day. When exposed to the sun's radiation, the gases in the airship become excited, increasing in temperature and pressure... and lift the mighty tube majestically into the air. Now here's the really clever bit. A little like a worm cut in two by an inquisitive schoolboy, you can separate the eight metre length of the airship's black high-density film into two 4 metre sections... and get two mini flying machines for the price of one. Then it's up, up and away... though, to avoid interference with low-flying aircraft we heartily recommend that you keep this amazing contraption securely tethered.

Product Description

Features:
Solar inflating airship
Simple to use
It inflates and rises due to the laws of physics, explained in the instructions
Fly it like a kite - and hold on tight!
8 meters in length

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Solar sausage 23 Aug 2010
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Do this in the park on a calm and sunny day and kids and adults alike will flock towards you. To see this 25 foot, black, 'solar sausage' up in the sky is surreal, weird and great fun. Take a roll of sticky tape with you to repair small holes and rips. When it is low down kids want to chase, grab and wack it which is when the rips will occur. Mine has been used several times with large groups of kids and probably has half a roll of tape holding it together but it still flies.
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Bought two of these for my kids. Both broke within minutes. Neither worked. Have thus far failed to get my money back from the supplier. Would not recommend them.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Not very durable but excellent fun. We should have chosen a bigger area to inflate it as it got torn on the television aerial!!!! You need lots of space but it is excellent and so easy.
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