Rubber Band Powered Rocket Launcher

ABOUT THE UBER FLYER

Thank-you for your interest in the Uber Flyer. Starting in September of 2006, Arbor Scientific started producing and selling the Uber Flyer. They call their version the Elasti-Launcher. You can continue to purchase Uber Flyers from me, or purchase the Elasti-Launcher through Arbor Scientific.

Uber Flyers were used by the National Geographic Society's JASON PIN site in Washington DC in the Grosvenor Auditorium during their 2 week presentation for area schools who participated in this year's JASON Expedition: Mysteries of Earth and Mars. Students were brought on stage to launch foam rockets at targets and even launch a few into the audience with my double-sized Uber Flyer as seen in these photos. Dr. Robert Ballard, founder of the JASON Project, came over from the NGS broadcast studio to surprise the students and help launch a few rockets. Many thanks to Dan Beaupré of NGS for making this possible.

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The Uber Flyer is a fun classroom tool for teaching Science and Math. It is also a perfect addition to the 2005-2006 JASON Expedition: Mysteries of Earth and Mars curriculum.

The Uber Flyer allows you to control several variables, making it the perfect tool for collecting data and enforcing the scientific method. Best of all, it's safe to use indoors in a gym or large room because it's powered by rubber bands, unlike conventional rockets.

Launch tiny rockets made from empty pen tubes and control the angle, force, and mass. The amazingly consistent results of repeat launches allow your students to truly practice the scientific method by collecting tons of accurate data in a short amount of time.

It's so simple to use, 1st graders can operate it and learn how to predict where the rockets will land. Yet it is so versatile, it can be used in high school and college classes to teach higher level concepts.

I invented the Uber Flyer in 1999 when I was teaching fifth grade in Marion, Ohio. I know the Uber Flyer is the perfect tool for your Science or Math classroom, and it will inspire your students the same way it inspired mine.

Kevin Becker, Inventor of the Uber Flyer