Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
They were tremendous. Did you ever wind the band so far it snapped? A disaster!
Of course!

I remember a friends dad built a farkin great big one with a balsa wood frame covered in paper with two propellers. We were like the children of Hamelyn to his piper and he nonced every single one of us but the sore arse was worth watching that thing take off. Yes, it started on the ground and actually took off!