{"id":46372,"date":"2026-06-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=46372"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:05:23","slug":"projectiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/projectiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Projectiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Best paper airplanes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make better paper airplanes. This is the third generation of books offering plans for the best, and these really are better. They were designed with the aid of aeronautical testing. The winning design flew a record 226 feet. Know what? The ultimate paper airplane still has not been invented. Distance isn\u2019t everything. This book will help you invent it. \u2014 KK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Safe boomerang<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aerobie Orbiter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This lightweight boomerang won\u2019t kill you if it happens to strike you or a passerby. It flies fast, wide, and sure. Easy to catch because of its closed shape. It does take practice to get a full no-move-from-start return, but anyone can get it to come mostly back. You\u2019ll need a football-sized empty field for its 90-foot circle performance. Unlike a frisbee, it can be a lot of fun solo. \u2014 KK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Easy catch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

FlingSock<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the most sports-impaired among us can enjoy this well designed little toy: take a bean-bag, wrap it in grippy fabric, and add a tail: voila, the FlingSock. Better than other \u201cflying tails\u201d, in my opinion. It flies amazingly far (sometimes too far \u2014 be careful that it doesn\u2019t end up on a roof). Even when it smacks me in the head, the light polyethylene pellet filled bag don\u2019t hurt a bit. Doesn\u2019t bounce either, so it won\u2019t pop out of your hand or roll unexpectedly into the street. Easily sized to grab, with grippy rubberized fabric to keep it from slipping, and a fabric tail for second chance catches, as well as fabulous flinging\u2026all in cheery, rainbow tie-dye colors. The mini size is perfect for slipping into school backpacks, flipping around in your yard, or to keep handy in the car for spontaneous flings \u2014 rolled up, it\u2019s about the size of a small lemon. The regular size can and will go 30 yards and more \u2014 better save that one for the park! \u2014 Barbara Dace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A frisbee for clowns and kids<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Beamo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Beamo is somewhere between a flying hula hoop, a slow-motion nerf disc, and a gigantic frisbee. The doughnut design makes it easy to catch using any part of your body, and since it softly boings when it hits something, it\u2019s super safe. Also, being large (30 inches) and slow and reversible, it\u2019s slightly easier than a frisbee to maneuver. Perfectly sized for kids, and oodles of fun for adults, it WILL tire you out. I recently witnessed a conference of chair-bound nerds rise up and break out into sweat to play with a Beamo for hours on end. It\u2019s hard to remain motionless when this Clown Frisbee is in the air. \u2014 KK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simple water cannon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stream Machine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The genius of these water cannons are their simplicity. A single moving part \u2014 a big fat piston with handle grip \u2014 squeezes a wide stream of water down and out their large diameter tubes. Filling them you reverse, sucking in water via the same orifice. When loaded (takes about 2 seconds) they gush water at least 30 feet. Impossible to clog, and nearly unbreakable, both kids and adults can operate them around pools, lakes, rafts, canoes and boats. These are the regulation-issued weapons at our place. \u2014 KK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once a week we\u2019ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage recommendations as is because the possibilities they inspire are new. Sign up here<\/a> to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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