Can we power that Polystyrene Pizza Tray Jet Glider (No)

I recently bought a couple of small electric motors on eBay complete with propellers and thought I would see if they would power the Pizza Tray Jet Glider I made a couple of months ago. It does not work this time, but I may have another go. I am under powering the motors using a 2.7 volt supercapacitor when they are expecting a 3.7 volts LiPo supply. If you have a question it is probably worth reading this video description first because the answer may already be here. To help you find my videos I made two search guides /watch/wgcHOoOSBecSH or /watch/kRYwkwgU4jZUw or checkout my playlists page /user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 This was the eBay listing for the electric motors http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251480920143 The supercapacitor came from Maplin Electronics http://www.maplin.co.uk/c/components/capacitors/super-capacitors The original build for this plane is here Polystyrene Pizza Tray Foam Jet Glider - Part #1 /watch/ikahG99F0PJE87_ExtIZn0BrSRPx2a5ALP=tsil?kHJW3t6b-CQbh Polystyrene Pizza Tray Foam Jet Glider - Part #2 /watch/ikahG99F0PJE87_ExtIZn0BrSRPx2a5ALP=tsil?U9v8SP4MsGHMh Main components - Polystyrene pizza tray metal nuts or washers for balance weights matching twin electric motors and propellers 2.7v 5F supercapacitor Clearly many parts of the world do not have polystyrene pizza trays. They are just the packaging that my local supermarkets use for pizzas. I use them because they are free and would otherwise be thrown away. You could use any polystyrene or styrofoam packaging you can find or even buy foam board from model shops. The foam I am using is about 5mm thick. Main Tools - Sharp hobby knife Hot Glue Gun Filmed using FujiFilm FinePix S4800 Edited using Serif MoviePlus Starter Edition I will add this new video to my Aircraft playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB0nZItxE_78EJP0F99Ghaki and my Pizza Tray playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB04GN5yvwwJipBl8tm3-LcD I have thousands of videos on YouTube covering a wide range of subjects. To find them follow my search guides /watch/wgcHOoOSBecSH or /watch/kRYwkwgU4jZUw or see my playlists page /user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 Generally my projects are for my grandchildren to enjoy. OK, I enjoy them too. If anybody else likes them, that is a bonus. I like to keep my work as simple and basic as possible so that it can be copied easily and improved by anybody who wants to try themselves. I recycle or repurpose items rather than buy new and when I do buy I like to keep it cheap. /user/GrandadIsAnOldMan

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