Pitsco Balsa Gliders - Getting Started Package has enough materials for a classroom of 30 students, including our Metric Glider book; the Dr. Zoon Balsa Glider Video; and a FlightPak complete with materials for designing, prototyping, building and testing gliders.

Requires a hobby knife and ruler, sold separately.

Pitsco Chutepack II contains materials for students to explore the principles governing the design and use of parachutes. Tissue paper, glue sticks, and all other necessary materials are included for 30 students. Requires scissors, sold separately. 

Pitsco Clearly Solar Car Kit is more than a build-and-run activity kit. With this solar car, you can change the solar panel angle, try out different gear combinations and switch the two solar panels from series to parallel circuit (or vice versa). These features enable students to test a variety of variables.

Pitsco Dragster Paint Stand is perfect for holding your dragster during the painting process. The dragster is suspended by the cartridge hole. Once secured on the stand, the dragster can also be rotated to paint all sides. Special plastic material enables the wet paint to be wiped off the stand.

Dimensions: approximately 8" long x 3-1/2" high

Pitsco Economy Rocket Pack without Engines provides enough materials to make 50 rockets, minus engines. To save you money, Pitsco eliminated the boxes and reduced the amount of reusable items. Each pack includes enough gummed tape, fin material, nose cones and other materials for 50 students to build one rocket each. Fifty Pitsco Rocket Kit Books are included as well. 

Requires a launcher, scissors, ruler, sponge, finish such as paint, and white glue, sold separately.

Pitsco Eco-Wind Generator Getting Started Package gets students thinking about energy concepts through hands-on activities. The Getting Started package has enough materials for 30 student wind generators, a WinDynamo II for teacher demonstrations or advanced student explorations, and the Eco-Wind Gen video.

Requires a fan (or wind), hobby knife, scissors and cool melt glue, sold separately.

Pitsco Flightpak Power Pack guides students through principles of flight, glider design and the construction of hand-launched balsa wood gliders that they can fly. They can even compete against each other to see which glider can stay aloft the longest. All materials necessary for students’ designing, prototyping, building, and testing are provided. Includes enough materials for 30 students.

Requires a hobby knife and ruler, sold separately.

Pitsco Foam Wing Glider Pack has everything you need to make your own gliders. Student-designed wings are cut on the Wing Cutter and then attached to balsa wood fuselages. Rear fin and horizontal stabilizer are also constructed of balsa wood. Provides enough polystyrene foam and balsa wood to make 25 gliders. Also includes glue, sandpaper, graph paper for design drawings, template material, instructions, and clay for balancing. As an added bonus, the pack includes two sheets of our Pitsco decals.

Requires a hobby knife, finish, and Wing Cutter, sold separately.

Pitsco H2O Turbine is a great warm-up activity for teaching about renewable energy, Newton’s third law, rotational energy, and other topics – even history. Put this water wheel under a stream of water to light a bulb – students can see the energy generated by hydropower. 

Water turbine kit includes laser-cut acrylic pieces, Motor 500, gears, and hardware to construct the 9-3/4" x 3-3/4" x 2-1/4" generator. Requires screwdriver, sold separately, and a flowing water supply such as an indoor or outdoor faucet. Can also be used with a voltmeter, sold separately.

Pitsco Kazoon Kite Kit has everything you need to assemble a flying tetrahedron kite that soars so easily you might have trouble getting it down. This kit comes complete with step-by-step instructions and the needed materials.

Requires scissors and a ruler, not included.

The quick and convenient way to check dragsters for TSA specifications. Use this Pitsco Metric Dragster Go/No Go gauge for measuring minimum and maximum requirements for front and rear wheel widths and diameters; body length, width, and height; and screw eye and axle position.

Pitsco Mini Straw Rocket Launcher can propel rockets up to 25 feet. Just put the rocket on the launch tube, pull back the air pressure plunger, and let go – it couldn't be easier. Also, includes a Launch Angle Tool that helps you turn the launch tube to the desired angle.

The Mini Straw Rocket Launcher is made of acrylic, stainless steel, plastic, and hardboard and measures 7-3/4" L x 4" W x 8" H (with launch tube up). Works with rockets made of Precision Straws or 7/32" diameter drinking straws. No assembly required.

Build and deploy parachutes with a variety of payloads and watch the excitement. This Getting Started package includes materials for 30 student parachutes and the Dr. Zoon Parachutes Video.
Requires scissors, sold separately.

Don’t let a lack of power tools sideline your plans for CO2 dragster activities – get the green flag by using these Precut Dragster Kits! Great for schools and groups with limited or no access to power tools, these kits offer the excitement and learning experiences of building and racing a CO2 dragster. As with ordinary dragsters, you can cover aerodynamics, force, motion, acceleration, and other concepts. Each Pitsco Precut Dragster kit includes two basswood body blanks. These blanks are precut to a profile shape with predrilled axle and cartridge holes and can be shaped further with coping saws and sandpaper.

Each kit comes with two Precut Dragster Blanks, eight Ultimate Axle Bushings, four Px Wheels, four Lx Wheels, four steel axles, four screw eyes, eight brass washers, two CO2 cartridges, and instructions. Requires coping saw or wood rasp, sandpaper, finish, and a race system, sold separately.
 

Pitsco Ray Catcher Consumables give you everything needed to build more of the fast and fun solar cars without rebuying the panels. Reuse your Ray Catcher panels without a hassle. 

Note: Each car requires a Ray Catcher Solar Panel, sold separately.

Pitsco Ray Catcher Solar Panel is the official solar panel of the Junior Solar Sprint competition. It measures 267 mm x 127 mm x 3 mm (thick), and is built of lightweight, superstrong, high-impact fiberglass laminate. This panel is also weather resistant. It weighs 126 grams and has an output of 2.9 volts at 1.1 amps. Includes 8" color-coded lead wires.