By winding a rubber band, it could store enough energy to turn a propeller for a short duration. With a 10 foot model taking the current world record, as you can see in the video below the break ...

For those unfamiliar, rubber band airplanes are exactly what they sound like: a toy plane with a propeller powered by a wound-up rubber band. Despite its status as a toy, the rubber band airplane ...

Rubber bands can be a child's first real introduction into the stretchy and bouncy world of elastomers. They can be used as low-impact weaponry against both siblings and friends, made into balls or ...

The fancy versions have shiny red propellers with matching wheels. Sold by the millions, these ready-to-fly gliders and rubber-band-powered airplanes have captured the imaginations of generations ...

An airplane with no propeller and wings that go flappy-flappy ... we love [Hobi Cerdas]’s build of the Pterothopter, a rubber band-powered ornithopter modeled after a pterodactyl.