The Hui Stick trick

in #games5 years ago

Have you ever heard of a simple trick that would boggle most peoples mind's? (this is gonna be a simple and fun post that you can do quickly to have lots of fun with).

It's a game where you rub a stick on another stick which gets the propeller rotating.....THEN at the saying of the word "HUI" the propeller changes direction to rotate the other way round.

The game or trick has a few names. Hui stick, Hooey stick, Magic stick, hee-haw whammy stick, mystery stick or idiot stick (I suppose because it takes the mickey out of people that don't know the trick, or believe a word can make a prop turn).

It freaks people out!!!

I mean, how on earth does a word change the direction of a spinning stick? Also how does the rubbing of a stick get the prop to turn in the first place?


So the trick is this:

If you take your finger and hold a sellotape and try to shake the roll up and down, you will notice that it is impossible to get the finger to go up and down exactly vertical, thus keeping the roll of sellotape to stay in one spot.
Even the slightest variance in your finger movement will hit the inside of the roll at an angle and start the roll moving in a direction. Keep up that movement and the roll will actually start rotating.

This is the principle of getting the propeller to turn. The nails holding the propeller and the propeller hole are 2 different sizes, allowing the nail or screw to hit the propeller and get the movement happening like the finger did on the sellotape.

The trick is though, how do you change the direction of the prop?

Again it is quite a simple trick to get the change....and NO it is not the word HUI :)

It is essentially controlling the science in how to hit the inside of the propeller against the nail/screw. If you are able to control the rotation of the movement properly, then you will get the rotation to change directions.

It is done by simply resting either your INDEX finger or your THUMB against the stick as you rub it. Depending on which one is resting against the stick, will cause the rotation to to either the clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.
This happens by the action of pushing the finger against the stick and your hand holding the stick pushing against that action.

As the ridges cause the stick to vibrate, it also causes slight circular motions in the stick that control the propeller.

COOL HUH??

It will take an hour to make the Hui stick.

Try it out! WOW your friends and family.....and have fun.


Here's a video with a detailed explanation on how it works.

[Image credit is here, here2]

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Howdy sir towjam! what in the world? Never heard of this one but how cool and clever! lol. The video is excellent in explanations too. This is a good one!

Thanks mate....we made them here for the kids and they love them!!
Their friends are amazed by the magic :)

Howdy today sir towjam! that is super cool and what fun!
Hey, that job you are starting, is that the same kind of work you did before? I forgot what that was.

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