The mystery of the fun fly stick explained

[@pherkads]

Stumbled on this and never knew of the "Fun Fly Stick" Thanks for the info.

[@SimonPoliakoff]

Glad you found it interesting. They are quite cheap to buy and make a good physics demo and also just a fun toy.

[@bronzefanpage8256]

@@SimonPoliakoffsame here! Interesting video!

[@SOME_WORDS]

Is it really possible that obtaining high voltage mechanically turned out to be easier and cheaper? 👀

[@SimonPoliakoff]

Although a large voltage can be produced because the charge stored is quite small it isn’t that useful beyond being a fun demonstration.