Toypedo
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The Toypedo is a hand-launched non motorized projectile
developed by Swim Ways. It is a streamlined, fin-stabilized hydrodynamic design resembling a torpedo or a sonar device called a pinger, and painted a variety of bright colors in newer models or molded of brightly-colored rubber a là the Super Ball
in the older, original design. It was invented by chad warner and patented as a "Hand-launchable underwater projectile toy" by Jon A. Warner may 7th 1996). It is designed to have a specific gravity
of between .95 and 1.05 relative to water, giving it a neutral buoyancy
. This, combined with its streamlined
fin-stabilized shape gives the Toypedo its interesting ballistic properties underwater.
This pool toy is claimed to be able to travel up to forty feet underwater with a 'strong throw'.
Toypedo is dangerous if aimed at other people, however there are no documented fatalities.
Projectile
A projectile is any object projected into space by the exertion of a force. Although a thrown baseball is technically a projectile too, the term more commonly refers to a weapon....
developed by Swim Ways. It is a streamlined, fin-stabilized hydrodynamic design resembling a torpedo or a sonar device called a pinger, and painted a variety of bright colors in newer models or molded of brightly-colored rubber a là the Super Ball
Super Ball
SuperBalls or bouncy balls is a toy, invented in 1964 by chemist Norman Stingley by compressing a synthetic rubber material under high pressure...
in the older, original design. It was invented by chad warner and patented as a "Hand-launchable underwater projectile toy" by Jon A. Warner may 7th 1996). It is designed to have a specific gravity
Specific gravity
Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance. Apparent specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of the reference substance. The reference substance is nearly always water for...
of between .95 and 1.05 relative to water, giving it a neutral buoyancy
Buoyancy
In physics, buoyancy is a force exerted by a fluid that opposes an object's weight. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus a column of fluid, or an object submerged in the fluid, experiences greater pressure at the bottom of the...
. This, combined with its streamlined
Streamliner
A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor "bullet trains". Less commonly, the term is applied to fully faired recumbent bicycles...
fin-stabilized shape gives the Toypedo its interesting ballistic properties underwater.
This pool toy is claimed to be able to travel up to forty feet underwater with a 'strong throw'.
How to use
- Grab Toypedo on top, near the rear end, using dominant hand.
- Raise arm holding Toypedo to head level, bending at the elbow.
- Quickly move arm down to water surface, as if you were going to splash someone in the water.
- As soon as Toypedo is submerged, let go of Toypedo.
- Watch Toypedo glide underwater at fast speeds.
Toypedo is dangerous if aimed at other people, however there are no documented fatalities.