# Air Swimmers Shark **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360 "2011-11-09T04:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/21 "2011-11-10T01:06:19Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s a … thing … on a track on the underside of the shark, which is weighted. Ballast. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/22 "2011-11-10T09:49:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Ballast. Yeah, the ballast is in the thing, and the thing moves forward or back on the track. Let me see what they say on the Air Swimmers site … okay, they’re calling it a pod. The pod holds the batteries and also the putty that provides extra weight as necessary. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/23 "2011-11-11T20:09:43Z")
I got one for my son for his b-day last week. Had his sister play the jaws theme on her ipad while I flew it in over his head. It’s sturdy enough, and the cat runs away, so she’s not a danger! ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/24 "2011-11-11T21:11:12Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851) you go **Scubaqueen** This is one of my favorite Dope threads. Damn you \*\*Man in Black \*\* for resurrecting all things blimp!! :::shakes fist::: And thanks to **Moonlitherial** , I’ve ruined my eye make-up - once again. Scylla’s ‘The Horror of Blimps,’ tale of terror should come with health warnings. The cats are up on the sofa staring at the crazy woman who is still wheezing with hysterics while strange black streaks run down her face. 😃 And yes, I wanna air swimmer. Bad. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/25 "2011-11-11T21:52:56Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > A friend has one. His girlfriend is scared of sharks, so he surprised her with it at their Halloween party a couple weeks ago. It’s really cool, if a little hard to steer based on the difficulty the people playing with it seemed to be having. That could have been due to the alcohol, though. Good gad, a drunken air shark! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/26 "2011-11-17T13:52:12Z")
Seen the film , I want one now! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/27 "2011-11-17T15:59:10Z")
From the site - > [@](#): > > This item is not for use at altitudes over 4,000 feet. Rats. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360/28 "2011-11-18T13:20:01Z")
One of the guys at work brought one in, and at 5:00 am started flying it through the cube farm. Really good movement. I just got one to send to my nephew for Christmas and Mr. singular said in a small voice “you could get one for me, too”. Done and done, my love. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-swimmers-shark/602360.md?page=1)