Gas powered UFOs

In 2006, during our Jetpack Jesus Nerdefest contest, I decided to recreate a project that I made as a kid. The goal of the contest was to keep a Jesus action figure aloft for the longest possible time. I thought I had a winner because everyone was going to use Estes-type rockets and the gas UFO I made as a kid would KILL a rockets time aloft. The worst thing is the one I built 34 years prior worked....

1974

When I was a kid I saw a Toys R US ad for the "Cox UFO", a flying plastic ring. I decided to build
my own. I dont remember any of the details that went into the design but I'm pretty sure there
was'nt much forethought. I do remember that it flew very stabily at around roof height until
all of its fuel ran out. I also clearly remember the thing gyrating violently in a circular path
until crashing - before I added the four canted "wings" to stabilize it. The wings, as I
remember it, pushed air down and outward. Wow, I sure its wrong but at the time my ideas
was "putting fins to push down at anb angle to create 'legs of air' to avoid tipping".

The story on this one coming