Code Number: 2C20.95
Demo Title: Frisbee
Condition: Good
Principle: Coanda Effect
Area of Study: Fluids, Angle of Attack
Equipment:
Frisbee
Procedure:
Throw the Frisbee horizontally giving it some spin and a slight upward angle of attack. It should travel quite some distance and with practice you can make it seem to almost hover in place before it settles to the ground.
References:
- Richard Crane, "Frisbees, Can Lids, and Gyroscopic Effects", Reprinted from TPT, Vol. 21, # 5, May 1983, p. 325 , TPT, Vol. 42, # 9, Dec. 2004, p. 554.
- Richard Crane, "Frisbees, Can Lids, and Gyroscopic Effects", TPT, Vol. 21, # 5, May 1983, p. 325.
- Rick Beyer, "American Pie", Reader's Digest Special Edition - "The Greatest Stories Never Told", ISBN 978-0-7621-0554-0.
- Ed Sobey, Woody Sobey, "Frisbee", The Way Toys Work, p. 52.
- "# 123, Frisbee Frolics", Christopher P. Jargodzki and Franklin Potter, Mad About Physics, p. 47, 189.
- Brandon Specktor, "Toys That Weren't Meant to Be Toys", Readers Digest, Sept. 2015, p. 134-135.
- The Book of Unusual Knowledge, Publications International, Ltd., "The Frisbee: From Pie Plate to Toy", Chapter 15, p. 460.