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2C20.96 - Flying Ring and Cylinder
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Code Number: 2C20.96
Demo Title: Flying Ring and Cylinder
Condition: Good
Principle: Coanda Effect, Angle of Attack
Area of Study: Fluids
Equipment:
'Aerobie' - Flying Ring with Booklet, X-Zylo Flying cylinder.
Procedure:
The Aerobie book in the 2C20.96 pdf file explains all the fine points of Frisbees and flying rings.
The X-ZyLo is a flying ring that operates with the ring oriented vertically. Thrown much the same as you would throw a football, it should go several hundred feet.
References:
- H. Richard Crane, "More Flying, Spinning Objects", TPT, Vol. 27, # 5, May 1989, p. 406.
- Richard Crane, "Beyond the Frisbee", TPT, Vol. 24, # 8, Nov. 1986, p. 502.
- Gary Ronald Login, "The Cylindrical Wing, Why Does It Fly?", TPT, Vol. 16, # 9, Dec. 1978, p. 662.
- Robert Liefeld, "The Flying Cylinder", TPT, Vol. 17, # 5, May 1979, p. 286.
- Robert Liefeld, "The Flying Cylinder", A Potpourri of Physics Teaching Ideas, p. 55.
- Ed Sobey, Woody Sobey, "Aerobie", The Way Toys Work, p. 1.
- Ed Sobey, Woody Sobey, "X-Zylo", The Way Toys Work, p. 168.
- Cy Tymoney, "Sneaky Flying Disk", Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things, p. 28.
- Cy Tymoney, "Sneaky Hoop Paper Flyer", Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things, p. 36.
- Cy Tymoney, "Sneaky Soaring Cylinder", Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things, p. 37.
"124, Aerobie Frolics", Christopher P. Jargodzki and Franklin Potter, Mad About Physics, p. 47, 189.