Aerobie
X-ZyLo

 

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.

     

2C20.95 / 2C20.96 - Frisbee and Flying Ring