Radio Controlled Flying Disc Glider I ve been tossing around the idea of building a working prototype of a controllable flying disc for a few years, and this page is the repository for http://www-gt.diff.net/peter/thinking/rcdisc/
Extractions: home I 've been tossing around the idea of building a working prototype of a controllable flying disc for a few years, and this page is the repository for information as I come to it. I'm currently leaning toward control with synthetic jets (as described in the literature by Potts and Crowther). I'm sure people have built similar things, but I haven't been able to find references to them. Cheap Off the Shelf (COTS) radio control components typically have crystal-based receivers with fragile crystals that don't take too well to repeated impacts. This isn't that big of a deal and could be mitigated with good packaging or alternate receiver designs.
New, Improved Flying Disc Developed Adler s first unsuccessful effort, in fact, was an attempt to design a better flying disc. Every few years, he returned to the subject. http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/95/950609Arc5187.html
Extractions: NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Stanford University News Service (415) 723-2558 New, improved flying disc developed STANFORD It has taken Alan Adler more than 20 years, but he finally has come up with an improvement on the flying disc. The "Aerobie Superdisc," as he is calling his new design, has been in production by his small, family-owned company, Superflight, for almost a month, and is just beginning to appear in toy and sporting goods stores, Adler said. This is the fourth flying toy that Adler, a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, has developed and marketed. His aerobie flying ring set the Guinness world record for the farthest thrown object when it was hurled 1,257 feet in 1985. In 1987, he introduced a triangular boomerang, and, in 1993, he marketed a toy football with fins that allows almost anyone to throw a perfect bullet pass. Many of the prototypes for these inventions were made in the mechanical engineering workshop on campus and first tested on Stanford's Roble athletic field. "After years of building instrumentation systems for military aircraft and nuclear reactors, I wanted to make something that ordinary people could use and enjoy," says the electrical engineer-turned-inventor. He had taught himself basic aerodynamics in order to design sailboats. So, in the mid-1970s, he decided to turn his talents to designing innovative flying toys.
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Flying Disks flying Disks. Perfect for playing in the yard or park. Click on the images to see more information, to view the images larger, or to buy them at CafePress. http://eyebalm.com/artobjects/flyingdisks.shtml
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Flying Disc, Alaska Science Forum At least that s the case with Peter Delamere, a Geophysical Institute graduate student who s one of the best flying disc flingers in Fairbanks. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF12/1299.html
Extractions: Article #1299 by Ned Rozell This article is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer at the institute. You don't have to understand the physics of the flying disc to throw a great "hammer," but it certainly doesn't hurt. At least that's the case with Peter Delamere, a Geophysical Institute graduate student who's one of the best flying disc flingers in Fairbanks. He hurls backhands, forehands, and the hammer, an overhead release that travels quite a distance upside-down before dropping like a lead sinker into the stinging hands of a receiver. Delamere, who studies space physics at the Geophysical Institute, is one of a half dozen other G.I. grad students who play Ultimate, a game like football or soccer except players sling a flying disc instead of a ball. Applying a spin is crucial to the flight of a flying disc (which I would call a "Frisbee" if that word wasn't a trademark of Wham-O). Delamere demonstrated this fact by pushing his 175-gram flying disc through the air as if he was tossing a shot put. The non-rotating disc fluttered to the ground like an overyellow birch leaf. As Michael Gold pointed out in the essay "The Fairy Tale Physics of Frisbees," a flying disc can be considered a combination gyroscope and airplane wing. A gyroscope is a spinning mass that tends to be stable because of that spin. The faster an object spins and the heavier it is at the outer edges (where most of the weight in a flying disc is), the more steadily it holds its course.
Skyhoundz Home Page Frisbee dogs, flying dogs or disc dogs, this is the site for canine athletes. Skyhoundz, based in Atlanta, produces products and events for Frisbee dog http://www.skyhoundz.com/
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Flying Disc - Patent 7294036 A circular planform wing includes a contiguous thin central plate having top and bottom surfaces. An outer annular rim encompasses the central plate. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7294036.html
Extractions: Login or Create Free Account Search Go to Advanced Search Home Search Patents Data Services ... Help Title: Flying disc Document Type and Number: United States Patent 7294036 Link to this page: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7294036.html Abstract: A circular planform wing includes a contiguous thin central plate having top and bottom surfaces. An outer annular rim encompasses the central plate. The rim has a lower edge defining a lower plane of the wing, and the central plate has an upper zone defining an upper plane of the wing. The rim has a cross-section with a lower rounded corner forming the lower edge, an outer rounded corner, and an upper corner merging with the central plate, the outer corner being located between the upper plane and the lower plane. The rim cross-section has a convex upper curve joining the outer rounded corner to the upper corner, an inside rim surface joining the lower rounded corner to the upper corner, and a convex lower curve joining the outer rounded corner to the lower rounded corner. Inventors: Potts, Jonathan (Chegwema, 4B Dunkeld Road, Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, Dorset BN3 7EN, GB)
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How To Throw A Flying Disc Backhand | EHow.com How to Throw a flying Disc Backhand. This is the throw to know. It doesn t matter if you re playing ultimate, practicing disc golf or tossing the disc at a http://www.ehow.com/how_5199_throw-flying-disc.html
Extractions: Add Favorite Add Comment Send to Friend Print Article by digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = 'new'; This is the throw to know. It doesn't matter if you're playing ultimate, practicing disc golf or tossing the disc at a barbecue, a backhand toss is key. Difficulty: Easy Click to enlarge Grab the disc with your thumb on top, your index finger on the inside edge and your three remaining fingers extended underneath the disc. Click to enlarge Hold the disc parallel to the ground.
Regina Ultimate Flying Disc Club - Home Provides news items, pictures, registration details, players and team listings, results, and championship details. http://www.reginaultimate.ca/
Extractions: Lost Password? No account yet? Register League Address RUFDC P.O. Box 743 Regina, SK Welcome to the Regina Ultimate Flying Disc Club February Winter Tourney Written by Curt Thursday, 10 January 2008 It's time for another RUFDC Winter Tournament! It's been all long time coming this year so let's make the most of it boys and girls. Details: Registration is Monday January 21 at Noon. To register you must email the Executive. You will receive a confirmation of registration if you have registered successfully. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Download Registration Form This needs to be submitted by registered teams. Registration will be first come, first serve.
Avrocar Flying Disc@Everything2.com He actually worked at A.V. Roe on the Avrocar flying Disc project as a summer student, back during the company s heyday in the mid 50s. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1165174
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RuffWear Hover Craft Flying Disc Dog Toy The Hover Craft flying disc is updated with a foam core to maintain shape and enhance flight performance. Your own throwing range will dazzle you, http://www.tworoadsfitness.com/rufhovcraffl.html
Extractions: Home Dog Products/Run Gear RuffWear Hover Craft Flying Disc Dog Toy RuffWear's Hover Craft has a new molded design making this dog toy even more enjoyable! More than just wanting to play, your dog wants you to share in the fun. The Hover Craft flying disc is updated with a foam core to maintain shape and enhance flight performance. Your own throwing range will dazzle you, while your dog delights in one accurate catch after another. The large 9" disc is regulation size and weight for long throws and extended games of catch and fetch. The small 6" size is an excellent choice for smaller breeds or indoor play. All discs have a reflective trim, combined with bright 1680-denier ballistic nylon. The durable disc is easy to see in all conditions. Soft construction won't injure a dog's teeth or gums, or the thrower's fingers. They float!
Flying Disc - US Patent 5531624 flying disc US Patent 5531624 from Patent Storm. A flying disc, such as used for catching and/or throwing, constructed in a single piece structure http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5531624.html
Extractions: United States Patent 5531624 US Patent Issued on July 2, 1996 No. 205516 filed on 1994-03-02 Spinning disc (e.g., flying saucer) Disk- or ring-shaped (e.g., ice hockey puck, etc.) Having handle or surface configuration for enhancing user"s handgrip thereon Having fluid-dynamic means other than stitched seam or textured surface to alter, stabilize, or retard passage of projectile through the fluid (e.g., spiral fluting to impart spin, etc.) AERODYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED OR RETARDED Primary: Mickey Yu A flying disc, such as used for catching and/or throwing, constructed in a single piece structure integrally molded from flexible plastic material having a central flight plate section, an outer rim, and a shoulder section connecting the central flight plate section to the outer rim, the top surface of the outer rim having a raised ridge which provides a gripping surface and which gives the appearance of a rear spoiler which is believed to act as a rear control or deflection surface on the trailing edge of the disc. Other References
Flying Ring And Disc Products - Aerobie & Aquadisc flying Rings and Disks AquaDisc; by AquaToy; Price = $10; Availability 11; This is a very unusual flying disc designed for underwater use only! http://www.flight-toys.com/boomerang/rings_and_discs.htm
Extractions: Flying Rings and Disks updated on 15 January 2008 Please check out Alan Adler's YouTube Video of famous Aerobie Flights! Home Page How to Order Ted Bailey by AquaToy Price = Availability: This is a very unusual flying disc designed for underwater use only! The AquaToy web site claims this disc will travel 30 feet under water. The packaging claims 15 feet. It can also be used as an underwater kickboard or for an underwater boomerang throw. All of the remaining stock looks exactly like the packaged disc in the photo. Diameter = 30 cm ; Weight = 356 gm The Aerobie Price: ; Availability: 12 RH Here is one of the oddest boomerangs you are likely to ever see. A triangle boomerang for a right handed thrower with space age airfoils that really works. Not really good for competition, but great for beach throwing or doing demos in limited space. Make one foot catches! This boomerang likes a medium throw with lots of spin. Dogs love to chase and catch this one! Span = 29 cm ; Weight = 58 gm The Fantastic Aerobie Pro Ring $9 or 3/$24 ; Availability: 11
Extractions: Find Publish Community Join ... Recreation In 1937, Walter (Fred) Morrison, and his future wife to be Lucile Nay, started tossing a metal popcorn can lid around in the yard on Thanksgiving Day. They found that by sailing it with some wrist action they could control it pretty well. They tried pie pans and even a few cake pans. They worked so well, that they even sold a few. Then World War II came and everything was forgotten about. Morrison was a fighter pilot in the war. But in the back of his mind, he knew that someday he would apply his knowledge of aerodynamics and build a better disc. It was about this time that the use of plastic started to evolve. The plastic was durable and light weight. In 1947, Morrison teamed with Warren Franscioni, another Army Air Force Pilot, and made plastic discs. Franscioni provided the money needed to produce an injected mold and found a company to make their Flying Discs. The pair promoted their discs everywhere. They went over exceptionally well at the Beaches. Soon they were selling the Discs all over the country. In 1950, they parted ways.
