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Title: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by Slyngorm on May 7^th, 2021 at 11:24am

Using overshoulder style, throwing straight sticks or cork stoppers you can some times experience the projectile not going the path of a parabola but rather rising as it hurtles forward.

This is due to the Magnus Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect) which teaches that rotating cylinders in wind generates force.
I have observed it quite often and it is easy to make happen.

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Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by Curious Aardvark on May 7^th, 2021 at 2:42pm

yep - also why tennis balls and golf balls move around in air.
The more spin the more movement.

The really hard part is throwing something without spin :-)

Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by NooneOfConsequence on May 7^th, 2021 at 10:22pm

You can have a lot of fun with Magnus if you do it on purpose!

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Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by joe_meadmaker on May 7^th, 2021 at 11:14pm

LOL! What did that thing weigh!? 5 grams?

It looked like it just floated away. ;D

Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by NooneOfConsequence on May 8^th, 2021 at 7:52am

It was an Easter egg, and 5g is a good guess! I don’t remember the exact weight but it wasn’t more than 7g ;D

I used a sling loaded with an extra 30g of weight in the pouch so I could feel a little weight behind the throw. Easter eggs are good ammunition for when you’re trying to learn to control wrist orientation and spin direction.

Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by Morphy on May 8^th, 2021 at 9:19am

I used to use concrete spheres and it was always fun watching them fly out then arc upwards and fall down. Controlling spin with the sling leads to a lot of potential trick shots as well.

Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by offbeatbass on May 9^th, 2021 at 12:20pm

This could be a way get good distances from your throws to. Probably won’t beat lead glands though

Title: Re: Throwing flying cylinders
Post by Slyngorm on May 10^th, 2021 at 8:43am

NooneOfConsequence wrote on May 7^th, 2021 at 10:22pm:

You can have a lot of fun with Magnus if you do it on purpose!

Wow! Cool.