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Slyngorm
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Throwing flying cylinders
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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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May 7
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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
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You can have a lot of fun with Magnus if you do it on purpose!
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LOL! What did that thing weigh!? 5 grams?
It looked like it just floated away.
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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
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.
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Re: Throwing flying cylinders
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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.
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This could be a way get good distances from your throws to. Probably won’t beat lead glands though
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NooneOfConsequence wrote
on May 7
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You can have a lot of fun with Magnus if you do it on purpose!
Wow! Cool.
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