On 2006-06-27, Peter Duniho wrote:
It's possible that there's a smidgen of airfoil effect due to some oddity of
airflow around the disc (air damming up at the front or something like
that)

A flat plate (which essentially is what the spinning CD will be) will
work as an airfoil if it has any angle of attack. John Denker's site has
some explanations.

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