"Joe D." wrote:
About 20 yrs ago, something similar was marketed as
a flying tube. It was essentially a 1/2 height aluminum soda can,
open on both ends. The lip on one end was slightly weighted.
You threw it like a football, overhand with a side spin. The
tube's open axis was the flight path. It flew very well,
would go 200 feet. It was amazing to see such a low mass object
cut through the air so far. Don't remember the name.
-- Joe D.

There are similar things available now. But those fly along the axis
of the cylinder. The tube I am flying flies (sort of) perpendicular
to the axis of the cylinder.

Steve L.