So, how does a frisbee fly?

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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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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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.

I think better analogies would be that it works like a sled on snow or a
rock skipping across water.