Thread: Do you think air currents will be an issue?
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Re: Do you think air currents will be an issue?
The thought of defensively pointing fans up in the air occurred to us as well, and we did some testing with several large fans we had on hand in the shop. The results were pretty conclusive: even our massive 3 hp blower could not do any significant damage to the trajectory. The frisbee is simply in the air stream for too small of a time period.
Some other things we tried were angling the fan to blow towards and away from the frisbee, and neither had any more significant effect. All positions really lifted the frisbee several inches higher but it dropped right back down on the other side. We guessed something to do with the air stream was sucking it back down to where it started.
However- we didnt test upside down, as someone mentioned, nor did we duct the fan and test. We just quickly came to the conclusion that it wasnt worth the battery space and let the idea go.

I would love to see a system that works though!
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