More Frisbees are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs and
footballs combined. Yet Frisbees have subtle and clever aerodynamic and
gyrodynamic properties which are only recently being documented by wind
tunnel and other studies. There are few books which discuss items like
boomerangs and Frisbees and this is the first to give detailed technical
discussion of these topics. In common with other rotating bodies
discussed in this readily accessible book, these subjects are typically
not treated in textbooks of aeronautics and the literature is scattered
in a variety of places. This book develops the theme of disc-wings and
spinning aerospace vehicles in parallel. Since many of the examples are
recreational, anyone who enjoys these activities will likely find it
profitable and enjoyable.