Matt Whiting wrote in news:4chog.41$Pa.6285
@news1.epix.net:

Skywise wrote:
Snipola

Well, the clean room was only so big.....

Yes, and it wouldn't be clean long if you were breaking CDs.

True, that!


My take on it is that a CD simply has insufficient mass to
maintain gyroscopic stability. If you spin it fast enough,
yes, but by hand it's not easy. If it were metal I'd expect
it to fly just fine.

Yes, I also suspect that low mass is the limiting factor.

Hmmm...I was just thinking...I bet the 12 inch glass masters
1/4 inch think would have gone pretty far too.

Brian
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