cabbaged Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hi Everyone, I just wondered but has anyone tried canting their magnet over to an angle so that when the birds rotate they in fact climb and fall again? The reason I ask this is because I was speaking to the guy that makes the Magtame speed controllers on Ebay (top bloke and a great product) and he was telling me that back in the good old days, Pigeon Magnets used to be supplied with 6mm spring steel rotors arms instead of the usual box section arms manufacturers supply us with now. These arms acted like springs and in a decent breeze the birds would lift by up to 2.5ft when rotating into the wind and then fall again giving a very affective visual of birds dropping in to a pattern. The modern arms don't allow for this and as I'm sure you've all heard before it just looks like a merry-go-round and not to mention the birds can often spot the box section arms too. So I just wondered if anyone had tried canting the magnet over at an angle to try and replicate the same appearance? Cabbaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 have managed to do it a couple of times when the ground is rock hard and i cant get the base in straight.....but that was by accident does look good , but i doubt it would make a lot of difference as they as just coming to the movement. by all means give it a go and let us know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilam Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Well I supose it beats Audi's "Four Sprung Duck" technique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smog On Tyne Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 My magnate is the short variety so it is easily hidden in standing crops. I often tilt it so that one bird disappears and the other rises. Works well most of the time and it would always be worth a go. Mind you, I'm still on the 6mm rods which bounce quite well anyway GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 It can be a very workable technique on the right day, I have used it for pigeon and corvids in the past in all sorts of length crop. I have always made my own rotarys and always prefer flexible bouncer type arms on them for additional movement rather than a swinging brick pigeon on a string effect. Tilting and bouncing on a magnet does need a good secure ground fixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbaged Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Well it must do something, I shot 65 this afternoon over wheat stubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 i use a pinewood, the arms are 6mm and can be adjusted for height. i put one arm high and one low, plus i can tilt the birds inwards as if its a bird turning to get into the wind to land. if it is windy then one bird flat and one tilted in. the flat but climbs as it cuts into the wind and then drops. hinged arms on the pinewood are very useful. i wouldn't buy and other rotary now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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