matthewwhitbread333 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 anyone got detailed pictures of how i could make my own manual pigeon flapper, or anyone got plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Pm CHRISPTI. He built a copy of my ancient string driven flapper and made an excellent job of it. It`s probably still on here somewhere and a few seconds with the search engine might turn it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Can`t do links.Enter "DIY manual flapper" into the search engine and you`ll find it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) are these any good? the red bit is the elastic band that brings the arms back in (the elastic is broken in the pic) edit - little tip - it works very well with fishing braid (strong, thin and no stretch) i used it a couple of times before realising that an electronic flapper would be better Edited February 22, 2012 by pegasus bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/58844-diy-manual-flapper/page__view__findpost__p__505972__hl__%2Bmanual+%2Bpigeon+%2Bflapper__fromsearch__1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sure shot Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have used one very similar to this for the past 30 years and have had great success with it,my best day over beans using it was 150, pros and cons ! its light ,cheap,simple to set up and use and you can select when to flap the wings ---- you have to use a bit of field craft and study a pigeon when it comes in to your decoys and copy its landing flight,dont use rubber bands on the wing arms they'll break when you are 20 minutes into a good day.I have substituted 2 small springs instead (have so far replaced once in 30 years), use brickies line as pull cord but dont use the polyprop'one as they stretch like mad when you pull the wings,look for the braided/nylon ones ,all said now I'm no longer 30 (I wish) I have had to cut down weight carried across ploughed fields so this makes a good alternative to magnets and batteries ,my opinion for what its worth,and have pic and will take measurements if you want to have a go at making your own,good shooting Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewwhitbread333 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 are these any good? the red bit is the elastic band that brings the arms back in (the elastic is broken in the pic) edit - little tip - it works very well with fishing braid (strong, thin and no stretch) i used it a couple of times before realising that an electronic flapper would be better hi pegasus bridge thanks very much for the reply. the pictures will help me immensly. thanks again matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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