Floaters on a rotary

[Bobba]

We all have our pet likes and dislikes and for me I've never really taken to using Hyperflaps on the rotary until real pigeons become available. I've no test data or any other practical data to support this dislike other than they seem to flap quite unaturally for me.

 

Thinking about options I decided to experiment and make up a couple of floaters using full bodied decoy and jack pyke wing sets (The colours of which look nothing like real pigeons!!). to stop the risk of wings / tail comming adrift by centrifugal force I glued them in place. I then painted them using acrylic paint with fullers earth added for a matt finish.

 

To attach them to the rotary arm I drilled a hole where you would normally shove the floater arm up a real bird and was left with the problem of fixing them to the arm. I solved this by putting a Vee section along the sides of the decoy and with a pair of pliers gently bending it inwards so it followed the contour of the shell. I then drilled two matching sets of holes either side of the shell along the length of the Vee section and used cable ties fixed the vee section to the shell so it's attached permanently.

 

The Vee section being fixed permanently to the shell means that when real birds become available you can remove the floaters from the rotary ( complete with fixed vee section) and fix them to a bouncer pole thus providing options on their use. (I have spare Vee sections for the real birds).

 

I used them the other day. They looked good, stayed in one piece and I had a succesful day. Although, pigeons being as fickle as they are I would not be bold enough to say that it was down to my new toy.

 

Bob

[deny essex]

Always worth experimenting , Ive used foam winged decoys, my own grp decoys but now use hypaflaps on my rotaries and have done for 5 years , I never use real birds or should say cant, my lightweight rotaries are made only for hypaflaps)

Had days when they didnt pull the pigeon but had the same when I used to use real birds, Im still out on the which is better debate but know my lightweight 6 volt magnet and hypas are far easier to carry a distance than real bird kit.

Edited October 15, 2012 by deny essex

[Actionpigeons]

I always use dead birds, dont think you can beat the real thing.

But if it works foir you keep doing it

[pigeon controller]

I always use dead birds, dont think you can beat the real thing.

But if it works foir you keep doing it

 

We have always used real birds on the magnet.