Flying toy

Abstract

A novel flying toy comprising a ringed or banded rotor launched by a pulled string. The rotor has an outer ring or band and an inner circular disk connected by a plurality of curved blades. The rotor rests upon a spindle set in one end of a handle grasped by the user. The rotor is loosely held by pins in the spindle. A string is wound around the spindle and pulled by the user. The spindle and rotor are spun rapidly causing the rotor to lift off the pins and into the air. The outer band contains air near the blades, and coupled with the configuration of the blades, contributes greatly to aerodynamic lift and flight stability.

1 . A flying toy comprising:
 a handle grasped and held vertically by a user of the toy, the handle having a spindle set in the upper end of the handle, wherein the spindle has pins vertical to the face of said spindle, the pins set opposing to the center of the spindle;   a rotor, the rotor comprising:
 a disk having holes configured to receive said vertical pins; 
 a band surrounding the disk, the band concentric with the disk, and; 
 a plurality of blades connecting said disk and said band, the blades configured to provide aerodynamic lift when said rotor is spun, and; 
   a string wound about said spindle;   whereby the rotor is pun when said string is pulled;   whereby said band contains air to add lift to the rotor when the string is pulled.