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[[Image:The_saturn_experiment_banner.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Saturn Experiment banner]] |
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The Saturn Experiment was a yoyo with an internal mechanism that permitted multiple layers of string in the gap without slowing the yoyo down, but still returned to the hand with a simple tug. The project saw five prototypes and talks with a major manufacturer in the yoyo industry. Unfortunately, the “Experiment” was kept top secret and never released to the public. |
The Saturn Experiment was a yoyo with an internal mechanism that permitted multiple layers of string in the gap without slowing the yoyo down, but still returned to the hand with a simple tug. The project saw five prototypes and talks with a major manufacturer in the yoyo industry. Unfortunately, the “Experiment” was kept top secret and never released to the public. |
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[[Image:Mark2_wind.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Winding the yoyo]] |
[[Image:Mark2_wind.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Winding the yoyo]] |
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Quote from SCUBA Steve: "The Saturn Experiment yoyos were pretty cool and meant many sleepless nights trying to refine the concept, but I could never make them handle slack tricks or whips very well. I made a total of five prototypes with various configurations. Each version had strengths in some areas, but would always compromise play in another. In the mean time, I've started to produce high end aluminum yoyos for the public under the company name Saturn Precision Yo-Yos (or SPYY)." |
Quote from SCUBA Steve: "The Saturn Experiment yoyos were pretty cool and meant many sleepless nights trying to refine the concept, but I could never make them handle slack tricks or whips very well. I made a total of five prototypes with various configurations. Each version had strengths in some areas, but would always compromise play in another. In the mean time, I've started to produce high end aluminum yoyos for the public under the company name Saturn Precision Yo-Yos (or SPYY)." |
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Revision as of 05:24, 13 September 2007
Saturn Experiment banner
The Saturn Experiment was a yoyo with an internal mechanism that permitted multiple layers of string in the gap without slowing the yoyo down, but still returned to the hand with a simple tug. The project saw five prototypes and talks with a major manufacturer in the yoyo industry. Unfortunately, the “Experiment” was kept top secret and never released to the public.
Winding the yoyo
Quote from SCUBA Steve: "The Saturn Experiment yoyos were pretty cool and meant many sleepless nights trying to refine the concept, but I could never make them handle slack tricks or whips very well. I made a total of five prototypes with various configurations. Each version had strengths in some areas, but would always compromise play in another. In the mean time, I've started to produce high end aluminum yoyos for the public under the company name Saturn Precision Yo-Yos (or SPYY)."
You can see a short demonstration of the Saturn Experiment yoyo here: http://www.saturnprecisionyoyos.com/images/saturn_bend.mov