LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Why are they called Flying Wedges? Thread: Why are they called Flying Wedges? View Single Post #3 10-05-2006, 10:15 PM 12 piece bucket Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Thomasville, NC Posts: 4,380 Originally Posted by KnighT Is the word 'Wedge' specificaly used to imply that when the flying wedges are set, there is literally an imaginary 'wedge' jammed into this plane of motion ? If this is the case, then does the right arm flying wedge freeze and maintain it's bend, while the left arm flying wedge allows the left wrist to cock and uncock which alters the size of the wedge ? I believe that Homer Kelley selected the term 'Flying Wedges' very carefully. here are two definitions: Flying: 1. [n] an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" 2. [adj] done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap" 3. [adj] hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" 4. [adj] of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects" 5. [adj] designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city" 6. [adj] moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" 7. [adj] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "a fluttering scarf"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze" 8. [adj] capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal" Wedge: 1. [n] a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object 2. [n] something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them 3. [n] (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole 4. [n] a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe 5. [n] a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation 6. [n] a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States 7. [n] any shape that is triangular in cross section 8. [v] squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" 9. [v] fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" putting two together: Flying - done swiftly in or as if in the air Wedge - a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object Construct a sentance(I could use some help refining this): Use the structural strength of a triangular shaped block of wood between each arm and the shaft (placed on the plane of the motion of each wrist) to allow this structure to create swift (uncompensated) motion in or as if in the air. LOOK LOOK LOOK . . . FLYING WEDGES Example – multiple sails on a sail boat. Mechanical – Push-Pull rams on hydraulic excavators mounted at 90 degrees to each other to position and hold the main beam. Golf – Maintaining the constant simultaneous In-Line relationship of the Clubshaft with the Left Arm and the Right Forearm positioned at ninety degrees to each other along the Line of the Left Wristcock and the line of the Right Wrist Bend. __________________ Aloha Mr. Hand Behold my hands; reach hither thy hand 12 piece bucket View Public Profile Send a private message to 12 piece bucket Find all posts by 12 piece bucket