Floating Flying Fish Lure With Collapsible Wings for Realistic Glide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fishing lures lack the ability to realistically mimic the appearance and behavior of flying fish, particularly in maintaining a floating position and mimicking their gliding motion, which reduces their effectiveness in attracting larger predatory fish like tuna and marlin.
Innovation Solution
A flying fish lure is designed with a body and appendages made of specific materials (ABS and PVC) to float and mimic the appearance of a flying fish, featuring collapsible wings and a tail that can be removed or inserted, along with internal voids and weights to adjust buoyancy, ensuring stability and realistic movement through water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the lure is designed to float on water surface, then it can mimic flying fish behavior and attract predatory fish, but it becomes more susceptible to damage from waves and external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The lure incorporates movable wings that can pivot between extended and retracted positions, allowing it to dynamically adapt to water conditions. When floating, wings extend to mimic flying fish; when subjected to waves or drag, wings can retract to reduce damage susceptibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The lure uses adjustable buoyancy through removable weights and configurable wing positions to change its physical parameters. By adjusting weight placement and wing orientation, the lure can optimize its floating characteristics and damage resistance for different fishing conditions.
2Strength
If the lure uses rigid materials for structural integrity, then it maintains shape and appearance, but it increases drag and susceptibility to damage from impacts
Solution Approach 1:
The lure employs different materials for different parts: rigid ABS plastic for the body to maintain shape, while flexible PVC for wings and tail to reduce impact damage and drag. This local differentiation allows each component to have optimal properties for its specific function.
Solution Approach 2:
The lure combines multiple materials (ABS plastic, PVC, foam) with different properties in a single structure. The composite construction integrates rigid sections for structural integrity with flexible sections for drag reduction and impact resistance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the lure includes removable and adjustable components, then it enhances adaptability for different fishing conditions, but it increases device complexity and assembly requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The lure is divided into modular components (body, wings, tail, weights) that can be independently assembled, adjusted, or removed. This segmentation allows anglers to configure the lure for different conditions while keeping the overall design relatively simple through standardized connection points.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The lure effectively floats and mimics the behavior of a flying fish, reducing drag and susceptibility to damage, thereby enhancing its attractiveness to predatory fish and improving fishing success.
Implementation Method 1
The body may be formed with one or more enclosed voids
Data Source
AI summary
A flying fish lure for fishing, the lure having a body and at least two flat elongate appendages, shaped as flying-fish wings, attached to the body to approximate the appearance of a flying fish, wherein the body and the appendages are constructed so that the lure floats. The appendages may be separately manually removeable. The lure may be shaped to allow a realistic gliding or flying motion when towed or otherwise pulled. The shape and profile of the body and appendages, particularly where in contact with the water, has been adapted to improve the realistic nature of the movement of the lure through water.