[bluemorning]

what do members think about flight length in relation to tail length i have a few birds where the flights come nearly level with the tail most are busschaerts,is there any benifit in this,have been looking at pictures of champions and come in all shapes in fact some look to short,also i was wondering what difference it makes to performance,i e long or short distance,any thoughts guys and gals.

[buster151]

Ive got a couple where the flights look as if they are to long and cross over each other in relation to length with tail all mine seem to be about 2 3rds of tail length

[bluemorning]

buster151, on 30 January 2012 - 08:09 AM, said:

Ive got a couple where the flights look as if they are to long and cross over each other in relation to length with tail all mine seem to be about 2 3rds of tail length

high buster
what distance are your best results at,with the 2/3 length and the long length birds, cheers

[andy Burgess]

bluemorning, on 30 January 2012 - 08:05 AM, said:

what do members think about flight length in relation to tail length i have a few birds where the flights come nearly level with the tail most are busschaerts,is there any benifit in this,have been looking at pictures of champions and come in all shapes in fact some look to short,also i was wondering what difference it makes to performance,i e long or short distance,any thoughts guys and gals.

as a general rule of thumb ,tend to be sprint , longer cast pigeon -longer distance (theres always exceptions though)

[buster151]

bluemorning, on 30 January 2012 - 08:17 AM, said:

high buster
what distance are your best results at,with the 2/3 length and the long length birds, cheers

mine are untested at the moment sorry I should have said this will be my 1st year so will know better then

[yeboah]

We Humans come in all shapes and sizes,and that does not make one of us better than the other.
Its what's between the ears that makes the difference

[tiger]

yeboah, on 30 January 2012 - 09:06 AM, said:

We Humans come in all shapes and sizes,and that does not make one of us better than the other.
Its what's between the ears that makes the difference

how very true

[peter pandy]

Are we looking at primary or secondary flights ?.

[Diamond dave]

When we say "Long Cast" or "Short Cast" I always thought that was due to the build of the pigeon i.e. the length of its back. I haven't related this to the length of its flights - perhaps they go hand in hand - Someone on here will put us right.........

D.D.

[victorious]

for a good balanced pigeon the tips of the end flights should be just touching the bar across the tail.

[IB]

Diamond dave, on 30 January 2012 - 18:02 PM, said:

When we say "Long Cast" or "Short Cast" I always thought that was due to the build of the pigeon i.e. the length of its back. I haven't related this to the length of its flights - perhaps they go hand in hand - Someone on here will put us right.........

D.D.

Thought same as yourself, talking about same pigeon being long cast (mine) long cast to me was length between tip of beak to end of the tail, but friend was actually talking about length of birds primaries, especially No10.

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

IB, on 30 January 2012 - 20:42 PM, said:

Thought same as yourself, talking about same pigeon being long cast (mine) long cast to me was length between tip of beak to end of the tail, but friend was actually talking about length of birds primaries, especially No10.

When ten is long,
The breeding is strong,
If ten is short,
Get a new sort,

[johnnyksspeedshop]

yeboah, on 30 January 2012 - 10:06 AM, said:

We Humans come in all shapes and sizes,and that does not make one of us better than the other.
Its what's between the ears that makes the difference

Depends on what sport Average height of a professional basketball player is 6'7" Of course there are exceptions

[greenlands]

Just found this,an interesting few minutes.
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Lindsay.

[buster151]

greenlands, on 23 February 2012 - 10:54 AM, said:

Just found this,an interesting few minutes.
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Lindsay.

thats a good watch makes you think