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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Mike Griffin on October 23, 2015, 11:54:04 AM
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One of our club members, Bob McKinney, was a great Carrier flyer back in the day and today he makes some of the best flying boomerangs available. He hand makes everyone of these. Today we took a break from our work party at the field to fly some oh his creations. These things are a ball but really hard to stunt....every Aborigine in the park was jealous this morning. We probably will have to get a permit and register these things in the future...I mean the crooks gotta get their cut....
Mike
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Here are some more...
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That is some wicked cool stuff. Would love to see some video of the axes flying. H^^
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Nice work but all I can think of is this,
https://youtu.be/_prtbj4MtDU
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Haven't heard that one in a while. Late 50's early 60's?
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That is some wicked cool stuff. Would love to see some video of the axes flying. H^^
Glenn the Axes look really neat flying through the air and fly just like a regular looking boomerang.
Mike
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FWIW.... I know what an Australian calls a boomerang that won't come back.
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FWIW.... I know what an Australian calls a boomerang that won't come back.
" A Stick."
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
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A real hunting boomerang doesn't come back. You pick it up right next to the dead critter that it just clonked on the noggin. They have a lot less "sweep" and are thicker. The one I have appears to be made from "ironwood". H^^ Steve
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You see one about a meter across , 40 odd inch , in old money - and question if a head would be the right place to catch it .
Theyll break a arm or leg , or stop a Kangaroo . Which takes a bit of doing .
The Airfoils got high center of pressure and center of lift capeability , high subsonic .
Descibed as the most mechnically simple aerodynamically sophisticated contrivance of mankind .
http://adl.stanford.edu/e298/E298_-_Seminar_in_Fluid_Mechanics_files/AIAA.2012-2650.AerodynamicsLecture2012.update.pdf
There was a British society for the promotion and avoidance of boomerangs . LL~
Should be a thumb notch and lanched forearm near vertical between thumb and first finger , and itll do all the work , if its a true stone groound bush boomerang .
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/95/92/37/9592379a6f6311d8719a0297d6fd24af.jpg)
A Woomera ( spear thrower ) and rock would be a match for a F 14 at 100 ft , head on . With those Intakes . Theyll toss a spear 150 yards .
Were quite a few natives in the ANZACS , and a fighter pilot . (http://www.anzacwebsites.com/tradition/aboriginals/len-waters.jpg) Len Waters .The foot sloggers in the N.T. wouldntve survived without their guides .
(http://www.kendalldavis.us/images/throw_inst2.gif)
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Here's another neat Boomerang!!!
Bob Z.
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Yet another Boomerang.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/hangar180/boomerang.htm
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Yet another Boomerang.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/hangar180/boomerang.htm
Reminds me of the Brewster Buffalo.
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I chuck from time to time....not easy!
Shug
https://youtu.be/3-kgalmsRTA (https://youtu.be/3-kgalmsRTA)
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Thanks for the video. Have never seen one in flight. Might be great for getting the arm ready for the Fox engine hurl. LL~ LL~
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Yet another Boomerang.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/hangar180/boomerang.htm
A friend of mine owns one of the 2 remaining airworthy ones. I asked him what it's like to fly. Answer: "Bloody horrible!"
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/North_American_P-64_061024-F-1234P-027.jpg/300px-North_American_P-64_061024-F-1234P-027.jpg)
Dunno how close the CAC Boomerang is to this NA 50 / NA 64 , but similar , Wirraway Derived - which is a Harvard Derivative .
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those are Just NORMAL Boomerangs ! You Need a MAGIC Boomerang ! S?P %^@ LL~ H^^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8_LDgRdOQs
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Getting back to the original intent of this post, these are beautifully crafted flying objects and with a little practice you can catch them as they return.
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Getting back to the original intent of this post, these are beautifully crafted flying objects and with a little practice you can catch them as they return.
I got mine to return just fine, but I declined to catch them after I saw the sort of divot they dug when they hit the ground.
Brett
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Isn't it amazing that MTA (Maximum Time Aloft) boomerang world record flight is about 4 minutes long? You have to throw & catch it inside a 100m diameter circle. I've managed about a minute, more than 10 years ago. L
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Isn't it amazing that MTA (Maximum Time Aloft) boomerang world record flight is about 4 minutes long? You have to throw & catch it inside a 100m diameter circle. I've managed about a minute, more than 10 years ago. L
Strong thermal and calm air? ??? Steve
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I got mine to return just fine, but I declined to catch them after I saw the sort of divot they dug when they hit the ground.
Brett
I don't catch them after seeing Mad Max 2.
(Not for the squeamish)
[youtube=425,350]http://youtu.be/Co8vGjEz-xU[/youtube]
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Strong thermal and calm air? ??? Steve
Yes, and a bit of luck :)