Boomerang

[Mike Griffin]

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

[Mike Griffin]

Here are some more...

[Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach]

That is some wicked cool stuff.  Would love to see some video of the axes flying.

[Bob Reeves]

Nice work but all I can think of is this,

[Perry Rose]

Haven't heard that one in a while. Late 50's early 60's?

[Mike Griffin]

That is some wicked cool stuff.  Would love to see some video of the axes flying.

Glenn the Axes look really neat flying through the air and fly just like a regular looking boomerang.

Mike

[Dan Berry]

FWIW.... I know what an Australian calls a boomerang that won't come back.

[Dan McEntee]

FWIW.... I know what an Australian calls a boomerang that won't come back.

     " A Stick."
   Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[Steve Helmick]

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".  Steve

[M Spencer]

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 .

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 .

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 .   Len Waters .The foot sloggers in the N.T. wouldntve survived without their guides .

[Robert Zambelli]

Here's another neat Boomerang!!!

  Bob Z.

[GregArdill]

Yet another Boomerang.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/hangar180/boomerang.htm

[Jim Svitko]

Yet another Boomerang.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/hangar180/boomerang.htm

Reminds me of the Brewster Buffalo.

[Shug Emery]

I chuck from time to time....not easy!
Shug

[john e. holliday]

Thanks for the video.  Have never seen one in flight.  Might be great for getting the arm ready for the Fox engine hurl.

[Steve Thomas]

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!"

[M Spencer]

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 !  

[Mike Griffin]

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.

[Brett Buck]

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

[Lauri Malila]

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

[Steve Helmick]

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

[Steve Thomas]

  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]

[Lauri Malila]

Strong thermal and calm air?    Steve

Yes, and a bit of luck