hobby #190
Returning Boomerang Carving and Tuning
Carving multi-wing returning boomerangs from aircraft ply and tuning their flight — shaping each arm into a genuine aerofoil, then bending in dihedral and blade twist so the whole spinning wing precesses through a closed loop back to the thrower's hand. Half workshop craft, half throwing sport read off wind and trim.
Jul 10 5:31 PM #190 3 min Two Millimetres of Bend Between Straight and Coming Home
Returning Boomerang Carving and TuningA boomerang that doesn't come back isn't broken — it flew straight, exactly what a hunter wanted 40,000 years ago and precisely what I don't. The fix lives in millimetres of bend.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
- Pressing Cos Until the Stick Comes Home Fixed-point iteration