Boomerangs and
Coaster Rings
A boomerang is an airfoil. Though it is not a requirement that the boomerang be in its traditional shape, it is usually flat.
A falling boomerang starts spinning and most then fall in a spiral. When the boomerang is thrown with high spin, the wings produce lift.
Larger boomerangs are used in hunting, thus they drop on the ground after striking the target. Smaller ones are used in sport, and are the only boomerangs that return to the thrower.
Because of its rapid spinning, a boomerang flies in a curve rather than a straight line. When thrown correctly a boomerang returns to its starting point.
The boomerang is primarily attributed to Australian Aborigines, but other forms are found amongst peoples of North East Africa, Arizona Indians and in India. It comes in many shapes and sizes depending on its geographic/tribal origins and intended function.
The most recognizable type is the returning boomerang which, when thrown correctly, travels in a curved path
and returns to its point of origin. Other types of boomerang are of the non-returning sort, and indeed,
some are not thrown at all but are used in hand-to-hand combat by Aboriginal people.
Boomerangs can be variously used as hunting weapons, percussive musical instruments, battle clubs,
fire-starters, decoys for hunting waterfowl, and as recreational playthings. The smallest boomerang may be
less than 10 cm from tip-to-tip, and the largest over 2 meters in length.
Tribal boomerangs may be incised and/or painted with designs meaningful to its maker. Most boomerangs seen
today are of the tourist or competition sort, and are almost invariably of the returning type.
Chet Snouffer is the Michael Jordan of the boomerang world.
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"How to Throw a Boomerang Instructions!...
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