Boomerang



content.gif (1503 bytes)
 Code Number :   2C20.55 

Disclaimer:

Reprinted by permission of Dick Berg, University of Maryland, for use on this website.

The demonstrations contained and referenced herein are listed for the purposes of cataloging and describing physics demonstrations which should be conducted only under the direction of a trained instructional support professional or physicist. These demonstrations are not presented for the purpose of being conducted by persons unconnected to this Facility and/or persons not consulting with or being supervised by the recognized instructional support professional or physicist and his/her staff. The University is responsible only for those demonstrations carried out using its own equipment using established safety and scheduling policies, and bears no responsibility for those choosing to use this source material for their own purposes. All demonstrations described and contained herein are public domain, and can also be found in reference materials in libraries, bookstores, and electronic sources.

Further information regarding legal liability in use of demonstrations and labs will be found on the web site Injuries in School/College Laboratories in USA.

The University of Iowa Disclaimers:  University of Iowa Disclaimer All Rights Reserved..

Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Bernoulli's Principle  
Area of Study :  Heat & Fluids   
Equipment :   Plastic Boomerang 
Procedure :   The boomerangs are for show and tell only in the classroom.  To actually fly them requires a space at least three times larger than LR1.
conbot.gif (53 bytes)

 

   References

Michael Hanson,  "The Flight of the Boomerang,"  TPT, Vol. 28, # 3, p.  142, (Match 1990).

 

Henk Vos,  "Straight Boomerang of Balsa wood and Its Physics,"  AJP, p. 524, Vol. 53, No. 6, (June 1985). 

Allen L. King, "Project Boomerang", AJP, Vol. 43, # 8, Aug. 1975, p. 770.

 

Jearl Walker,  "Boomerangs! How to Make Them and Also How They Fly,"  The Amateur Scientist,  (March 1979).

Jearl Walker,  "More on Boomerangs, Including Their Connection With the Dimpled Golf Ball,"  The Amateur Scientist,  (April 1979.

Dan Drollette, "Spin Master", Popular Mechanics, August 2007, p. 84.

 



Mail Questions and Comments to:  Dale Stille