The exact physics and calculations to go through.
2006-12-20 23:12:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It's very complicated; I doubt that you're being asked to show it precisely. It has to do with the two airfoils of the arms, the angle of the resultant competing lift forces, the angle you throw it at, the amount of spin.
2006-12-20 23:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by TimmyD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The boomerang, is smaller and lighter than the killer-stick. It was used as a toy and for trapping birds. The boomerang would be thrown into the air. It had a curved wing shape. The hunter would make a sound like a hawk. The birds would see the boomerang and hear the sound. The birds would fly down to get away and the hunter would catch them in his net. The boomerang would return to the hunter
The boomerang looks like a curved wing. The boomerang spins through the air like a frisbee or discus. The spinning helps keep it up in the air longer. As the boomerang spins it creates lift. As the spinning boomerang flies through the air it begins to turn in a wide circle. It returns to the thrower.
2006-12-21 00:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, the two arms of the boomerang are wings. A wing generates lift related to the speed at which it travels through the air. Now consider the spinning boomerang: Imagin it is spinning in the clockwise direction, so now the speed of the left wing going through the air = the speed of the whole boomerang, plus the speed of that wing relative to the whole boomerang, whereas on the right side the wing is moving backwards compared to the whole boomerang, so its speed is the whole boomerang, minus its relative speed to the boomerang.... In the end, one side of the boomerang has more lift than the other... this is exactly how an airplane turns... the extra lift on one side banks the aircraft, and now there is a component of the lift acting sideways.
2006-12-21 04:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by Leonardo D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of his shape, and the way you throw it. when thrown correctly, travels in a curved path and returns to its point of origin
2006-12-20 23:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by Cristina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-20 23:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by 3-selin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋