Code Number: 2C20.55
Demo Title: Boomerang
Condition: Good
Principle: Coanda Effect, Bernoulli's Principle
Area of Study: 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.
References:
- Yasuo Ogawara, "A Spherical Boomerang", TPT, Vol. 47, # 8, p. 555, Nov. 2009.
- Michael Hanson, "The Flight of the Boomerang", TPT, Vol. 28, # 3, p. 142, March 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.
- George M. Hopkins, "Gases", Experimental Science, p. 112.
- Carson I. A. Ritchie, "The Boomerang", Making Scientific Toys, p. 81.
- Charles Vivian, "Make a Boomerang", Science Experiments & Amusements For Children, p. 42.
- Martin Gardner, "Make a Boomerang", Entertaining Science Experiments with Everyday Objects, p. 93.
- Janice VanCleave, "97, Boomerang", Teaching the Fun of Physics, p. 147.
- "Boomerangs and How to Make Them", The Boy Mechanic Saves the World, p. 147, ISBN 978-1-58816-772-9.
- "Boomerangs and How to Make Them", The Boy Mechanic, p. 244, ISBN 978-1-58816-509-1.
- Jearl Walker, "2.9, Boomerangs", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 86.
- Ed Sobey, Woody Sobey, "Boomerang", The Way Toys Work, p. 24.
- Cy Tymoney, "Sneaky Boomerang", Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things, p. 30.
- Cy Tymoney, "Sneaky Mini Boomerang", Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things, p. 32.
- 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.
- The Book of Unusual Knowledge, Publications International, Ltd., "Sorry, Mates, but Aussies Didn't Invent the Boomerang", Chapter 15, p. 466.