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Step 1: Materials Needed
Begin by getting two paint sticks or two pieces of flat wood. Wooden rulers will do. but you will have to add groves.
Step 2: Rounding Corners
Now get yourself a file and round each corner of the wood. The part is suggested but isn't mandatory. If you don't have a file. Don't worry about it.
Step 3: Putting It Together
Now take the two pieces of wood and place them in a cross like angle and add rubber bands to the the center.
Step 4: How It Should Look.
When your done adding the rubber bands. The boomerang should look something like this.
Step 5: How to Throw It
To throw it, hold the boomerang with 1-3 fingers (What ever suits you) and throw at a vertical angle.
(Experiment with different angles, speeds, and directions for different flight patterns.)
Step 6: Now Go Test It Out
Your now done and ready to use the boomerang. Go outside and have a blast.
Watch the video to see the test results.
69 Discussions
2 years ago
what if u don't have paint sticks
Reply 2 years ago
You can use popsicle sticks as well.
2 years ago
wow this is so cool it really flies! just don't do it in the house unless you have a big room with nothing in it.
3 years ago
I made it and it is so cool
12 years ago on Step 5
No matter how many times I told people how to throw boomerangs a lot would still throw them the wrong way. Till I started to tell them to throw it like a knife or tomahawk. Spin is very important. Generally the more spin you put on it the better. You also want the top side facing towards you. You want the wind to blow on the cheek on the opposite side of your throwing arm. Adjusting your angle to wind will adjust the return point of the bomerang.
Reply 4 years ago on Introduction
cool
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
how do you know so much bout boomerangs
Reply 9 years ago on Step 5
Well, in the olden times, the ancestors spoke of a heroic, boomerang-savvy instructabler. At the time, it made absolutely no sense. But now it all makes sense.
7 years ago on Introduction
can i use Popsicle sticks? than to a wooden ruler
8 years ago on Introduction
I saw this video on Youtube before I searched it on Instructables, now I'm going to Lowes to get some paint sticks as soon as I can.
8 years ago on Introduction
check out this guide too. It really good. i get them returning to me from this how to throw a boomerang guide
9 years ago on Step 5
Probabely the best angle to throw a boomerang is at 45 degrees to the right of the wind direction and try to put as much spin on it as possible as BoomGuy said :)
12 years ago on Introduction
i need help.why isnt it coming back is this why cause i am using wooden rulers. help?
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
I said that if you use wooden rulers, then you need to add grooves.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
wat r grooves?
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
i think grooves are wen you make the corners round. I dont know im just guessing
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
it might be because the rulers are too heavy, and if you didn't round the corners it won't have correct aerodynamics. If they are too heavy, gravity pulls down on the object before it can come back to the thrower.
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
actually i used 2 rulers i found and they worked fine when i threw it right
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Aboriginal boomerangs have been thrown around for at least 10,000 years, and constitute a quintessential Australian icon. Many boomerangs, and also the near-cylindrical throwing sticks, have longitudinal grooves or flutes carved into them. The grooves are about five millimetres wide by 0.2 millimetres deep, and occur only on the upper, more highly curved surface of boomerangs but all the way round the circumference of throwing sticks. Previously these grooves were thought to be purely decorative or of ceremonial significance. But new research by civil engineer Ray Nelson (University of New South Wales) has shown they are more than just decoration-they enhance flight performance. tat's wat grooves mean..lol should've googled it XD
10 years ago on Introduction
When i was kid after thrw it i run coz scare to catch it XD