Factors Affecting Flight Path Of a Boomerang

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The wind factor was very important in the flight path of the boomerang and the time of flight. By throwing a boomerang with the presence of wind we add an additional force. This additional force helps the boomerang in having a better and stable turn before coming to in the direction of the thrower. Wind also helps in providing more lift this increases the flight time as (shown in graph 2). The 8 path could be observed when the wind velocity was low and the O path was observed when the wind velocity was high. The reason for this is that the higher the wind velocity the higher the amount of lift generated. This thus helps the boomerang going higher in altitude. When this happens the boomerang has covered more distance in the sky making it stall and come back to the thrower. The successive stalls in the lower wind velocity provide an 8 path. The difference between an indoor thrown boomerang and a outdoor(with wind) is that the boomerang thrown in the indoor when thrown would act as a Frisbee but would still have a turning effect due to the difference in the shape of the two wings. But when thrown outdoor the wind provide much more lift when the boomerang is turning the wind increases the amount of lift hence making it do a sharp turn when in flight. When this happen the boomerang rise up and stalls making the boomerang doing an 8 path as the same process would happen hence finishing the 8 path. Chapter 4 – Evaluation 4.1 Limitation - Due to limited apparatus several assumption had to be made such as the spin rate and the throwing force. -we tried to put slow frame rate camera but the quality was low and the lighting was poor. 4.2 Conclusion I was able to have very important information on how factors can affect the flight path of a boomerang. Simple experiment was conducted and very important aerodynamics could be demonstrated. We could see that

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