Boomerang - Software Links

 Ulf Valentin has developed software to do scientific modeling of a boomerang on the computer.
Georg Hennig has posted a web page with a boomerang flight simulator called wxBumms that is based on the Felix Hess' 1975 dissertation 'Boomerangs, Aerodynamics and Motion'. You can also go directly to the Download Web Page. This is an OpenGL environment code that will run on MS Windows and Linux operating systems. It's in German, but you can select English in Fenster-->Sprache wählen-->English. You can make almost infinite changes to the conditions, and the flight will change! Like a proper simulator, you can adjust wind speed/direction, how hard you throw, how much spin, as well as the layover and release height. After you find a flight path that looks similar to one that you throw, try changing the throwing conditions, and see it you can make the boomerang land at the man's feet. Many thanx to Tim Lendrum for letting us know about this software.
UFL Flight Simulator - From the University of Florida in Gainesville, Paul Fishwick posted this flight simulator for Unix computer users. Don't download this file unless you can compile the software for a Unix computer operating system. Contact Ted Bailey if you have compiled this flight simulator for other computer operating systems or know of any other flight simulators.
A free floppy disk is included with each order, but only if you include a request in writing in the envelope with your payment. Several pdf files are contained on this disk. Adobe Acrobat is required to access these files. Adobe Acrobat is freeware and is supplied with various web browsers and operating systems. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat on your computer, then you can download it for free from the Adobe web site = http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

 The following files are included on this disk:

throwing.pdf - basic throwing instructions

tuning.pdf - advanced tuning instructions

MTA.pdf - Maximum Time Aloft (MTA) tuning and throwing instructions

longdistance.pdf - instructions for tuning and throwing long distance boomerangs

G10notes.pdf - instructions for tuning and throwing G10 or G12 material boomerangs

boomlit.pdf - a comprehensive database of boomerang related literature

boompatent.pdf - a comprehensive database of patents related to boomerangs

NewsORang.pdf - the text from early (1970s) newsletters published by The Boomerang Man

donnellanbook.pdf - the text from a very early (1940s) booklet by Frank Donnellan

maurobook.pdf - John Mauro's complete booklet about boomerangs (1980s)

hansonbook.pdf - Michael Hanson's complete booklet about boomerangs (1970s)

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