Messing with night boomerangs
Ian and I want to do a few night boomerangs. There is still the thought of using a sparkler in one but right now we are looking at how to use blinkies or body lights. In order to try this, I bid on some blinkies on ebay and they arrived this week. I noticed that they came in a two or three battery version. The two battery is smaller but the three has a higher intesity light and blink speed.
I decided to make a test boomerang for them and had just finished sanding a Kingsnake design, a variant of Bob Burwell's Adder with longer wider wings. I drilled the holes ablut halfway up the wings and mounted two blinkies. I am going to try for a test flight in the daytime to see if the blinkies have made any major difference in the flight. If all goes well, I can test it at night. From there Ian and I can decide how to use them in the boomerangs we are building. I'll put a couple photos of the boomerang in the gallery. Check the album marked night rangs.
Afternoon update: What's with the wind lately???? Despite the hefty wind, I had pretty good control. I got to test a lapjoint boomerang from Australian Lacewood, another from Tulipwood and another from strip laminated pieces I received from David Fantone. Once those were tested I got to try the boomerang with blinkies installed. It works quite well with the 2 battery version so I may actually try the three battery version in it too. Nice flight! Ian will be pleased it the Batrangs work that well.
Dave
Photo: Blinky installed in the boomerang and operating!
I decided to make a test boomerang for them and had just finished sanding a Kingsnake design, a variant of Bob Burwell's Adder with longer wider wings. I drilled the holes ablut halfway up the wings and mounted two blinkies. I am going to try for a test flight in the daytime to see if the blinkies have made any major difference in the flight. If all goes well, I can test it at night. From there Ian and I can decide how to use them in the boomerangs we are building. I'll put a couple photos of the boomerang in the gallery. Check the album marked night rangs.
Afternoon update: What's with the wind lately???? Despite the hefty wind, I had pretty good control. I got to test a lapjoint boomerang from Australian Lacewood, another from Tulipwood and another from strip laminated pieces I received from David Fantone. Once those were tested I got to try the boomerang with blinkies installed. It works quite well with the 2 battery version so I may actually try the three battery version in it too. Nice flight! Ian will be pleased it the Batrangs work that well.
Dave
Photo: Blinky installed in the boomerang and operating!
Added on July 20, 2007 by bvdrangs
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