Friday Lunchtime Testing
All this reporting about Ian and none about me... time to change that.
I have been working on a few blanks here and there and had a stack of about ten ready to test. I decided to take them to the field at lunch today and give them a whirl. Here are the results.
Fever B: Boomerang Fever Variation with the lead arm mirrored to the dingle arm. Excellent flight and very easy to throw. (looks like Chet's Mantis)
Fever V: Boomerang Fever Variation with the dingle arm mirrored to the lead arm. Excellent flight and very easy to throw. (Looks like a flared vee/omega)
Victor: From leftover wood, works as expected.
Victor/Joey hybrid: my Victor boomerang with a Joey type lead arm. Doesn't get the range of the Joey but works well. (had two with me)
Upper Perk Hook: Was turning but crashing and rolling about 3/4 through flight.
Billy Bob Hook: 35-40 meters, works well now that I added significant undercut to lead arm.
Smith Standard Hook: Always an awesome flyer! (had two with me)
DH-9: Kendall Davis Dingle Hook. Not happy with this one. Made one a week or so ago that is terrific but this one is not. time to compare them.
Above boomerangs all in 6mm 5 ply Finland birch plywood.
BadBoy hook: Crash and burn special. In several throws I could not get a good flight. Don't know what is wrong. 5mm 10 ply.
Smith Columbia Hook: Lap Joint in cherry. Was having trouble with this one and finally added lots of lead arm undercut. Worked really well to, 30-35meter flight. Think I finally fixed it.
Saturday Update: I added some lead arm undercut to the Uperr Perk hooks which improved them. I also found another troublesome Cherry Columbia hook which I also gave lead arm undercut. It performed great. The Upper Perk hooks were still not right so I popped thm in the microwave and added diheadral to the lead arm. That finally fixed them. The BabBoy is still being BAD!
Dave
Photo: Fever V and B decorated.
I have been working on a few blanks here and there and had a stack of about ten ready to test. I decided to take them to the field at lunch today and give them a whirl. Here are the results.
Fever B: Boomerang Fever Variation with the lead arm mirrored to the dingle arm. Excellent flight and very easy to throw. (looks like Chet's Mantis)
Fever V: Boomerang Fever Variation with the dingle arm mirrored to the lead arm. Excellent flight and very easy to throw. (Looks like a flared vee/omega)
Victor: From leftover wood, works as expected.
Victor/Joey hybrid: my Victor boomerang with a Joey type lead arm. Doesn't get the range of the Joey but works well. (had two with me)
Upper Perk Hook: Was turning but crashing and rolling about 3/4 through flight.
Billy Bob Hook: 35-40 meters, works well now that I added significant undercut to lead arm.
Smith Standard Hook: Always an awesome flyer! (had two with me)
DH-9: Kendall Davis Dingle Hook. Not happy with this one. Made one a week or so ago that is terrific but this one is not. time to compare them.
Above boomerangs all in 6mm 5 ply Finland birch plywood.
BadBoy hook: Crash and burn special. In several throws I could not get a good flight. Don't know what is wrong. 5mm 10 ply.
Smith Columbia Hook: Lap Joint in cherry. Was having trouble with this one and finally added lots of lead arm undercut. Worked really well to, 30-35meter flight. Think I finally fixed it.
Saturday Update: I added some lead arm undercut to the Uperr Perk hooks which improved them. I also found another troublesome Cherry Columbia hook which I also gave lead arm undercut. It performed great. The Upper Perk hooks were still not right so I popped thm in the microwave and added diheadral to the lead arm. That finally fixed them. The BabBoy is still being BAD!
Dave
Photo: Fever V and B decorated.
Added on August 24, 2007 by bvdrangs
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