Where is it made?
02-22-2014, 08:56 AM
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Back in the 1960's Whamo Toy company made Boomerangs from fiberglass (that's fibreglass for you Rob 
). They were outlawed by 1970 as too dangerous but they were the real deal. I had one and you could throw it 75 yards before it made it's turn. I got pretty good at it to where I could catch it on the return every time. I kind of wiish they still made them but it went the way of lawn darts and steel skate wheels.
). They were outlawed by 1970 as too dangerous but they were the real deal. I had one and you could throw it 75 yards before it made it's turn. I got pretty good at it to where I could catch it on the return every time. I kind of wiish they still made them but it went the way of lawn darts and steel skate wheels.
02-22-2014, 09:51 AM
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Back in the 1960's Whamo Toy company made Boomerangs from fiberglass (that's fibreglass for you Rob ). They were outlawed by 1970 as too dangerous but they were the real deal. I had one and you could throw it 75 yards before it made it's turn. I got pretty good at it to where I could catch it on the return every time. I kind of wiish they still made them but it went the way of lawn darts and steel skate wheels.
). They were outlawed by 1970 as too dangerous but they were the real deal. I had one and you could throw it 75 yards before it made it's turn. I got pretty good at it to where I could catch it on the return every time. I kind of wiish they still made them but it went the way of lawn darts and steel skate wheels.And yes, they are left and right handed. I am a lefty but learned to throw my boomerangs with the right hand otherwise they would spin the wrong way and not come back.
02-22-2014, 12:33 PM
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OK so maybe a moulded synthetic structural material with a moulded in 2.4 Rx and 270 mah battery pack and a single servo all in the slightly deepened center section. Moulded in very thin pushrod wire bent through 90 degrees internally leading to tiny spoilers sort of in the way Jack Northrup came up with drag rudders for his wings near the tip.
Now it would be necessary to come up with a computer of sorts perhaps a gyro that would apply control imputs in cyclical manner just like a helicopter as the rotation around the vertical axis would apply and reapply the control imput each revolution.
Don,t ya think, Oh doing a 360 or maybe two 180's left and right on a single flight would be cool. That might be just as exciting as the first time Yall ever pushed a button or wiggled a toggle and the airplane responded. Remember those magic moments?
Ya, I know I will behave and heading back to the bench now, had three neato flights this morning so got my fix.
John
Now it would be necessary to come up with a computer of sorts perhaps a gyro that would apply control imputs in cyclical manner just like a helicopter as the rotation around the vertical axis would apply and reapply the control imput each revolution.
Don,t ya think, Oh doing a 360 or maybe two 180's left and right on a single flight would be cool. That might be just as exciting as the first time Yall ever pushed a button or wiggled a toggle and the airplane responded. Remember those magic moments?
Ya, I know I will behave and heading back to the bench now, had three neato flights this morning so got my fix.
John
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02-22-2014, 02:09 PM
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what if we all stop buying anything made in china or japan for a year what will happen then>>i bought my futaba radios when they first came out>> i had kraft badcock citizenship>ace>> but what happen to them all??
02-22-2014, 09:06 PM
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what if we all stop buying anything made in china or japan for a year what will happen then>>i bought my futaba radios when they first came out>> i had kraft badcock citizenship>ace>> but what happen to them all??
Sadly, the same can't be said for shopping @ Wal Mart.
02-22-2014, 09:20 PM
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what if we all stop buying anything made in china or japan for a year what will happen then>>i bought my futaba radios when they first came out>> i had kraft badcock citizenship>ace>> but what happen to them all??
contain parts from Canada Mexico China and Japan.
