by Boompop | May 27, 2018 | Mta boomerangs, science
Why use a carbon fiber boomerang? The answer is not simple, since there are many reasons. In competitions you can find many competitors that use carbon boomerangs and others do not, specially for MTA and Long Distance. I will try to explain what carbon fiber is, and...
by Boompop | May 16, 2018 | Interviews, Mta boomerangs, Uncategorised
Manuel Schütz has been rising the bar in the boomerang sport for so many years: his Long Ditance records during the 90´s and then his individual World Champion Title in Australia 2000 were just the beggining of a legendary carreer. Manuel has been a reference for many...
by Boompop | Apr 18, 2018 | Mta boomerangs
Throwing an MTA boomerang is a joyful experience. The nature of its flight, the hovering, the running, the catch. All these things make throwing a MTA boomerangs so special. Last weekend I met my team mates in Switzerland for a training camp, as a process for warming...
by Boompop | Mar 18, 2018 | Mta boomerangs, science
The following article has been written by Manuel Schütz after the Autorotation discussion on twobladers came up. The ideas and concepts explained are revealing, but the open questions as well. The full article is available for downloading in the button at the end of...
by Boompop | Mar 10, 2018 | Mta boomerangs, science
Bernoulli and Isaac Newton Can we merge this two approaches for explaining lift? It is true that air, when surrounding an airfoil travels faster on one side than on the other, the pressure of air in the area where it moves faster is smaller than in the area where it...
by Boompop | Feb 16, 2018 | History, Interviews, Mta boomerangs, science
1. How did you get involved with boomerangs? The first time I saw a boomerang in flight was in Panama when I was 7 years old. Older boys had a cross stick that flew really well, but they would not let me throw it. When I was 9 years old (1959), my mother bought me a...
