NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/boomeran/298

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From: [e-mail] (Bill Blohm)
Subject: Throwing tuning
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:26:08 GMT
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Well, I just got out and did some throwing with my new 'rang.  Aside from the fact
that we had some heavy wind at the time (30-35 mph) I had fun.  I just could not wait
for a calmer day, I'd been waiting too long for the 'rang to get here!!!  And yeah, I
did have to chase it back behind me most of the time.

Now that I have the initial urge out of my system, I want to work on tuning my throw
so that it will come back to me, or at least closer than 20 yards for starters! ;^)

I would appreciate tips on how to control the various variables so that I can really
learn by seeing and doing just what each does.  For example, I observed that for me
on that day, the more out of vertical my throw was, the higher the 'rang climbed.
Yet, it also appeared to do that if I threw to a higher altitude referenced against
my horizon.  So, what would be the best way to control all these variables so to
work on just one at a time?  There is force of throw, spin imparted to the 'rang,
angle of throw above the horizon, angle of throw from vertical, angle to the wind.
None of these can be pinned down rigidly, obviously.  Is there any one of these that
is more difficult to control that I should perhaps start with?  Anything I have left
out of this list?  I have the instructions that came with the 'rang and am still
waiting for my _Boomerang_ book to get here, but that is about it.

Ye gads!  Just thinking about it makes me long to get up and go out to the park and
throw for an hour or so!

Bill Blohm
[e-mail]      (Boise, Idaho)