REAL boomerangs DONT COME BACK! | Underappreciated Historical Weapons
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Real boomerangs are much cooler than people realize and DID NOT COME BACK!
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Point of clarification in case it wasn't clear, this boomerang is not made to come back unlike returning ones (returning boomerangs have an uneven air foil with reverse angles to each wing). This is a hunting boomerang (Its airfoil is an even curve over the top surface), it is made to maintain straight stable flight for the length of it's momentum using the air foil effect to create lift. To get the air foil lift it needs to be thrown horizontally, not the 45 degree or vertical angle you usually need to for a returning one.
ok
Thoughts on Zena's circular boomerang? Charkrum or some shit
There's a DC villain, literally named Captain Boomerang. Aussie bloke....who uses boomerangs, like Batman does with his Batarangs.
Dont mind shad after a long day he just wants to have fun and chuck his wood on cam with two other guys
Might I recommend reading Rumiko Takahashi's 1996 manga Inuyasha. I think you'll find there are more people agreeing with you than Batman writers.
Instead of “throwing stick”, I propose the name “hunting wing”.
I strongly agree with this assessment.
Seconded
But old spears where just pointy sticks and they where hunting sticks
What about UFO?
Can we have an Epic version called the Shaderang?
Stick has a wide family tree.
Some examples are Short Stick, Big Stick, disabled cousin Nunchuck, and the curvy step-sister Boomerang.
You forgot about the large sitting stick 😁
Where in the family tree does the full-metal Pry-Stick fall under?
you forgot about the weeabo cousin bo and the transfer student yantok
Where do pointy sticks fit within all this
Don't forget the 2nd cousin from across the pond, the chakram
The group of native Austrlian's I grew up with had 3 types of boomerangs.
The returning boomerang for hunting flocks of birds (multiple throws through a stalked flock would yeild several birds per hunt, or more). If you missed on the first try you might be able to try again quickly after it comes back. If it hits one or more birds they won't return.
The hunting boomerang, similar to yours (for hunting larger animals like kangaroos, wallaby or possum).
Lastly they had fighting boomerangs, that are larger then hunting with a spike or hook carved into the shorter end (hooked or spiked out & up from the end, to inflick more damage but also act as a pointed wooden axe). The last ones where almost always made from ironwood, very dense wood used the make wooden axe heads from the same people. The hook/spike is surprisingly sharp & tough, the axes will easily cut down softer wood like pine or mango.
that's insanely cool
Long ago I’d read of distances up to 300 yards for ‘war boomerangs’…. ? Old photographs are as you describe - a bit like an Irish hurley wherein there is even greater sport.
@olmalone Have seen them thrown. (As a demonstration for culture classes, lived in a remote community as a child). 250-300 mtr (similar to yards), was fairly common for an experienced user.
Wait shad is Australian?
No wonder he is into swords and crap, he has to fight spiders the size of my cat.
You didn't know?
@@hylianro I didn't either. His accent isn't typical. If someone heard someone from deep in Louisiana, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't think they were American
@@justinjacobson7495 I actually thought he was British or something. I don’t always have an ear for accents
It's the small spiders you have to keep an eye on the big ones you're able to kick out the way
@@justinjacobson7495 I'm from Sydney, he sounds like a Victorian (Melbourne) to me. Maybe countryside Vic (his farm) but sounds like a Vic.
Player:"I want a boomerang weapon."
DM: "Okay, but those don't come back you know, not the lethal kind."
Player: "I add the 'returning' enchantment."
DM: "....listen here you little-"
Stealing!
Jokes on the player, returning doesn't say it returns harmlessly...
@@whiskeyhound couldn’t extra enchantments that convert damage done to oneself into something else or used to trigger extra effects via a chain be added?
@@BrickChick I think a item can only hold one enchantment at a time, and there's no official damage absorbing enchantments, not to mention that even the most lenient DM is probably gonna refuse to allow something like that to work.
@@whiskeyhoundYou could just use a belt of return, my rogue has one for his daggers. At the end of your turn the thrown weapons appear back on the belt so your weapons can have different enchantments on them.
Ruthlessly punishing your serfs by making then pointlessly run back and forth after a boomerang? - Shad has spent so much time researching medieval Lords that he is starting to become one 😂👍
A smarter serf would have throw it back.
I like to imagine that he also has them dig deep holes with spoons, and then fill them back in, or roll stones up hills just to push them back down
@@IRMentat that's the sort of independent thinking that will get you permanently assigned to latrine duty
That implies a game of catch and thus a serf who is dealing with daddy issues.
"It's good to be the king--Pull!"
I live in Australia, and we had an Aborginal Elder come to our school every few weeks. He taught us different things about Aborginal culture. When we reached grade five, he let us throw spears and boomerangs.
I'm sorry you didn't grow up in a gun loving country, we have drill sargents come in a politely walk us through the ins and outs of a colt m1911
Me: Ah, Shad is making a boomerang video because he's Austral-
Shad: It's a throwing stick
Me: Oh, I see. Makes more sense.
All types of weapons are just differently modified sticks
Its not a knife, its a metal stabbing stick
@@abrahamsorby8193 no, THIS is a knife.
If you want to get Shad irate: Cut a boomerang in half, link the halves with a chain and call it a flung-chuck.
That sounds like a abomination. I want to see someone make and use it.
Underrated comment.
He'd just point out how that's simply a bolo by another name
You just improved the nun-chucks XD
Imagine if it would be an actual improvement.
Shad would have a stroke.
Shad: opens video showing that he takes his employees out on walks and even plays fetch with them
Next thing you know, he also provides them with free neck protection.
That’s an interesting way to say “peasant”.
@@FlymanMS peasants are connected to land, Oz is owned by Shad himself
fetch!
@@anyways4438 Just wait til he trains a great an powerful wizard.
Shadiversity: "I've never seen a metal one"
Feral boy from Road Warrior:
Very impressive considering the furthest Javelin throw recorded is around 100m, and with ease you're getting pretty close. And I googled it after, the record for a throwing stick is more than 400m, that's insane!
"They even have a place in fantasy, if you make them out of metal..."
_Sokka has entered the chat_
Or "the wild child" from Mad Max 2
-coughs- Link from the Legend of Zelda did it before it became cool
@@darkessinzero The game launched in 1986? Mad Max 2 is from 1981 xD
@@Mtonazzi My answer was just for the Sokka comment, sorry that I kind of ignored yours ^^;;;
Sango from Inuyasha entered the chat
18:58
Shad: "There is a character..."
Me: "Sokka"
Shad: "batman"
Me: "oh"
SNEAK ATTACK!
I thought he was going to say Captain Boomerang from Suicide Squad lol
*BOOOMER-Aang*
to be fair, in atla Sokka never acctually expects his boomerang to come back, thats why hes always surprised when "boomerang came back"
Link from legend of zelda
I'd love to see a video about slings, talking about the history of slings as a weapon for hunting and waging war, focusing of course on the Balearic slingers, and maybe a demonstration.
The video was mostly an ad
Would also like a mythbusting video on if David really could take down a giant.
@@theq4602Not much myth busting needed. It was a weapon used in war. It could absolutely kill a person.
I was just watching you cut the hello fresh steak on a log, and I thought about weapon sharpening. Have you ever done a video on how weapons were maintained: sharpened, cleaned, preserved, etc?
Shad: “there is a character, in fantasy….”
Me: “sokka?”
Shad: “its batman”
Me: “oh come on shad”
Worst then that, Captain Boomerang is from same universe as Batman (well, he's a Flash villain, but still DC)
He meant boomerangs that work like the one he uses, not the toy designs.
yes, I was sure he was referencing Sokka
Link.
Even in the show "Boomer-Ang"
"I think they could have a place in fantasy"
*Sokka has entered the Comment Section*
Sango
The feral child in mad max 2
Technically those are Boomerangs because they can return.
Sky of arcadia aika
Sokka is honestly the first character that enters my head when fantasy boomerangs come into play, lol.
Your promotion segue was the most brilliant I’ve ever seen. I truly didn’t see it coming.
10:20 this is false. Although pressure differential explained by the Bernoulli principle is responsible for some lift, the deflection of air at speed is arguably more significant. A flat plane can still produce lift even without stalling as you might have noticed throwing your homemade throwing stick. Additionally, deflection of air would not cause the plane to simply tilt and "weather vein" into a no lift orientation. The air hits the surface uniformly, not as a small point as demonstrated with your hand. If it did cause it to tilt, then the boomerang wouldn't be able to fly up into the air like it did in your intro, it would remain within the plan of the initial throw.
I was wondering about the science of the boomerang, thanks. Do you know why there doesn't seem to be a stabilizing fin or fletching, anything like that?
@@UmTheMuse Not necessary?
Doesn't it account for a significant percentage though? roughly around 20-15%? Enough of an influence to be important design wise.
But beyond that question, from my limited knowledge, I completely agree. I thought most people thought the pressure difference is what produced lift, there's so many things on the internet (importantly youtube) that say that same thing without bringing in the directed stream of air
@@UmTheMuse That's for projectiles that fly straight, at most with a spin perpendicular to the forward direction (I think I worded that right. In other words, its "forward and back" axis).
To put into perspective, imagine throwing an arrow like this, it wouldn't stay spinning like this for very long. This rotates along its "up and down" axis which is what stabilizers try to prevent (along with the "left and right")
It has been [0] days since Shad has talked about stick.
"The boomerang appeared in multiple places arround the world." Ah, just like crabs
Underrated comment
And people
Also, never caught boomerangs from a partner
Crabs =Bumerangs?!
I need to go to the beach and try something
synchronicity
"Sticks are AWESOME!" Basically me my whole childhood in the woods
Honestly, you have done a great service. You usually do, and I appreciate the education I get from you. That all said, this video has convinced me to invest in researching this further and potentially getting one to add to a survival kit.
Imagine paying sponsorship to a guy and he hit your product with throwing stick and then go full medieval in your steak. 10/10 would sponsor again.
I was thinking that was one of the more entertaining commercials I have watched. Usually I would just fast forward, good job Shad.
You haven’t seen a sponsorship segment from Graystillplays, have you?
And an authentic review!
@@rlowellm he knows how to keep your attention
@@theman4884 this got me actually interested in the company/product being advertised (in this case, Hello Fresh), something that NEVER happens with other online ads or video sponsorships
"Maybe if it was like metal and you put an edge on it."
Who knew Sokka from Avatar The Last Airbender was a visionary.
The man did invent submarines
@@kingv-raptor840 And helped develop hot air balloons.
its funny, he uses a sharpened metal boomerang, and not once on screen did it cut into someone's skull.
@@spaceblockb5284 kid show logic. But Sokka did manage to strike Sparky Sparky Boom Man by judging the angles of his fire blasts
@@spaceblockb5284 He's an expert marksman on a world filled with superpowered lunatics in armor, the only thing it'll kill is a rat
Or maybe Sparky Sparky Boom Man
I'm still baffled by how the whole point of Batman Begins is that he doesn't kill people yet he literally keeps throwing shuriken at people.
He has no rules against drawing blood and maiming, so it's OK. ;)
@@Areanyusernamesleft Dobby never meant to kill...Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure!
Shuriken can't kill anyone, except in a rare accident.
I don't recall him throwing them at people, only as distractions. With the exception of lunching his modifies arm guard blade things at the Joker near end of The Dark Knight. But the penetration of them is seemingly quite shallow so only way he could kill someone with that is if he hit their throat or something.
@@_XR40_ unless you hit someone in the jugular or hit a vital artery and don't stop the bleeding soon enough. But that would be a rare hit
Less than 5 minutes in and Shad just impersonated Steve Irwin and threw a boomerang. Aussiest video ever.
Shad: "Many people say that hunting boomerangs don't come back to you."
Oz: (retrieves boomerang)
Me: Looks to *me* like it came back just fine. : )
One should always hunt with some peasants accompanying
Shameless plug, sign petition to get me as doorman in mcu.
I was expecting "... They're right".
Didn't happen, of course.
@@laurencefraser In this case a simple demonstration was far better than a thousand words :P
That's exactly the point I was trying to make. The boomerang did indeed "return" eventually
"Gets a bit of lift like a frisbee."
Now you know the next weapon you have to review, the death frisbee.
I am, of course, referring to the flying metal donuts, chakrams.
Can chakram be made fool proof (wont cut your hand open like a dumbass) and still functional?
@@NihongoWakannai Beyblade, Beyblade, let it rip!
Xena yelling noices heightens
Shad hasn't yet, but Skall has
czcams.com/video/klImSddcwfk/video.html
I wonder if he might take a look at other chakram-like weapons, like the twin snake rings or those charm things with little flame-like shapes on the left, right and opposite side of the handle. I think they're called Wind and Fire Wheels.
Chakrams seem to be gaining in popularity, at least to me, but i haven't seen the other ones getting a lot of coverage.
I imagine that if there were throwing sticks in fantasy, they would be enchanted to return to the thrower, thus making them a proper boomerang.
I think you’d be happy to know my 5e rogue Ive been playing for over a year now uses a magic boomerang over throwing knives - the magic is what causes it to return, not the shape itself! Kinda always liked the idea of them being used as a combat implement since that one scene in Road Warrior
Shad: Boomerangs don't come back.
Sokka: *angry noises*
It didn't come back the last time he threw it.
@@JohnW-yv6yp Boomerang:(
Sokka: I resemble that remark
Sokka be like: "It looks like boomerang is not coming back."
Boomerangs which were originally meant for killing animals and people did not return however I think I did hear that the ones which returned were actually used in hunting for the purpose of driving animals towards a locations were they can more easily be killed as opposed to actually killing them.
Luckily the Hellous Freshicus is not yet a protected species.
@Doom Posterior in fact hellouis freschicus (standardized name ) is not known to be native to much of anywhere
No one:
Shad: I’m finally doing an Australian WEAPON
there is a traditional aboriginal use for the returning boomarang (each tribe has their own name for them) as a hunting weapon. Hunting birds in flocks. They are thrown in the same direction the birds are flying in, and the weapon curves into the flock. If it is successful you hit a bird, if not it comes back
My tribe would use mutiple returning Boomerangs called wangim by throwing them or flying them is rapid succesion over the top of water fowl like ducks.
The water fowl would think they were getting attacked by larger raptor birds of prey and fly low to the water to get speed ip before they gained height.
A net as attached to a tree at one side of the river or creek and pulled tight just as the birds reached the net and were unable to change direction.
The returning element was critical in this paticular hunting tactic, as crossing a river or or swimming for your stick each time would be exhausting but if something hits the water the ducks fly up and the net is no longer effective.
Shad, there are actually two "hunting" boomerangs. The first is exactly what you talk about. The second curving type was primarily found in central Australia as a distraction weapon. It was often used by youth learning how to hunt against emus and some kangaroo types. These curving boomerangs are extremely useful in creating an acoustic effect that allows you to herd animals into your ambush site.
The classic "wupp a wuppa" of a boomerang curving around a flock of emu is a great way to move them where you want without getting in their sight lines.
And as for the metal version of the 'throwing stick' boomerang. Yes, it has been made around alice, many times, and is a very lethal weapon. It can easily take down a red kangaroo, at 50 paces.
How big are your paces? Mine average just under a meter but I count on every left step because that's how I was taught pace measurements
Would perhaps be useful to scare critters out of the garden...
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 i'm a big guy so when i learned the skill in my teens, close to a meter. The old fellas who taught me could take out a roo from the car park to the other of an afl pitch. A bit over 130m. They didn't like the metal as it flew too straight and the roos could dodge to easy when they saw it.
Awesome
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 paces would definitely differ between people. All relies on how long your legs and stride are.
I cut a half gallon milk jug in half with a CS boomerang. Do they return? No and you don't want them to.
IT is weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my content. Sometimes IT is annoying. But right now, IT would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear jes
@@AxxLAfriku 👁️👄👁️
@@AxxLAfriku somehow I find that incredibly hard to believe..
@@AxxLAfriku ah yes the humble brag.... wait where's the humble part....
@@AxxLAfriku peepee
That was one of the smoothest sponsorship that I've ever seen by shad!
@4:12 "good ol wack, its an awesome stick" i really feel shad vibes there you can hear it in his voice! Great video shad. Thank you for the hard work you do.
On this episode of "the mighty stick" shad talks about a type of throwing stick known as the boomerang
"Don't throw it again."
"of course not... OFFUGO!"
::Evil Points awarded::
Shad has now shown dominance
Your Shad the Historian Geek and evolved into Shad the Medieval Lord Jerk!
I kind of made this distinction between throwing sticks and boomerangs when I got into the latter. Thank you for sharing this information with everyone though.
One thing I must say though is that any thrown aerofoil is usually a balance between speed and spin. The spin helps stabilize the whole system like a Frisbee but if given too much speed it can create turbulence on the foils and create a twist/turn.
Got it! Boomerangs are whacking sticks for throwing. I learn something new, every time I come here!
alternative title: Shad and His Prisoners With Jobs Play Fetch
Are you saying Shad was teaching them to "serf"?
@@sylvarogre5469 BOOO! Take your upvote
I wonder how that conversation went down. "Hey, i'll buy you lunch if you play fetch for me" but they were not told what they were gonna have to fetch.
"Please don't throw it again", so DON'T hand it back to him!
We need to get Shad a dog
He doesn't need one, he has an Oz.
My new favorite quote: “go up to someone, and give a good ol’ whack.”
The funny thing is, as a child I have played with toy boomerangs many times, but I never, not even once, managed to get it to come back.
This is the only channel I know of where I can learn aerodynamics, get ideas for a fictional world I’m working on, and witness a violent murder of Hello Fresh products. Keep up the good work shad
Have you watched Mustard? Hehe
The explanation on how wings produce lift is mostly wrong in this video though
@@SimonWoodburyForget he said that the assumption that the lift is generated by the downward deflection of the incoming airstream is wrong even though that actually is the way how the lift is produced. The rounded top surface of the wing isn't there to produce lift but to reduce drag by preventing the (early) detachment of the airstream. I probably don't have to explain that to you. But the explanation in the video is completely false since he immediately dismissed the main mechanism that is producing lift as being wrong.
the boomerang is just a stick for ranged combat. Again, a MIGHTY STICK
Man, working with Shad must be so fun. You get to go out and try all this stuff AND you get a good meal out of it as well!
I enjoyed learning about the real boomerang/throwing stick. I do just want to point out about shuriken that they weren't intended as lethal weapons but as distracting/maiming weapons. They were also used as caltrops to hobble pursuers on foot and horses when the pursuers were mounted.
That sounds cool af tbh
Just imagine orcs with boomerangs. Meat never went off the menu, boys.
I'm actually working on a campaign setting for D&D, and the orcs in it probably would use boomerangs, or throwing sticks, whatever you want to call it.
The majority of orcs live in a part of the world afflicted by, for lack of a better term, magical radiation(kind of like Eiselcross in Critical Role's Exandria). The orcs are survivalist hunters who primarily worship the Lord of Thorns, who is a god of hunting and a psychopomp. And yes, they would likely use primarily wooden weapons, since metal would be harder to come by easily(trading doesn't happen often, on account of all the magic wackery).
@@the_great_rasputin9022 I don't really know Exandria, but maybe it's worth bringing in a bit of influence from STALKER, with parts of the irradiated zone affected so that other planes influence them, causing things like wandering balls of lightning, acid geysers, a scar in the earth that drives you mad unless you run down it in one direction, a forest of trees that never stop marching in a thin, snakey column. That kind of weirdness.
"There is a character in fantasy, superhero related is fantasy, that actually uses essentially these... It's Batman."
Captain Boomerang: Am I a joke to you?
For those who don't know: Captain Boomerang is a relatively obscure Batman villain.
@@SupersuMC he’s way more famous as a Flash villain than a Batman one. He first appeared in a Flash comic and is a part of his rogues gallery.
Yes
And don't forget Platypus Hunter Liam O'kraken
There was also a Marvel villain called Boomerang. I think you can guess what kind of weapons he used. He was mostly a Daredevil villain, IIRC.
I have a large collection of all sorts of designs. Brilliant low wind sport for when the kite won't inflate. My first boomerang(ish) experience of thrown things that can return and do damage was the Glaive in Krull. Now that was a cool thing.
Good to see you've kept your sanity through all this madness around the world
you see this target is far away, sometimes you can't use a stick!
Shad : that's where you're wrong. THROWING STICK!
I'm so glad to have stumbled across this channel, I love the enthusiasm put into all the videos on top of them being super informative. Has shad done a video on assassins creed type hidden blades? I would love to see his perspective on them.
He has, just search his back catalogue
Oz: please Shad, I'm tired, please don't throw it again.
Shad: .... Okay! (Throws it)
Me: muahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Nice.
"If these were made of sharpened metal . . ."
Guess you need to cover the Chakram now.
And the valari.
I think that the Valari would be the Indian Subcontinent version of the wing stick.
@@RoninCatholic I am not familiar with the Valeri, but I definitely agree with the Chakram assessment now. Oh and ninja throwing stars.
@@willparry530 he covered it just now........... it doesn't take much thought to realize that, like the nunchucks, the throwing star(which didn't exist historically) is utter garbage.
throwing star are basically one of those idiotic weapons that were made popular by the likes of Bruce Lee, anime, ect, and if you look historically, were not used or simply didn't exist and for good reason.
Eehhhh... I mean, they're okay, but definitely don't travel very far or very fast.
The density of the metal makes them have a bit more punch, but they aren't nearly as cool or refined of a design in my opinion.
Shad: “….and its Batman”
Captain Boomerang: ……
He is also an australian interestingly
@@wecta4man I know...Shad did nothing to shout a homie out. Cold burn...cold burn....
I suppose using Captain Boomerang as an example would be accepting the fact that a man who uses the things Shad himself declared to be novelties as actual weapons is stepping on his own toes.
And then of course there's the atrocity that is Captain Boomerang's original outfit... It keeps me up at night, honestly.
But yeh, better example than Batman's merch-shuriken. So I still agree with the comment.
@@bertegue5162 The one thing about the boomerangs that come back though - if you put something like a sharp blade or a small explosive on one, they can nail people behind cover. In a standoff, in a sci-fi / fantasy setting, I argue they have more of an advantage than ones that don't return.
Honestly, I was expecting Captain Boomerang too. As far as I've seen, batarangs are almost exclusively just custom shuriken these days, so the comparison to boomerangs doesn't really work.
Maybe Shad's never heard of the captain, though.
Shad imitating Steve Irwin is the most Aussie thing I've ever seen! Hahahahahahaha
I can just imagine a dude in medieval ages with a quiver of boomerangs
Me skipping through the sponsorship:
Shad: "I have five kids-"
"I forgot to season them!"
Common problem among Oger parents
@@Swiss_femboy Ogre*
Shad is officially confirmed to be Adam Ragusea
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Flame broiled... with a pinch of salt...
Historians refer to the Middle Eastern versions in history as “throw sticks.”
Wtf is your pfp
Hear about those warriors from the middle east, They have Curved Throwing hunting sticks.. *CURVED*
I found a super effective weapon that if large enough can destroy the world. It can be found everywhere in the world. Historically Romans used tiny versions that they polished and shaped. Behold....the mighty rock. Historically proven to exist everywhere at the same time. Even space has rocks and when hurled at planets can wipe out most life with but a single throw. Your nuclear weapons have noting on the historically factual rock that wiped out the dinosaurs and changed the very climate of the world.
In the words of Kevin Corey, hunting wings*
I find it funny that when ever Hello Fresh sponsors Shad, Shad just has a lovely picnic with his lads. lol
I'm gonna use this in my fantasy novel. In my setting, there are various nomadic, celtic-adjacent tribes of deer people known for their magical prowess and ingenuity, similar to traditional elves. One prominent character in the story is a young man from the tribe with no magical talent who is intent on becoming a powerful warrior against the wishes of his family, and so this kind of weapon would be perfect for him.
"There's actually a character from fantasy that uses a boomerang"
Me: is it link???
Shad: Batman.
Me: 😞
There's actually a supervillain that uses a throwing stick/boomeran, Captain Boomerang.
I was sad, too.
I was thinking Sokka.
@@Riceball01 Marvel also has a supervillain that uses them, Boomerang. Just Boomerang.
Shad: Boomerangs don’t come back!
Me: SO IVE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT!
Just like my wife!
I would love to see an episode debunking the myth that sling stones had the same "stopping power" or lethality as a .44 magnum.
Just laugh at them and move on, the easiest way to prove they are wrong is by shooting a wooden shield to see the difference. One might leave a dent while the other will blast right through it.
While you're absolutely correct, there's something to be said about the availability. $10 in material available anywhere in the world vs a $500-$1000 manufactured weapon that requires manufactured ammunition and is restricted by law in many countries make the 44mag less feasible. It's like comparing a club to a war hammer, yes a stick will work, but a hammer will work better.
@@isaacwright407 You're absolutely right. I am not in any way claiming that the sling is a useless weapon. It has been used by both civilians and soldiers for millennia, probably on every continent. In fact, the most powerful pre gunpowder siege weapon, the trebuchet, was just a giant mechanized sling. What I take issue with is people making such outrageous claims. And this was made by National Geographic, who should know better. They just measured the kinetic energy of a sling stone on release, and directly equated it with "stopping power". The two are not at all the same. For example, the recoil from a .44 magnum has the same kinetic energy as the slug it fires, but it doesn't injure the person who shoots it. (Usually. I've seen some weird stuff.) On top of that, you can't really quantify "stopping power" with any concrete metric. Well, I suppose you could do a lab animal LD50 test, but that would be barbaric.
Sorry if I sound like I'm ranting. Not my intention. Just trying to be informative.
As an interesting side note. a diving peregrine falcon can have more kinetic energy than a 30-06 round.
Energy is energy, tho. Top slingers have demonstrated the energy is very close to the same. And actually, stones would have MORE stopping power than a bullet due to energy transfer.
My 357 punches through armor and shields without much issue, but energy deposition in target is minimal due to it being so small. Indeed, even rifle rounds often dont stop or kill targets - most military calibers are designed to maim more often than kill. So stopping power is less than what you'd get out of a hunting boom, since getting whacked upside the head with a big stick stuns you.
So yeah, slung stones have more stopping power, less penetration, and similar general lethality as a Magnum.
You should setup a proper campsite in the Shadlands. I think it'd make for a cool backdrop. Fire ring with some big stones, log stools around it. Maybe a canvas tent. Oh, and if you've never played D&D (or Cogent in your case) around a campfire you're missing out!
Boomerangs are throwing spinning sticks with lots of science in it, therefore its better than the nunchucks.
“It’s an awesome stick mate! Sticks are awesome!”
Sounds like Shad awakened his inner caveman.
When I was a lad, we would always joke, "If your boomerang doesn't come back... it's a stick!" 🤪🤪🤪
Thumbs up at sticks are awesome.
I love the enthusiasm
"If you made [shuriken] bigger... bladed."
Shad invents the Windmill Shuriken.
Mad Max smiles :P
"Nice" - Sasuke.
The Indians did that already. Its called a Chakram.
@@lucas9751 Hn.
Yuffy from FF7 had one of those
It’s so fortunate that Lord Shad has his own dirty peasant to bring him boomerangs back.
I’ve heard he makes them himself! 🤣
@@fredbloggs5902 Lord Shad: the tax rate has been moved from 100% to 200%
You now also pay tax for every second of breathing
those unable to pay will be made my boomerang receiving servant
In Kenya and Tanzania, they had a wooden club with a point at the handle. I think it was called a Rungu. Security who werent allowed to have firearms used these and I saw a few competions between them. Very impressif because they can choose if the pointy end hits or the heavy part.
yup im putting this in my anime thank you lol "hunting wing" great idea i love it
also thought about madmax the little kid that had the glove just to catch the thing. always thought that was badass
"A much more effective name is throwing stick."
Me:... Is a javelin a throwing stick?
It's a pointed throwing stick.
Yes. And no.
It doesn't go as straight, but i bet it's more lethal
I don't think you'd want a boomerang to come back. Seems like that would hurt.
This reminds me of a book I read. It said the main advantage of a boomerang is that it comes back. It also said that the main disadvantage of a boomerang is that it comes back.
I know this will sound stupid but bare with me. In Mad Max 2 (1981) a kid uses boomerangs as a weapon and this is issue is adressed. The solution is padded chain mail gloves that will allow the thrower to catch it. Here's a video to illustrate: czcams.com/video/i2gVXd7FzhQ/video.html
Once got a boomerang that comes back. Threw it and it flew straight at my head. It was at that moment I realized how dumb boomerangs are
Mad Max 2?
Having thrown a few wooden returning boomerangs, I can assure you that they hurt
10:30 tilt is actually in the other direction somewhat surprisingly- large flat/long objects will have a tendency to turn so their flat side is facing the direction of travel.
You can try by dropping a largish flat piece of carboard. Drop it flat side first and it will stay that way without wind.
Drop it edge first and it starts to tumble real fast if it's anything but perfectly edge on
@@NightFlyerKilo I don't expect it to to be *fully* stable flat, just not actively unstable, if it were properly stable, the one dropped on its side would eventually settle into it, which i doubt.
it may have a restoring force one way, but if that force changes with time, then it could end up driving any oscillations bigger and bigger.
as it has less drag pointy side down, it will accelerate, and the force will change with time, so probably only pseudo stable.
I love boomerangs, and the education in these videos. 😁
I'd also like to point out the villain/hero Captain Boomerang. Which he's also Australian. 😎
Also thank you for the awesome way of advertising hello fresh, we may actually get it lol.
Oh and the bottle moment, was so awkward. 😆
"GET STICK!" is now accompanied by"YEET STICK!""
Shad: **Goes into deep history and science stuff**
Also Shad: "STICKS ARE AWESOME!"
It’s a scientific fact that sticks are awesome
I think that's part of the magic of this channel. On the one hand, shad can be scientific and logical and do a ton of good(?) research. On the other hand... Well, "STICKS ARE AWESOME" He's living proof that thought and research don't have to lower the awesomeness of, well, anything. They can be used to make it even more awesome. And that's a lesson I think a few more people need to learn.
Seeing how excited Chad got when throwing that stick I really think he should throw a few disc golf drives. Perhaps he already has.
This video is dope, all of it. The ad was pretty great, super high energy. Got that big stick Shad-bod energy. My wife and I did the hello fresh thing for a bit. Great stuff but it was a bit pricey for us to do all the time. But we did keep the recipe cards and have been able to recreate all of the stuff we enjoyed. It was a better investment than it first seemed.
Shad's channel is slowly turning into The Stick channel.
Shad's appreciation of sticks is wonderful and I'm happy we're all along for the ride.
Teaching people that all weapons are basically just sticks with some fancy extra features rather than magical implements that can achieve legendary feats.
Wooden Stick, Metal Stick, Stick with exrtra bits stuck on. O.o
So what, I was doing it right through my whole childhood? Everyone mocking me because the boomerang never came back was just them being kids?
Who'd have freakin thought.
Dear god
@@finalmayhem theres more
@@duncanmcgee13 Where's more? Is there a message taped to the boomerang?
@@duncanmcgee13 No
I love you memeing bastards lmao
Amazing videos, glad to discover this channel.
I love your skits dude!
"There's actually one superhero who uses them : Batman"
'aight so we just gonna ignore cult classic Cap'n Boomerang then?
Isn't he a villain?
I thought you were going to say Captain America. His shield comes back.
So does Thor's hammer, come to think of it.
Yes.
@@wayneshingler9664 Everybody's weapon is a boomerang nowadays, mate.
@@Karak-_- Not anymore
Boomerangs: Not only good for hunting sponsorships, but starting spontaneous fires and summoning convenient frying pans
And although Shad did NOT demonstrate it in this video, they're also good for taking down robot chameleons (10 points if you get the reference).
Sonic?
@@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 Mega Man X (one stage boss is called Sting Chameleon and his weapon is boomerang cutter), but Sonic was a good try!
Eactly what ive been looking for, 21 minutes of learning about boomerangs and i love boomerangs💚
Your explanation of lift was far better than anything I received in school lol. I understood why in theory, but I never understood it intuitively.
The oldest boomerang in the world was found in Poland. It has ~30k years and is made out of mamoth tusk.
Imagine minding your own business, eating grass and doing animal stuff... *BAM* ... out of nowhere a giant freaking elephant tooth smacks you in the head.
So that’s how it survived that long
"The stick is an effective weapon yes, but what if I wanted to whack somebody over yonder?"
Then use a stick to throw a long pointy stick even farther
@@aliri_ atlatl references? In MY CZcams comments?
@@rafasilva1265 It's more likely than you think!
You use a hollow metal stick with a large pressure differential between the closed, near end and the open, far end, which you point at the intended target. The pressure differential is used to move a small dense projectile through the hollow metal stick and gain enough momentum to land over yonder, preferably inside the somebody you wanted to whack.
You did a very good job while explaining how wings work
When made small and weighted, it has not enough surface to lift the stick up, so you have to keep things ballanced.