This new throwing stick was crafted here guided by personal examination of the original artifact in the Smithsonian Museum collections, from the Hopi culture with a collection date of the early 1900s.  It follows the same measurements at 24.75 inches, and was made in a Serviceberry branch that had the correct natural elbow shape for this project. The original wood was not listed in the archives for this rabbitstick, and it was one of the unpainted sticks with sinew wrap repair. By following the airfoil contour cross sections, testing resulted in a stick that flew low and level for about 40 yards(hunting range), with a continual rise up and the end of its path to around 75 to 80 yards. This type of stick was originally used in the American Southwest to hunt small game such as rabbits,  designed to hover low over the ground without dropping or raising too much, so a lot of tuning with scraping was done to straighten out this flight path. Once near correct dimensions, tuning with heat bending was preferable so that the correction dimensions were not lost by removing wood.  This piece was tested in target games in the field, and heating bending tests were done until it affected flight negatively.  It has now been retired at that point, shown in the video above. 
This stick was meant to be an accurate replica in dimensions, as well as functional thrower.  Last pictures show the stick after testing, and once tested to flight limits, without removing wood that would alter dimensions. It is retired from testing, and still ready to throw or use for display/teaching collection to show this type of tool as being more sophisticated than a simple stick.  The straight flight of this stick was found to be about 40 yards, before the flight path starts to raise and go another 40 yards or so before falling to the ground.