Slingspot: Underbridge Troll Smashery
For target or penetration work a slinger needs to retrieve special ammo for reuse and contain ricochets. A “closed” area with a backstop is essential. The sloping concrete revetment under bridges bounces ammo up to the underside of the bridge. They then drop and roll to the base of the revetment (mostly) ready for collection and the next round of throws. Much better than Easter Egg hunting all over a field.
It does take a special bridge for the optimal Smashery. Many have busy roads or muddy streams that limit throwing “elbow room.” I found that 6 lane bridges crossing a broad wetland or crossing a broad stream bed obliquely give plenty of working room.
Fortunately, the 2005 survey used by google.earth caught this bridge being built.
I put in the yellow 63 meter measuring bar (between red dots) to show where the base of the revetment runs.
The road bed put on the piers gives a roof for the smashery.
A nice setting for my Glandes of Steel 16 gauge punch through project:
Several unexpected benefits of the Troll Smashery:
1. Showers of sparks show up nicely in dim light.
2. Revetment light shows through holes in targets.
3. Steel on Steel hits thunder in the reverb chamber.
4. Side light with dark background shows a
shimmering fine crystalline spray as granite or quartz
shatters back into dazzling dust.
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AjlouniBoy