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ibez Novicius Offline Primitive Enthusiast Posts: 5 Gender:	I wonder Apr 12^th, 2006 at 5:58pm Did they ever use Big slings? like maybe longer, 2 handed ones that launched 10 lb rocks or something. it would be feasible if you got a spinning start. You know, kinda like what the balista is to crossbows
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fi3l2 Descens Offline Nothing is Impossible to a Willing Mind! Posts: 232 State College, PA 16802 Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #1 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 6:08pm check out this link http://www.slinging.org/2.html Its in the article section.. Quite fascinating
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ibez Novicius Offline Primitive Enthusiast Posts: 5 Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #2 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 6:12pm oh, cool. Although in the end it says golf ball, did he maybe mean baseball? since golf ball sized, 500 feet can be done with a normal one heh Also, i was thinking they couldve even made sling-like siege weapons using large machinery, but a guess theres no point when youve got trebuchets heh.
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fi3l2 Descens Offline Nothing is Impossible to a Willing Mind! Posts: 232 State College, PA 16802 Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #3 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 6:14pm yea i would imagine that a seige weapon designed like a sling which involves more than one short (even 1/2 rotation) wouldn't work very well... A trebucet(sp?) is basically a huge staff sling. So in a way I guess seige weapons were built off the sling in certain ways.
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Reply #4 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 6:19pm

Yea. it does have a throwing arm to it, i guess the only difference is the momentum is attained in a different way.

Id like to try and build a big sling like that, but maybe even longer since that's already been tried. Only thing is if i wanted to test it I probly couldnt, in my town projectiles on any district owned property is illegal. While the law doesnt mention slings, a large rock in a 15 foot or so sling would probly count. heh

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Reply #5 - Apr 15^th, 2006 at 3:22am

A trebuchet is a seige sling. There really is no other way to make a machine that uses a sling. Perhaps there is some way, but it wouldn't work well. Anyway, it just uses the force of gravity to throw, a wooden (or possibly aluminum) beam for an arm, a pin for a thumb, and a giant sling. It uses the Apache method. Can't get much simpler or accurate than that on the large scale.

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Gard Senior Member Offline Yup, there are slingers in Norway too! Posts: 396 Norway Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #6 - Apr 15^th, 2006 at 12:09pm I've used 2 meter slings, but they are hard to use. The cords twists easily, and you need many rotations, and they can't be trusted about the direction the stone goes neither. It would be better with thick cords, then it won't twist as easily, and having a place where it's no chance of destroying anything is needed. Gard
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Douglas_The_Black Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Hakkaa päälle! Posts: 3491 Salineville Ohio Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #7 - Apr 16^th, 2006 at 9:40am I had a long 12 foot sling once. I shot bricks out of it. I could only throw the brick as far as a normal sling could throw a rock but the brick hits harder I spin my whole body around twice to use the bigger slings, i also like stiffer thicker cord.
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CanDo Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1652 New England, USA Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #8 - Apr 16^th, 2006 at 10:03am whoa... considering that a normal sling can throw a rock a couple hundred yards, that must have been one dangerous brick...
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Douglas_The_Black Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Hakkaa päälle! Posts: 3491 Salineville Ohio Gender:	Re: I wonder Reply #9 - Apr 17^th, 2006 at 8:37am and one dizy douglas 8)
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