this made me remember one of the leonardo's drawings where he came up with an idea to sling morningstar heads.

if anyone don't know how norningstar/morgenstern looks like, i'll try to find a pic or two.


the trick was - how to make it that the spikes don't wear the sling off.


he removed pouch from his sling (and basically he just had a string now), and tied up the morningstar head to a short (one inch, or less) section of a metal pipe with some wire. so the spikes don't reach the pipe part.
now just get the retention cord trough the hollow of the pipe, the gravity centers it (when folded), and smooth pipe minimizes friction on the release.


i wouldn't like to learn a figure 8 stile with that one.



anyhow, try to draw it yourself, and you will see how simple it is.

I use a 1" ball of aluminum foil wrapped in clingy plastic wrap so its soft. Easy to make, cheap, and safe!  My little brother and I even play sling dodgeball with them!

>David

Being hit by the big plasticine ball can be very painful.

For slinging at other people (whom you don't want to kill):

I think that Ping-pong ball wrapped in a thick layer of rubber bands would be perfect.....

If would be soft, and very not dense, yet perfectly slingable.

while i was at college, i used a sortof indoor ammo

i took 20-25 pennies, then crumbled 1 sheet of notebook paper around them, then took masking tape and taped it all around till it was of proper size( a little bigger than a pingpong ball)

I threw these against my door at college(nomore than 10')

needless to say.. these did not last long...
in the beginning when I really wasnt that strong w/ the sling yet they lasted maybe a week...

i tried right before i left college.... my first throw it broke and rained money in my room   fun but not so good for indoor ammo

Try KOOSH balls if you dont know what they are, they basicaly are a rubberband ball. But they look like a ball of rubber fur. They have weight but the hairy outside creates a good amount drag and slows it down quickly

Well At least your cats are just trying to eat your sling. For some reason mine think my sling is some sort of marital aid (Wink,wink,nudge,nudge,say no more).
When I was doing the empty plastic easter eggs though they were definately more intrested in the payload than in the sling itself.

Marc Adkins

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