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Water Balloon Wars
Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 4:44am

A friend up in Calgary, Alberta introduced me to a sling he designed for company picnics to throw water balloons... (the little ones from the dollar store a bit bigger than an extra large egg). I subsequently tried to make a patch with slits in it to expand the patch around the balloon. It really takes a lot of support to keep from rupturing the little fella when you dial in the power during that part of the stroke. Anyway... they have a "war" each year at the picnic and once in a while someone actually hits someone with a throw... sometimes it degenerates into tackling and popping all the opponents ammo but it's all in good fun.

Any other members out there have any experience along these lines?????????

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Re: Water Balloon Wars
Reply #1 - Mar 25^th, 2007 at 8:56pm

Gunsonwheels wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 4:44am:

It really takes a lot of support to keep from rupturing the little fella when you dial in the power during that part of the stroke.

I have tried to do this before, and I'm sure others here have too. You are right about the support! I made a quick sling out of an old t-shirt (I think it was jersey-knit cotton, like most t-shirts), and paracord from and older sling. It had plenty of support, but the balloons still popped in mid swing. I'm sure it's do-able, with enought time. I only spent 30 or so minutes trying before switching to a different sling and tennis balls to stay drier.

Ideas to make it work:

   Make sure the sling cups the balloon as much as possible, so it doesn't flatten out too much.
   Don't fill the water balloons very full (I tried this, and it didn't work unless the balloons were ridiculously small)
   Don't sling at full power (for me, this robs water balloon slinging of all purpose)
   Use a long sling (might limit centripetal force for the same velocity)
   Accelerate the balloon as slowly and evenly as possible (I favor a single spin, but two spins might help)

paracord sling tutorial thread: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1196026630

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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Water Balloon Wars Reply #2 - Mar 25^th, 2007 at 9:06pm Double up your balloons. Put one inside the other before filling and you should eliminate the problem.
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Gunsonwheels Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 375 Wyoming Shoshone River Valley Gender:	Re: Water Balloon Wars Reply #3 - Mar 27^th, 2007 at 8:18pm The guy in Canada used a piece of moosehide from the knee-cap area which already had a natural pouch shape.
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Re: Water Balloon Wars
Reply #4 - Mar 28^th, 2007 at 9:31am

I guess that would work for him, but we're a little short of moose down here in Texas. You can take a piece of vegetable tanned leather, though, like what they make belts or billfolds from, wet it and stretch it to shape. When it dries, it will hold that shape. That might work the same way. I guess the idea is that it doesn't allow the balloon to flatten out over the edges of the sling cup, and break? It would be a specialized sling, I think, and not too good for regular, rigid ammo, which might roll around and go off track. Just a thought.

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lobohunter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline where be a rock and a string there be a sling Posts: 1945 Cottage Grove or Gender:	Re: Water Balloon Wars Reply #5 - Mar 29^th, 2007 at 4:40pm M. Demetrius What! no bigger and better moose in The lone star state lol Well we don't have them here in oregon either. I will just have to settle for elk knee hide. Saw a herd of about fifty just yesterday
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Water Balloon Wars Reply #6 - Mar 30^th, 2007 at 8:06am now that's something I'd like to have a go at biltonging (much better south african version of jerky) done: beef, turky thigh, pigeon breast, venison and gammon. Elk could be a true great :-)
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