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Gunsonwheels Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 375 Wyoming Shoshone River Valley Gender:	Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Jun 17^th, 2007 at 2:54am Larry Bray mentioned a "hang time" contest in an old post... curious as to how we would measure if anything more sophisticated than a few bystanders (judges?) with stop watches...???
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 3:51am How about a contest to see how many rocks you can get in the air before the first one hits the ground?
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #2 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:50am One one thousand, two one thousand, three..........
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #3 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 6:45am lol I'll bring my own ammo - you can get balls in toy shops that when thrown in the air split open and reveal a parachute inside. I can't lose ;-)
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #4 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 6:54am Great, we could do a replay of the D-Day parachute drop.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #5 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 7:01am actually those parachute balls could also be used for simulated game bird slinging - or trying out bola sling missiles - someone makes them.
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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: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 6:27pm double stone? I can some times cheat and do it. with a high lopping under hand followed by a quick overhand.
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #7 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 2:15am I'll sling a helium ballon.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #8 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 8:35am very sticky light ball and get it stuck on a passing wandering albatross - it'll be up there for months :-) what you didn't know that the wandering albatross was a frequent visitor to wyoming in september ? you do now :-)
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #9 - Jun 19^th, 2007 at 10:47pm Is that an African or European Albatross?????
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #10 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 9:13am you're thinking swallows :-)
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #11 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 9:11pm
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #12 - Jun 21^st, 2007 at 12:59pm but pretty much two people with stopwatches and take the average of the two times. ought to do it. Can't see much point getting any more complicated. hit the button when you hear the sling snap and stop it when you think the missile lands (depends how far away it lands :-)
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slingfest - Hang Time - Measuring? Reply #13 - Jun 21^st, 2007 at 9:12pm Or disappear from sight as the case may be.
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