Slinging.org Forum - Yurek style Cestrosphendone

Bill Skinner past-moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #45 - May 31^st, 2013 at 8:46am Possibly a torpedo shaped shaft or a slightly longer shaft would correct this?
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #46 - May 31^st, 2013 at 11:03am A longer shaft would not change the balance point, it would still be in the middle. That dart flew perfectly well when launched with an amentum but it just doesnt suit the cestros sling.
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Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone
Reply #47 - May 31^st, 2013 at 12:13pm

Arcane Tinker wrote on Jun 17^th, 2012 at 9:38pm:

This release really has had me thinking, and I've been carrying one since the beginning of this thread. In some respects, I consider it to be as versatile as a classic sling... it can hold a lot of things that an average EDC sling would be unable to pouch. You can easily deliver a bottle should you find the need to do such a thing *cough cough*. I've been having a blast chucking new things that I never before considered as ammunition.

Is that a pencil for the peg? Grin

I have been throwing water bottles... after they are empty, fill them with creekwater and throw!

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Reply #48 - May 31^st, 2013 at 12:21pm

Back then i also made a few cestros. Couple of days ago chucked them again. The heads are ~ 4" long thick walled 1/2" iron pipe hammered together to a point. Short darts bout foot long with a bit of fuzzy thread on the end of the shafts as fins. Like a bowstring silencer pom-pom.
And those fly straight instantly,as they have their balance point about 20% from the front,so really front heavy.
That matters much more than the fins. Also they weight about 4 oz.

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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #49 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 6:11am After learning that some people is still interested in this stuff I decided to make a new video with a somewhat better wiev. The morning light is a bit bad but I had to make the video early before someone came to play soccer in the nice weather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0uqDAGHUc4
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timpa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Stones in the horizon Posts: 1515 Finland	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #50 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 5:47pm Very fly! I have also planned a slightly different Cestrosphendone.
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Arcane Tinker Funditor Offline Slinging everything 'cept b.s. Posts: 738 Western Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #52 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 10:30pm squirrelslinger wrote on Apr 20^th, 2014 at 9:03pm: Tinman, lets hope you don't become a darwin award.... Nice vid! I have been quite nervous when figure-8'ing some of my more brutal darts.
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Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone
Reply #53 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 7:15am

Thanks.

Timpa, I look forward to your take on this weapon.

As an experienced expert I feel as safe as can be expected while foolig around with this toy Shocked

Personally I have never felt comfortable trying to hurl a dart any other way than with figure 8. I have tried to swing it around other ways but it has always felt wrong. I expect to se timpa doing it using his pirouette in a video soon, though.

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Reply #54 - Apr 23^rd, 2014 at 9:19am

Great job all! In the interest of furthering my (our) limited work with the notorious kestros, how about some close-up videos of rigging it? I would like to see both methods, the tail release and the cradle release.

Also the water bottle rig would be great too! Wouldn't want to get hit by a water bottle!

Is there a video of the world record Engvall throw anywhere? I would like to see his release as well...

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My daughters can figure-8...

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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #55 - Apr 23^rd, 2014 at 2:30pm timann,what range did you get ?
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #56 - Apr 25^th, 2014 at 11:19am I learned how to tie and use the dart sling from David Morningstar, we should bring that thread back up... I`m not able to get good range, but that`s because I`m seriously distance inhibited in all sorts of throwing. In my video I`m in no danger of reaching across to the other side of the soccer field.
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Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone
Reply #57 - Apr 27^th, 2014 at 12:36pm

timann wrote on Apr 21^st, 2014 at 7:15am:

Thanks.

Timpa, I look forward to your take on this weapon.

As an experienced expert I feel as safe as can be expected while foolig around with this toy Shocked

Personally I have never felt comfortable trying to hurl a dart any other way than with figure 8. I have tried to swing it around other ways but it has always felt wrong. I expect to se timpa doing it using his pirouette in a video soon, though.

The arrows are already in place. Now I just have to find the time to throw.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/TimpaLinkosling/videos

http://linko-sling.jimdo.com/

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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #58 - May 12^th, 2014 at 1:41pm Finally I came around to take some pictures of my gear...
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Yurek style Cestrosphendone Reply #59 - May 12^th, 2014 at 1:42pm And... When loaded the distance between the dart and the release knot is around 105 cm/41"
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