Jaegoor: Aussie (RIP) listed the following styles: FIGURE 8, HELICOPTER STYLE, SIDEARM, APACHE STYLE, UNDERARM, GREEK STYLE, BALEARIC STYLE, DOUBLE FIGURE, 8 DOUBLE SIDEARM, BYZANTINE STYLE, PIROUETTE
Can you help me understand the 3 styles? Maybe it is better to say that there are 3 categories and that the various styles fit into one of the 3?
I am working on a presentation for the anthropology club at our local university and I noticed that "helicopter" does not fit w/ the other names. I did not realize that this was previously discussed. Do you have a link?
Bambula: try this link:
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1260271797 - scroll past the descriptions of how to make a slingshot and you will see Aussie's list of styles and links to videos depicting them.
All: maybe name it for other people that used slings i.e. Assyrian, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aztec?
Or to be consistent w/ some archeological finds that may relate to slings (baton de commadement, baton perce), use the French hélicoptère?