slingostarr wrote on Jun 15
th, 2021 at 5:49am:
Thank you 🙂 I do a bit of leathercraft.
I think I didn't make my question very clear, sorry everyone, my bad 🤐
I think it's more a physics question. I'm not looking for more resistance while slinging, I'm more interested in whether there is any more power, velocity or range added to my usual ammo (about 40-50 grams) while there is an increased weight on my wrist, compared to slinging without the weight.
Like if you increased the weight on a trebuchet the range, power and velocity increases. Or if you had a really light weight golf club compared to a heavy one, there would be a difference on the range of the golf ball. Or if you got punched with a regular fist, compared to a fist with a weighted glove on, you would feel a difference in the impact.
Does that make sense kinda?
In the case of the glove and golf club you are getting a heavier object up to speed which will hit harder. The slinging equivalent of this is simply using heavier ammo.
The trebuchet example just increases the force of the machine, it is equivalent to having bigger muscles for slinging.
Increasing weight in your hand is more like putting weight on the wrong side of the trebuchet arm and making it harder for the actual main weight to move the trebuchet arm and launch the projectile.