Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:19 pm
WOW!! This is no doubt the coolest slingshot you've ever made!!!!!! Pirates is one of my favorite movie series...
Earth's largest potato gun resource
https://www.spudfiles.com/
jrrdw wrote: What are you going to think of next?
Seconded.Every time you shoot, turn around and look at the camera its almost as if you're saying "You're next!"
ThirdedGaderelguitarist wrote:Seconded.Every time you shoot, turn around and look at the camera its almost as if you're saying "You're next!"
This is the point really, when it comes to "lethality" it's not a question of momentum or energy, but how that energy is used. It's all dealt with in detail in this FBI reportwhich is a fascinating read.JoergS wrote:Of course the high speed of the firearms bullets have a lot of advantages. They don't drop as fast when you shoot long distances. The have way better penetration through fabric, skin and bone. But if you look at how much momentum they transfer, slingshots can compete pretty good.
This is not to say that a slingshot is not potentially lethal, I think the best comparison would be to older black powder type weapons, that fired large projectiles at relatively low speeds. Going by cross-sectional area, fluids can potentially flow through a 0.75" hole almost 12 times faster than a 0.22" hole. There is also a tendency of such projectiles to shatter bone into hundreds of secondard fragments, as opposed to drilling neat holes through it like modern high velocity projectiles.in conclusion they wrote:Kinetic energy does not wound. Temporary cavity does not wound. The much discussed "shock" of bullet impact is a fable and "knock down" power is a myth.
The critical element is penetration. The bullet must pass through the large, blood bearing organs and be of sufficient diameter to promote rapid bleeding. Penetration less than 12 inches is too little, and, in the words of two of the participants in the 1987 Wound Ballistics Workshop, "too little penetration will get you killed." Given desirable and reliable penetration, the only way to increase bullet effectiveness is to increase the severity of the wound by increasing the size of hole made by the bullet.
Any bullet which will not penetrate through vital organs from less than optimal angles is not acceptable. Of those that will penetrate, the edge is always with the bigger bullet.