Author Topic: Holy Human Trebuchet, Batman! (Read 7038 times)

roo_ster · « **on:** October 29, 2009, 08:35:45 PM »

Bring an extra pair of undershorts.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/adventures/4323692.html?page=2

RevDisk · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2009, 08:38:45 PM »

Why is it in the UK instead of my back yard!

Stickjockey · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:14:07 PM »

Oy! 'Old me pint, 'n watch this!

roo_ster · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2009, 11:48:19 PM »

Quote from: RevDisk on October 29, 2009, 08:38:45 PM

Why is it in the UK instead of my back yard!

Got 180+ feet of space? Or a like-minded neighbor...

Physics · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2009, 02:15:13 AM »

Quote from: RevDisk on October 29, 2009, 08:38:45 PM

Why is it in the UK instead of my back yard!

Because you haven't built it yet!

I built a catapult in my buddy's backyard once but he never did let me launch the balls of napalm.

I mean really, who cares if you burn down a couple hundred square yards of blackberry brambles?!? Too bad the one I built was not large enough to launch people (actually it's probably better that it wasn't). I can see the look on the face of the local sheriff now. :D

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2009, 02:32:41 AM »

I've been on #5. I did it when I was about 10 years old. Really fun, actually. I jumped my sled at one of the really fast parts with a dip in the track and left it for a bit.

Ben · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2009, 09:32:50 AM »

Quote from: Stickjockey on October 29, 2009, 10:14:07 PM

Oy! 'Old me pint, 'n watch this!

FTW

RevDisk · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2009, 09:41:39 AM »

Quote from: jfruser on October 29, 2009, 11:48:19 PM

Got 180+ feet of space?

Sure! Well, it might take a couple shots from the trebuchet to clear the way, but afterwards, yep.

gunsmith · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2009, 06:11:30 PM »

I would take a ride if it was aimed at a large lake or an ocean, I would love to use something like
that out in the desert, toss something that would explode when shot. that would be cool.

Balog · « **Reply #9 on:** November 02, 2009, 06:22:05 PM »

Quote from: gunsmith on October 31, 2009, 06:11:30 PM

I would take a ride if it was aimed at a large lake or an ocean, I would love to use something like
that out in the desert, toss something that would explode when shot. that would be cool.

Trebuchet + 55 gal drum of gas + firing line of belt feds with tracers + pure flying win...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #10 on:** November 02, 2009, 06:30:48 PM »

Quote from: gunsmith on October 31, 2009, 06:11:30 PM

I would take a ride if it was aimed at a large lake or an ocean.

Do you really think water would help? :|

Balog · « **Reply #11 on:** November 02, 2009, 06:36:22 PM »

At sufficient speed water acts almost like a solid...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #12 on:** November 02, 2009, 06:39:35 PM »

I can see him now, careening off onto the opposite shore of Lake Tahoe.

Or throw him in the Pacific and see how many times he skips.

Physics · « **Reply #13 on:** November 02, 2009, 08:55:19 PM »

Quote from: Balog on November 02, 2009, 06:22:05 PM

Trebuchet + 55 gal drum of gas + firing line of belt feds with tracers + pure flying win...

See, now I would have had a lot more fun with you as a childhood friend. All my buddies were weenies.

Balog · « **Reply #14 on:** November 02, 2009, 09:55:16 PM »

Quote from: Physics on November 02, 2009, 08:55:19 PM

See, now I would have had a lot more fun with you as a childhood friend. All my buddies were weenies.

I could've used a friend like that, I mostly just read about that sort of thing. :D

CNYCacher · « **Reply #15 on:** November 02, 2009, 11:48:01 PM »

Quote from: Physics on November 02, 2009, 08:55:19 PM

See, now I would have had a lot more fun with you as a childhood friend. All my buddies were weenies.

You guys reminded me of this:

http://www.break.com/index/shooting-at-apropane-tank.html

roo_ster · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2009, 10:44:43 AM »

Quote from: CNYCacher on November 02, 2009, 11:48:01 PM

You guys reminded me of this:

http://www.break.com/index/shooting-at-apropane-tank.html

BTDT.

Generally best to take COVER before letting loose with the 12ga slug at the 5gal tank in the campfire.

slugcatcher · « **Reply #17 on:** November 03, 2009, 04:41:31 PM »

Quote from: fistful on November 02, 2009, 06:30:48 PM

Do you really think water would help? :|

Party pooper. You're supposed to either hold his beer, run the video camera, or call 911. Be a team player for a change.

This would help me get rid of the feral hogs on my place. Hmmmm.

RevDisk · « **Reply #18 on:** November 03, 2009, 04:48:55 PM »

Quote from: Balog on November 02, 2009, 06:22:05 PM

Trebuchet + 55 gal drum of gas + firing line of belt feds with tracers + pure flying win...

That's probably the only thing better than the ol' fashion nuke sim (Slightly wet flour, arty sim, fire). One of those makes NBC training significantly more entertaining.

Scout26 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 03, 2009, 04:55:45 PM »

Quote from: RevDisk on November 03, 2009, 04:48:55 PM

That's probably the only thing better than the ol' fashion nuke sim (Slightly wet flour, arty sim, fire). One of those makes NBC training significantly more entertaining.

You rang ??

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=9403.0

RevDisk · « **Reply #20 on:** November 03, 2009, 05:14:22 PM »

Quote from: scout26 on November 03, 2009, 04:55:45 PM

You rang ??

I need alcohol in me to tell the story of the sodium "water cannon". Or turning midnight into noon with 20 lbs of thermite.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #21 on:** November 03, 2009, 07:51:04 PM »

Quote from: Physics on November 02, 2009, 08:55:19 PM

See, now I would have had a lot more fun with you as a childhood friend. All my buddies were weenies.

explaining why you managed to survive to adulthood.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #22 on:** November 03, 2009, 08:03:29 PM »

Quote from: RevDisk on November 03, 2009, 05:14:22 PM

I need alcohol in me to tell the story of the sodium "water cannon". Or turning midnight into noon with 20 lbs of thermite.

i'll paypal the cash to pay for the booze i love those kinda stories

RevDisk · « **Reply #23 on:** November 03, 2009, 09:32:33 PM »

Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on November 03, 2009, 08:03:29 PM

i'll paypal the cash to pay for the booze i love those kinda stories

Ahem. According to Wikipedia: "Sodium reacts exothermically with water."

Wikipedia doesn't do the process justice by calling it merely "exothermic". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD85OUkEKKw See the small amounts they were using? Theoretically, imagine a chunk the size of a loaf of bread going into a pond.

As for thermite... Well... ahem. Theoretically, when making thermite, you want to be sober. If you are not sober, you might add too much of one ingredient. So you pour in another ingredient to the appropriate level. But you poured too much of that in, so you pour in the other to "level it off". Repeat about... 30 times. Theoretically.

Headless Thompson Gunner · « **Reply #24 on:** November 03, 2009, 10:18:13 PM »

Quote from: Balog on November 02, 2009, 09:55:16 PM

I could've used a friend like that, I mostly just read about that sort of thing. :D

I ahd friends like you to way back when. It was a lot of fun most of the time, but it also had it's disadvantages. Like trying to explain to your parents how you managed to get the local SWAT team called out on you.

Quote from: jfruser on November 03, 2009, 10:44:43 AM

BTDT.

Generally best to take COVER before letting loose with the 12ga slug at the 5gal tank in the campfire.

Poke it with a stick.

BTDT. Not doing it again. Ever.

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Author Topic: Holy Human Trebuchet, Batman! (Read 7038 times)