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Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« on: October 23, 2020, 12:22:50 PM »
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2020, 01:03:21 PM »
That looks like fun.

And a lot of work.
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2020, 01:12:22 PM »
With something other than tennis balls, and a little experimentation to loft items over some intervening buildings (e.g., indirect fire) something like this could be a useful item the next time Antifa gets frisky . . .   >:D
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2020, 01:16:23 PM »
Seren would very likely run to where the ball lands and then look at me as if to say "HEY! Aren't you going to pick this up? I'm not going to do it for you!"

Leos are not really well known for their desire to fetch...
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2020, 03:53:44 PM »
I had a guy come out to train his retriever on our crp prairie grass. He had a similar contraption that launched training dummies by remote control. Mostly I just remember pinching the holy hell out of my finger trying to reload it.
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2020, 04:02:55 PM »
I saw that guy on his youtube channel, which lead me to this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puo6Vgcbxps

This guy uses .27 nail gun blanks to "hit" a baseball over 700 feet.
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2020, 06:06:51 PM »
I thought this fetching game was supposed to be (A) fun and (B) exercise for the human half of the symbiotic pair as well.

(Me 'n my dogs used to prefer boat bumpers anyhow.)
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2020, 07:27:35 AM »
Just watched it... Neat, but I didn't expect the advertisement for Simplisafe near the end...
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2020, 07:34:23 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on October 24, 2020, 07:27:35 AM
Just watched it... Neat, but I didn't expect the advertisement for Simplisafe near the end...

Many Youtubers are now taking sponsors because Youtube has been decreasing their payout for views.  Nearly all of the full-time Youtubers I watch have sponsors now.
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2020, 10:50:26 AM »
We picked up one of these a couple months ago.

http://www.nerfpet.com/product/medium-16-tennis-ball-blaster/?_sft_product_cat=launchers

Our Lab loves it and I think she would run her self to death fetching a tennis ball for me. We keep it by the back door and she will stand and look at it waiting if I try to take her out with out grabbing it. Best $15 I've spent on dog toys in a long time.
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2020, 10:56:30 AM »
^^^We have one of those for the terrier, and he loves it.
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Re: Something we can all support: tennis ball trebuchet
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2020, 11:44:40 AM »
At 180MPH, the ball would probably launch when the dog wasn't looking and the dog would just stand there "are you going to throw the ball?".
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