Water Balloon Crossbow

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cantab
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Re: Water Balloon Crossbow

Post by cantab » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:02 pm

C-A_99 wrote:some exercise stretching band that seems to be similar to surgical tubing
"seems to be similar" probably isn't good enough. Few things stretch as well, and launch a projectile as well, as surgical rubber tubing. When Mythbusters did some testing, it outperformed commercial and "military spec" bungee.

On lethality, that's as much a function of dimensions as of the material used.

Now I think about it, I'm not sure an actual bow is a good idea for launching water balloons. They tend to accelerate the projectile over quite a short distance; in an ordinary bow, the arrow reaches full speed (which might be 150 or even 200 mph) in about its own length. That seems like it would break a water balloon. A slingshot would I think accelerate the balloon more slowly.
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Re: Water Balloon Crossbow

Post by dnlchong » Sun May 01, 2011 3:02 am

Eh, Im part of Asia, and I think this is a good blueprint for a BOW, not a crossbow, if you want one. I made it with a animation program called Pivot, because paint is SO bad.

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Re: Water Balloon Crossbow

Post by dnlchong » Sun May 01, 2011 3:16 am

Ugh.... blueprint didn't come in attachment. Im not gonna try again so your outta luck.

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Re: Water Balloon Crossbow

Post by strato_2r5 » Sun May 01, 2011 4:32 am

Umm, I'm not a mod, but this thread is a month(?) old. "Please check the date of a thread before you post"-either cantab or CA_99 said that.
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Re: Water Balloon Crossbow

Post by cantab » Mon May 02, 2011 5:53 pm

Well, I'm not sure why the attachment didn't work.

And heh, a month isn't that bad really. It's when people post in stuff that's years old, especially when they direct comments towards the OP, that it seems a bit silly.
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Super Soaker: XP215, 2xXP220, Liquidator, Aquashock Secret Strike M(odded), Arctic Blast M, CPS1200, CPS2100, SC Power Pak, 3l aquapack, 1.5l aquapack
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