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Catapult hurls obsolete projectiles
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| Oct. 26, 2009
Posted on 10/26/2009 4:19:17 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: Darksheare; sionnsar; Dead Corpse; Professional Engineer
If you are thinking of using it on our space Habitats, even outside, I would like to point out something to you.
Trebuchets operate with gravity being the power behind the throw. On our Habitats, rotational velocity provides the artificial gravity.
Why would you use a portion of that energy to fling something, when you could simply release the object instead, and use all of it?
For extra oomph, extend a boom or tower out for more velocity, aiming it "downward", of course.
The launch was rather uneventful. After closing the zero-volume valves and disconnecting from them, and releasing from the docking clamps, they were slowly deployed by a sturdy cable.
It belayed them for a calculated distance, and at the correct time for their planned trajectory, it released them. No flame, no fuss …
No gravity.
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:02:58 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Obam Government says, "Get used to being poor." / America responds, "Ain't gonna happen.")
To: NicknamedBob; sionnsar; Dead Corpse; Professional Engineer
But.. we can make it work.
With rockets!
*Bad idea generated*
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:06:24 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
To: earlJam
Next time ...YOU can be first!
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:07:00 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Darksheare; sionnsar; Slings and Arrows; Dead Corpse; Professional Engineer
I missed a good chance for a pun there.
... gravity being the “Power behind the thrown.”
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:08:24 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Obam Government says, "Get used to being poor." / America responds, "Ain't gonna happen.")
To: NicknamedBob; sionnsar; Slings and Arrows; Dead Corpse; Professional Engineer
Uh oh.
NNB isn’t feeling well, he missed a pun.
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:09:16 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
To: Darksheare
Tomorrow is Punday.
Sunday, Monday, Punday ...
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:11:34 PM PDT
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NicknamedBob
(Obam Government says, "Get used to being poor." / America responds, "Ain't gonna happen.")
To: NicknamedBob
The stars aren’t aligned!
Ia Ia Punthulhu.
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:14:08 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
To: Daffynition
Alright... Run away! Run away!
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posted on
10/26/2009 5:27:24 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
To: NicknamedBob; Darksheare; sionnsar; Slings and Arrows; Dead Corpse; Professional Engineer
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posted on
10/26/2009 5:38:39 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(You get the award for *bringing everything including the kitchen sink* ; ~ Mylife)
To: Darksheare; NicknamedBob
Didn’t we already work this out once? Or were we still in Scotland when we did that?
To: Dead Corpse; Darksheare
I sem to vaguely recall that we had set up a range for short-range weapons. Shotguns but not rifles, arrows but not cannon, that sort of thing.
I remember where it was, but I don’t remember what the specific exclusions were.
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10/26/2009 7:16:54 PM PDT
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NicknamedBob
(Obam Government says, "Get used to being poor." / America responds, "Ain't gonna happen.")
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