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DIY: Make your own self-igniting flaming arrows in case of siege
Electronic Products ^ | 05/12/2014 | Grace Noto

Posted on 05/17/2014 7:51:52 PM PDT by null and void

How to create medieval weapons with modern tech

Do you have a castle that you need to storm, or a siege you need to lay upon your enemies? Are you sadly bereft of the medieval weaponry it would take to accomplish those tasks?

Well don’t despair: luckily, you live in the age of the Internet, which means somebody knows how to make things like self-igniting flaming arrows for all your siege needs, and that somebody is completely willing to share that information with the world:

First things first: materials. As a denizen of the modern age, you only need four things to create self-igniting fire arrows—a ball of steel wool, an ordinary nine-volt battery, a slingshot and, well, arrows. Attach the steel wool to the arrow, stick the battery on the base of your slingshot, and start shooting: when you draw back the slingshot’s elastic, the battery and steel wool meet, igniting the wool and subsequently the arrow.

[Video at source]

While the guy in the video is using a slingshot, this technique should work just as well with a regular bow or crossbow, although you’d probably have to modify it a bit.

I’m going to leave you with a small disclaimer: since you probably don’t have the mad archery skills of your medieval ancestors, and you’ll be shooting flaming projectiles, please experiment with this in a very large, completely empty area where you can’t set anything important on fire, like the land or houses or yourself.

But while you’re in that large, empty area, by all means see if you can look this badass:



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1 posted on 05/17/2014 7:51:52 PM PDT by null and void
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To: null and void

Looks scary. I think I’d need 4 or 5 stiff drinks to work up the courage to try something like this.


2 posted on 05/17/2014 7:54:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
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To: null and void
an ordinary nine-volt battery

Whew! So the Indians can't use this to attack Rin-Tin-Tin's fort. You had me worried there.

3 posted on 05/17/2014 7:56:04 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: null and void

You can stick strike anywhere matches into the barrel of an empty BB gun and, fire it, the match will explode or light on impact. Not quite the distance of an arrow, though.

Much fun.


4 posted on 05/17/2014 7:57:21 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: null and void

Would be a good entry for that cable show “Outrageous Acts of Science”


5 posted on 05/17/2014 7:58:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Looks scary. I think I’d need 4 or 5 stiff drinks to work up the courage to try something like this.


Have six drinks so you can ask someone to hold the last one while they watch what you are about to do.


6 posted on 05/17/2014 7:59:01 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: null and void

Useful for bear attacks ...


7 posted on 05/17/2014 7:59:26 PM PDT by catpuppy
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To: null and void
When you expose yourself, even a monkey can take you out.


8 posted on 05/17/2014 8:01:12 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: catpuppy

Are you suggesting we attack bears with flaming arrows or are you expressing concern that bears have bows with flaming arrows and might use them in an orchestrated attack?


9 posted on 05/17/2014 8:01:16 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Ha ha ha look up “steel wool poi” and see very scary stuff.

Here is a starter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKSAcO3yPdU

Lots of mischief with steel wool.


10 posted on 05/17/2014 8:02:44 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: MUDDOG

But we (Indians) can use flaming marshmallows on arrows to attack Rin Tin Tin’s fort. So you may want to worry.


11 posted on 05/17/2014 8:03:47 PM PDT by Redcitizen (When a zombie apocalypse starts, Chuck Norris doesn't try to survive. The zombies do.)
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To: null and void

Hev Fun Stormin de Kessel!


12 posted on 05/17/2014 8:06:04 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Redcitizen

Uh-oh! But I don’t think you’d ever hurt Rinty.


13 posted on 05/17/2014 8:09:10 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: null and void

Think I’ll use a Flame-O-Phone instead!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY9_Xr5XPA


14 posted on 05/17/2014 8:09:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Well, we do have the right to arm bears.


15 posted on 05/17/2014 8:11:34 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: null and void

Too scary! /s


16 posted on 05/17/2014 8:13:47 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (Keep away from the fence!)
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To: MUDDOG

Oh I wouldn’t hurt him. I could always keep a good dog.


17 posted on 05/17/2014 8:15:16 PM PDT by Redcitizen (When a zombie apocalypse starts, Chuck Norris doesn't try to survive. The zombies do.)
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To: null and void

Throw in a diaper and a skateboard and you got an episode of Jackass.


18 posted on 05/17/2014 8:20:52 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

It always pays to be prepared. Although bears using flaming arrows are rare, just when you think they’ve gone into hibernation a well-armed pack sends a swarm of arrows your way.


19 posted on 05/17/2014 8:21:15 PM PDT by catpuppy
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To: humblegunner; Eaker; mylife; BuckeyeTexan; TheMom; penelopesire; thackney; TheOldLady

This could be of some fun at the TCMS event...


20 posted on 05/17/2014 8:27:00 PM PDT by NYTexan
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