UnixSlvt42@preferred.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 days agoBricks Rule!preferred.socialimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1692arrow-down19
arrow-up1683arrow-down1imageBricks Rule!preferred.socialUnixSlvt42@preferred.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarethe_weez@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·8 days agoHow small can we make a trebuchet that’s strong enough to launch a brick? I wonder if it’s possible to make one backpack sized with modern materials.
minus-squareDrownedRats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agohttps://youtu.be/RVT5i4nhIGs Pretty compact formfactor and im sure you could sling at least a couple fist sized rocks with a slightly heavier counterweight on it!
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agoYou could throw a half brick a couple hundred yards with one of these, real easy. https://xproducts.com/can-cannons/
minus-squareHoimo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWell, one of these and an assault rifle…
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoPractically a requirement of existing here in the states. If you don’t own a car and a gun, are you really American?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoHave two other people hold onto ends of surgical tubing or bungie cord, put the brick in the middle, have them walk away from you, aim between the two people, then let go?
How small can we make a trebuchet that’s strong enough to launch a brick? I wonder if it’s possible to make one backpack sized with modern materials.
https://youtu.be/RVT5i4nhIGs
Pretty compact formfactor and im sure you could sling at least a couple fist sized rocks with a slightly heavier counterweight on it!
You could throw a half brick a couple hundred yards with one of these, real easy. https://xproducts.com/can-cannons/
Well, one of these and an assault rifle…
Practically a requirement of existing here in the states. If you don’t own a car and a gun, are you really American?
Have two other people hold onto ends of surgical tubing or bungie cord, put the brick in the middle, have them walk away from you, aim between the two people, then let go?
A sling?