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The Treb Files
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The Treb Files
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| Staff Slings | |
| Name: | None (slings don't seem to get names) |
| Size: | Typically about 1.8m staff (or a little less) & a 0.8m sling |
| Power Unit: | One human using both arms |
| Projectiles: | Tennis balls, juggling balls, small teddy bears and assorted stones |
| Range: | 50m with a tennis ball, 70-100m with a juggling ball, 120m+ with 200g stones |
| Based upon: | Most closely resembles the staff-slings in the Bible of Rhodes illustrations. |
| Status: | in active use. |
| Grey Co's staff- or pole-slings are unusual amongst our "tossing" machines. While everything else is scaled down in size and power, the slings are so simple that the versions we use are actually full-sized and full-power. Because of this, we tend to hurl lighter and softer projectiles - like tennis balls and beanbags (aka "hacky sacks"). |
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John (front) and Russell are caught bombarding other Grey Co members
with tennis balls. The day is wet, the slingers are wet and the sling
cords and pouches are wet. This led to a lot of mis-fires as the light
tennis balls caught in the cloth pouches and released late. Even so, the evil grins on the slingers faces show that some shots are finding their mark... |
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| Hand Slings | |
| Name: | None (hand slings don't seem to get names either) |
| Size: | Typically a approx. 0.8m sling with cloth or woven cord pouch |
| Power Unit: | One human using one arm |
| Projectiles: | Pebbles, golf balls, juggling balls and occasionally lead sinkers |
| Range: | 50m with a tennis ball, much much further with dense shot - & getting better with practice! |
| Based upon: | Based upon illustrations in various medieval works plus currently used slings. |
| Status: | in active use. |
| We've always included a hand sling in our sling and trebuchet presentations, but more recently Matt has undertaken a study of the many techniques of using this extremely simple yet very effective device and has created new interest in it among other club members.. |
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| Matt demonstrates an over-arm shot using a sling with a small handwoven pouch. | |
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...and finishes the throw. The small integral pouch on this sling, blurred in the earlier mid-throw photo, can be seen clearly here. |
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| Last Edited: March 2007 |
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