Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-04-02 Thread roger
My two cents worth... Hilarious thread. (Note, I'm just along for the ride here ;-) On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 13:48 -0800, dooger watts wrote: > Alan wrote: > > >> http://www.efn.org/~mikemcoo/squirrel.html > >> > >> > > > > To which the immediate response of my coworker was... "Can they be rabid?

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread dooger watts
Alan wrote: http://www.efn.org/~mikemcoo/squirrel.html To which the immediate response of my coworker was... "Can they be rabid?" Well, if they weren't before... Kept wondering, was it the same one, over and over again, digging the ride? ___ EUG

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread Alan
> Love the slingshot idea--but does your ordnance HAVE to be tennis balls? > > I mean, couldn't you use something like . . . squirrels? > > http://www.efn.org/~mikemcoo/squirrel.html > > To which the immediate response of my coworker was... "Can they be rabid?" -ajb

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread dooger watts
Love the slingshot idea--but does your ordnance HAVE to be tennis balls? I mean, couldn't you use something like . . . squirrels? http://www.efn.org/~mikemcoo/squirrel.html B. Gallagher wrote: I've got latex tubing that would make a killer, albeit low tech, wrist rocket type launcher, just sca

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread dooger watts
Have seen pretty amazing tennis ball launches from a lighter fluid cannon. Of course, when you get into FAB's, things get a bit scarier. (This from an ole southern boy, who used to observe--NOT participate in--Civil War re-enactments, at which invariably some idiot would be seriously injured/k

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread B. Gallagher
I've got latex tubing that would make a killer, albeit low tech, wrist rocket type launcher, just scale it up a bit. I am certain you'll be slaughtering your opponent on reloads while they are debating the validity of sling-shot technology. "The fastest with the mostest" is the old Army slang

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread Alan
> I have an untested potato cannon. What weekend? > > > Regards, Jim Darrough > Unfortunately, it's tennis balls only. But, if it can be used for tennis balls as well... The warfare kicks off on Saturday the 7th. -ajb ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread Alan
> How much damage do you want to do to the other boat [1]? How fast a > reload time do you need? Is the boat big enough to carry an air > compressor? > > Garl > > [1] http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/tennisball.html -- Make sure you watch > his video The compressor is onboard, currently powering one

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread Garl Grigsby
Alan wrote: I've been press ganged into service next weekend for a battle on Fern Ditch. Therefore, I'm dire need of some 2 1/2 inch ID pipe for the construction of my offensive weapons. Specifically, I plan to hurl tennis balls at high velocity towards my opponents. So, if you happen to have

Re: [Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread Jim Darrough
I have an untested potato cannon. What weekend? Regards, Jim Darrough Alan wrote: I've been press ganged into service next weekend for a battle on Fern Ditch. Therefore, I'm dire need of some 2 1/2 inch ID pipe for the construction of my offensive weapons. Specifically, I plan to hurl tenni

[Eug-lug] Armament needed - OT

2007-03-30 Thread Alan
I've been press ganged into service next weekend for a battle on Fern Ditch. Therefore, I'm dire need of some 2 1/2 inch ID pipe for the construction of my offensive weapons. Specifically, I plan to hurl tennis balls at high velocity towards my opponents. So, if you happen to have a supply of 2