*rolls eyes* <br>
<br>
And none of you fine fellows watched the PBS series where they try to recreate a piece of ancient technology and they did the catapult did you? Built themselves a nice sturdy stone wall and then moved the catapult around trying to fling boulders at the wall and break it. Very amusing watching them dash around arguing about wind speed and rope tension and distance and such. <br>
<br>
;-)))))<br>
<br>
Pamela<br>
<br>
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DWUTKA@marlow.com wrote on 2/28/2003<br>
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The US Navy's Aircraft carriers (at least most of them), have a steam<br>
powered catapult system. It is an extremely powerful mechanism, which<br>
launches a jet from a stand still to speeds close to several hundred miles<br>
an hour (don't know the exact specs off the top of my head....) in a<br>
distance of probably less then 100 feet.<br>
<br>
I personally have never seen proof, but rumors abound that all sorts of<br>
things have been used to 'test' those catapults. (I've heard of vw bugs,<br>
and various other 'heavy' objects).<br>
<br>
Drew<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Mark Whittinghill [mailto:mwhittinghill@symphonyinfo.com]<br>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:34 AM<br>
To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com<br>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: for Friday - the fine art of anvil shooting<br>
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<br>
That's great! Once on TV I saw this story about this old British landowner<br>
whose hobby is hurling objects from his giant catapult. They showed him<br>
launching a Volkswagen and a burning piano. His dream is to one day get a<br>
catapult powerful enough to throw a double decker bus. Great fun!<br>
<br>
<br>
Mark Whittinghill<br>
Symphony Information Services<br>
Minneapolis, Minnesota<br>
Email: mark@symphonyinfo.com<br>
Phone: 612-333-1311<br>
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From: "Seth Galitzer" <sgsax@ksu.edu><br>
To: "accessd" <accessd@databaseadvisors.com><br>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:34 AM<br>
Subject: [AccessD] OT: for Friday - the fine art of anvil shooting<br>
<br>
<br>
> Been chuckling at this today. It's almost too funny to believe.<br>
><br>
> Detailed info and history<br>
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> Good pictures of actual shooting<br>
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> The funny part is that they are so serious about it.<br>
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> Happy Friday!<br>
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