Giant Spear Thrower

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It seems that the medieval period was full of all sorts of throwing darts as well as spears and javelins and I am interested in them all. And then of course there is the classical world of Rome and Greece and then those naughty Vikings and Saxons and they all had throwing 'spears' of some kind that I really want to investigate.
But I can't throw very well, so I made an adjustable, massive, rubber powered throwing thing that I can set to replicate throwing different darts, javelins and spears. If you have ideas of how you want to see it used, just let me know.
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@ronwingrove683 2 года назад

Just when you thought the trebuchet was bad enough, Tod makes a post-apocalyptic anti-aircraft spear thrower. If you weren't on a watch list already...

@SirVerdown 2 года назад

Ive been working on a 4 armed ballista based off of how Genghis Khans triple siege crossbows design, taking mainly the style he used for linking the sets of limbs together. Its a smallish scale model though around 5 foot long since the price of lumber is ridiculous right now.

@Przykominku 2 года назад

More like a dragon hunting device.

@michaelmay5453 2 года назад

Ship it to Ukraine. Add some trigger point silver nitrate and a load of RDX, should do nicely against unarmoured targets, For armoured targets... Well, there is the Ukranian tractor. ;)

@shaunracine9285 2 года назад

A seige tower will replace his sedan.

@r0cketplumber 2 года назад

Supersonic post-apocalyptic trebuchet! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gdXOS-B0Bus.html

@Slingshotchannel 2 года назад

Very cool tests! The result was predictable of course. This super wide tip would require a huge amount of energy to cut through any halfway tough matter. Humans can't throw hard enough to generate that much kinetic energy. But it would be interesting to see what happens if you put a very thin hardened steel tip on the dart. I think it would go through the chain mail, but certainly not through the plated armor. I once made a monster version of your launcher, using a huge amount of rubber, and the dart was able to go all the way through a car door... so Achilles would have ruled the battlefield with those darts for sure!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Thanks for popping by Joerg. You are right, but if there is one thing I have found out about history, is people have assumed too much and so I like to go and try things and find out if they fit with what is written in the books and usually they do, sometimes they don't. In the case of the Irish throwing darts at the English, of course nobody much cared about looking from the Irish point of view and so many details of 'can they?' and such things are lost

@domm5715 2 года назад

That was the episode that made me rethink everything I thought I knew about rubber power! That was devastating

@paulweiterer6630 Год назад

Well, I guess you could throw this with a simple rope as a spear thrower, those where called "Swiss arrows". That would increase range and power a whole lot, and maybe be enough to penetrate some simple armour like a gambeson. I always wondered if this is the way they where originally intended for.

@anomalyp8584 Год назад

I have always had a strong throwing arm. I got hold of a piece of rebar steel, that was heavy (like the Roman pilum). When i threw it, at +- 10 m, it went straight through a wooden door and to my amazement stuck into the brick wall behind it. All that weight concentrated in that one small point is absolutely devastating. There is no doubt in my mind that strong throwers can easily pierce armor with this or render a shield useless.

@themecoptera9258 2 года назад

*deep laugh* “let me show you it’s features”

@Joe_for_real 2 года назад

Tod: Let's downgrade our spear thrower so that it accurately represents a grizzled medieval solder on the battlefield. Joerg Sprave: Let's not only upgrade our spear thrower to the point that only a giant german powerhouse can set it, but let's also make it a repeater that can fire 25 spears in 2 seconds. I started typing this comment while watching the vid and halfway through typing Tod gave Joerg a shout out. Not really surprising.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Joerg after all is the bench mark for this kind of thing

@CristiNeagu 2 года назад

You forgot to show us its features.

@r0cketplumber 2 года назад

@@tods_workshop He's not just the benchmark, he's also the bench.

@stillenacht8518 2 года назад

@@r0cketplumber I mean, gigglegrass was involved, but I laughed out loud.

@cinedelasestrellas Год назад

Joerg did build something like this a while back: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ool1i98Z_J0.html

@Lionbug 2 года назад

I just absolutely Love that you go for the scientific, ‚correct‘ way of measuring things but then also do those ‚champion of the tribe‘ Test. It‘s just so fun AND informative! Lovely.

@Vivi-yw1eu 2 года назад

reminds me of how Mythbusters did with replicating the method and then the result, it's really fun way of doing science

@QuantumHistorian 2 года назад

You're back! After 3 weeks and no updates I was worried that the Trebuchet had got the better of you. Glad to see you're still finding new ways of throwing painful things a long way :D

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

sorry - got side tracked

@IamOutOfNames 2 года назад

@@tods_workshop Let me guess, you got the gang together, Joe the archer, Will the fletcher, Kevin the armorer, Toby the knight and now Bill the javelineer and took over Dover Castle?

@michelguevara151 2 года назад

@@tods_workshop ring mail! 'chainmail' is a victorian neologism

@RainMakeR_Workshop 2 года назад

After Tod said his test ballista thing was very post-apocalyptic, I pictured a pair of them up on some ramparts made of rusty junk that are flanking the gate into some sort of post-apocalyptic survivor/trader junk town.

@silverbladeTE 2 года назад

...coming to England, 2023! ;)

@RainMakeR_Workshop 2 года назад

@@silverbladeTE Honestly, that would make for a siiiick post-apoc LARP location.

@silverbladeTE 2 года назад

@@RainMakeR_Workshop "LARP"? I'm talking about real life (tm) !! lol way things are going, Todd, Matt Easton etc maybe the kings of the "wasteland" ;)

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Krulty - Brexit should accelerate this scenario

@omfgskyrim 2 года назад

just like the video game Kenshi

@stalkingtiger777 2 года назад

If Slingshot Channel colabs with Tod to build an epic launcher, it'd make my year!

@Panzersoldat 2 года назад

Ha! My very first thought when seeing this video was that it needs a Joerg Sprave touch!

@hectorgrundlesnyke5482 2 года назад

Instant Legolas that thing. Instantly.

@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346 2 года назад

they already collaborated for the "insant legolas" bow.

@Just_A_Dude 2 года назад

Interesting thing about Bill being able to throw the heavier javelins further than the lighter darts: Human beings are great at producing torque with our limbs, and our ability to impart energy to an object is typically more limited by the maximum speed we can generate with our arm than our ability to accelerate the mass up to that speed. A heavier object, brought up to the same speed as a lighter one, will contain more momentum and, therefore, will resist drag better resulting in maintaining more of its launch velocity.

@5thearth 2 года назад

Exactly. Tod actually discovered this same thing a while ago when experimenting with different arrows in heavy crossbows--the inertia of the limbs themselves puts a hard limit on maximum projectile "muzzle" velocity, so maximum range was not achieved with the lightest bolts.

@NietzscheanMan 2 года назад

Interesting.

@129das Год назад

true but practice and and skill comes into play. Basically something light is thrown different then heavy they are just likely swore and hit horse maybe even an under hand throw. Where I do agree is that arrow head is not meant to pierce armor it not the right shape to do that.

@balazsgezakadar7927 Год назад

It has more to do with biomechanics: if you pretension your muscles than you can exert more force. With the heavier dart, due to its inertia, Bill can pretension his muscles more. Of course there is a maximum amount of pretension, after it the exerted force wont increase.

@j.f.fisher5318 2 месяца назад

@@balazsgezakadar7927 yeah, part of it comes down to muscle fiber recruitment. Our muscles only fire as many muscle fibers as are needed to accelerate the thing we're moving. Pushing against something heavier gives our muscles more of a challenge so they activate more muscle fibers.

@Suprsim 2 года назад

Tod is always saying "they were smart, if it worked they likely would've done it" such as waxing the arrow tips. And just like his guest star (and Tod himself) said these darts were uncomfortable to throw and clearly ineffective; why not assume these were heavier? If it's clearly possible to throw heavier objects further why are acting like these were something that were used?

@Jixxor 2 года назад

Assuming the material they used is known, then there's hardly any way the original ones could have been much heavier, right?

@krissteel4074 2 года назад

I assume he's using some sort of hardware dowel, might be similar to pine. So if he gets some kind of fancier, heavier wood turned down to 1" and give that a go. Oak and Yew are relatively heavy and sort of endemic to the areas which these things would have been made in.

@jamesbparkin740 2 года назад

Could they have had lead slugs? Or thicker iron/steel?

@troydowns7748 2 года назад

@@Jixxor They were also likely to often times be using freshly cut wood which would have been wet and that adds a surprising amount of weight. To would have been using a dry piece of wood that he bought.

@daddynunya9045 2 года назад

Or perhaps they used it with a throwing stick? An atl-atl?

@benwilliams909 2 года назад

Tod, that was brilliant, your approach to the scientific method is getting noticeably better over time. I think not because you are studying the Scientific Method and trying to apply it to your videos, but because you are interested in finding genuine results, and over time you are finding ways of getting them because of your passion for real history. My favourite RU-vid channel by a country mile.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Thanks Ben - really appreciated and very kind words

@benwilliams909 2 года назад

@@tods_workshop Tod, I know you do a specific range of bladed weapons, mostly European middle ages stuff, but how would you feel about doing a proper Seax, something between an everyday tool and a weapon. I have seen some nice ones online, but I am always concerned about the seemingly non ergonomic handle.

@jamesallred460 2 года назад

Oh boy, Tod has thrown down the gauntlet for Joerg! Hell yeah! Cannot wait to see what sort of monster dart thrower Joerg comes up with!

@FlavioLanfranconi 2 года назад

Dind't he (Jörg) make just something like that in his early days??

@jamesallred460 2 года назад

@@FlavioLanfranconi yes, I think so, but you just know now that Tod has said something Joerg is gonna create something even more diabolical and awesome. At least I hope he does!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Joerg - bring it on!

@b.h.abbott-motley2427 2 года назад

The most powerful Olympic javelin throws involve a runup rather than a standing throw. That'd be a difficult technique to employ in a martial context, but skirmishers may have used it. Accuracy would presumably be poor, but hurling javelins/spears into an opposing formation could work. Similarly, the test of spear throwing ability of experienced throwers on Melville Island recounted in Sir Baldwin Spencer's 1914 *Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia* involved a 20ft runup. The nine men who competed managed 104-143ft (31.7-43.6m) with a 10.5ft, 4lb spear. In a vacuum, even the shortest throw would probably require around 300 J of kinetic energy. The exact release angle & aerodynamics might mean it was more or less, but still considerable power.

@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer 2 года назад

Yep. I'd like to see some more 'stone age' tech tested. If we ditch the fletching and that huge broadhead for a more appropriate stone tip. What distance could Bill get with a 3m long spear? What about a 3 - 4m spear and a ~1m woomera?

@b.h.abbott-motley2427 2 года назад

Update: Jehan Creton's account of being in Ireland with Richard II in 1399, apparently written only a few years later, describes Irish darts as piercing both sides of mail coats. A picture in the manuscript shows riders with these long darts, which have modest spear-type heads & no visible fletching. It's at least theoretically possible a longer dart with a thinner point could do better against armor.

@davehart1027 2 года назад

@@b.h.abbott-motley2427 they do look like they were designed by someone who doesnt use weapons, they look intimidating and like they could do some damage, but if thats all they do in todds demo, like whats the point in wasting that much metal, how many more functional arrow heads could you make?... would really like to see a large group of these launched from an adapted catapult, like what distance would they go?

@andrewfleenor7459 2 года назад

I think you're probably underestimating the combat effectiveness of a running throw. With practice I bet you could get as accurate as standing still. I agree it was probably more useful in the context of formations, mostly because of the timing, particularly latency between acquiring your target and launching.

@M.M.83-U 2 года назад

Wonderfull! Brilliant idea, and machine, to replicate the average human. Next: Pilum, then heavy, light, atlatl, amentum, soliferrum, everything.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

for sure and I really want to look at Pilum

@leppeppel 2 года назад

*glances at giant crossbow-slingshot thing* "Let me show you its features!"

@Testforme100 2 года назад

I think the feedback from your expert thrower was that they need to be heavier.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Yes, but it seems that historically they were not

@benjaminbrand3714 2 года назад

Tod is one tragedy away from becoming a terrifying Bond villain IRL 😂

@vadanadav 2 года назад

What's interesting is bill's feedback that it should be heavier. Surely the ancients were using heavier weights if that was easier to use

@foldionepapyrus3441 2 года назад

Indeed, really need a 'Bill' who more conforms to historical stature as well though - if you are a all of 5' human you will find a longer one harder just for its size, and biomechanically its going to have an influence - your arm levers are shorter!

@TNaizel 2 года назад

@@foldionepapyrus3441 in the middle ages people were only slightly shorter than today, the big dip in stature happened at the start of the industrial revolution

@foldionepapyrus3441 2 года назад

@@TNaizel Not really, there is a definite dip when the quality and quantity of nutrition changes, which does happen at the IR, but there are still tends beyond that and folks tended to be significantly shorter than their modern descendants - rare is the old skeleton that is even 6 feet, but 6 feet is now really quite common for European males for instance.

@kencoffman7145 2 года назад

Your replicators are awesome! Would it be possible to see a test of these from an elevated position? I think that, thrown in mass, may be more effective than when thrown from the ground. LOVE YOUR STUFF!!!

@loddude5706 2 года назад

And they're a bit too heavy to throw/fire back up : )

@Arrek8585 2 года назад

I have to wonder if these darts were meant more as charge breakers. The way they seem to piece initially only enough to hang on in flesh, but then immediately fall down to foul legs or catch the ground reminds me alot of setting spears to to brace from impacts. It might also fit tactically since once a formation is moving at a decent trot, removing the dart at the same time would likely throw the formation off something fierce.

@loupiscanis9449 2 года назад

Thank you , Tod . Cheers Bill.

@PeterDalling 2 года назад

Tod having far, far too much fun. And we LOVE it!

@jonenglish6617 2 года назад

Pretty cool. The way that tip curled was perfect.

@GuntherRommel Год назад

Medieval Mythbusters! Lovely video, Tod.

@RaptureZJ88 2 года назад

So the lockdown longbow has been working out it appears. What is it now? The lockdown Scorpion or a Ballista? Love these videos Todd!! Keep up the amazing work and keep looking for answers!!

@storyspren 2 года назад

The Lockdown Longbow is a crossbow emulating a longbow. This is a ballista or scorpion emulating a Bill, so it's the Lockdown Bill :D

@zackdines 2 года назад

I dub thee, Billista.

@Capri42PRG 2 года назад

Mechanical Bill

@Ben-ry1py 2 года назад

I think we've all had enough of the lockdowns....we've moved onto food shortages and looming economic catastrophe...perfect recipe for human conflict.

@bobbybologna3029 2 года назад

Lol love how Bill easily serves as an example of "practice makes perfect" hah, that throw looked so different from Tod's.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

I know. Depressing isn't it?

@SplendidFellow 2 года назад

That launcher contraption is so cool! Fascinating video, Tod!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Thanks

@PatNetherlander Год назад

Hahaha, now THAT was fun! And you were absolutely spot on with the shoutout to Joerg. I could hear his big laughter through the entire video and even at one point a soft whisper of: “let me show you it’s features, hahahahaaaaaaa”

@Assdafflabaff 2 года назад

Perfect little video for my lunch break. Thanks Tod.

@jajsem1109 2 года назад

I just love your happiness, when you throw/shoot something. It makes me feel better about the world :)

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

And I feel happier for reading this - I wish the worlds problems were so easily solved - damn its shite right now

@sambakich7494 2 года назад

I once watched a guy pin a properly constructed shield to an oak tree with a pilum.

@Trebuchet48 2 года назад

Ballista. You SO need a ballista. Torsion is awesome.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Got one, jus need to frag it out

@xXScissorHandsXx 2 года назад

Always a good day when it starts with another Tod's Workshop addition!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Enjoy!

@franciscomoutinho1 2 года назад

Amazing work as always! Looking forward for pilum and javelin tests.

@a.d.knight5695 2 года назад

Awesome stuff Todd. I look forward to w=seeing more of this machine.

@beezo2560 2 года назад

Well done Todd. Really enjoy watching these.

@Twinhit 4 месяца назад

Love Tod's videos very informative and thought provoking.

@Sapherzz 2 года назад

I absolutely love this channel! As a military history enthusiast, particularly classical and medieval, all of these experiments and insights are fantastic!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Thanks and glad I am of use to someone

@cmelton6796 2 года назад

I love the sound it makes when you let loose that spear.

@haroldgodwinson832 Год назад

You could cut back the leading edge on those fletchings to reduce drag.

@stefanb6539 2 года назад

I mean, as your theory is, that these arrows were used predominantly against horses, ballistic gel with a soft leather cover seems to be the logical next step in discovery, to see what it would have actually done, when hitting a horse. Then with an additional layer of thick textile, to simulate the most commonly used horse armor.

@luigi9458 9 месяцев назад

Little did Tod know; instead of making a giant spear thrower, he actually made a compact Ballista.

@hawkshadowoseanacy5171 Год назад

I love the hereldry on the shield, very nice.

@Leftyotism 2 года назад

I am always happy when I see an upload from Tod's Workshop! 😊

@RallycrossGT 2 года назад

I would have loved to see Bill taking a few throws at the target because why not... but this machine is amazing!!!

@kavemanthewoodbutcher 2 года назад

Yet another lovely piece of kit. Can't wait to see what mischief you get up to with it.

@PlutoniumJesus 2 года назад

This spear-throwing contraption seems very similar to a ballista, doesn't it?

@GuitarsRockForever 2 года назад

Tod should call Jorg and let's start a proper competition.

@jperk6528 2 года назад

Let me show you its features

@chrisb1133 2 года назад

Great video as always Tod, thank you!

@foldionepapyrus3441 2 года назад

Great stuff as always, looking forward to seeing many more well calibrated tests on the various long thin pointy objects of history. Suggestion - have a crack at hitting ballistic gel torso or a pig/lamb chunk, looks more than repeatable enough to actually get the hits, and something more akin to a human muscle and bone would be nice - to see what they would all really do to the human inside both through the armor and bare - and assuming you eat meat and pick bits of animal dinner for the next few months is sorted.

@hanshanszoon 2 года назад

Looking forward to further testing!

@genekalutsky8813 2 года назад

Awesome! Thank you, Tod, keep doing it!

@HereticalKitsune 2 года назад

I love this channel so much, the enthusiam and joy of everything that is shown here is just perfect.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Thanks

@Smallathe 2 года назад

Very cool demonstration.

@valkoharja 2 года назад

Very nice Tod. Great vid.

@oldaircraftguy8844 Год назад

As a children we used to make, what we called, Dutch Arrows. They were about the size of the arrows used in your test, but without the iron point a fire hardened point was our limit. As 12 to 14 year-olds ( after that we found girls! ) we would use a length of knotted cord in the manner of a woomera ( thanks Skippy) and the feeblest ( me ) could get the range of your colleague. The cord woomera had a knot in one end and was simply used to trap the remaining cord just foreword of the flights to our throwing hand position about two thirds of the length of the arrow. Some experimentation for the best hand position was needed and was often down to choice. Was this method ever used on the battlefield?

@Rapora9 Год назад

Hello! I just found this channel and the videos are great! Full of interesting and also useful information and experiments. I noticed most of the videos are about medieval times. Have you ever considered doing videos of stone age hunting tactics? I would love to learn more about the effectiveness of primitive spears, bows and other possible weapons.

@ChrisYourself 2 года назад

I always get excited when I see you release a new video, you rock!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Thanks

@MonkeyJedi99 2 года назад

That gives me an idea! Use this to throw rocks!

@ChrisYourself 2 года назад

@@MonkeyJedi99 That's a great idea!

@ChrisYourself 2 года назад

@@tods_workshop As @MonkeyJedi99 pointed out, could you look into rock throwing? I remember seeing all sorts of historical references to a variety of rock throwing instruments that look to be right up your alley

@johnh290 Год назад

i love the way a lot of your tests illustrate the point that armor is awesome but things hitting it the places where there's less armor still do a lot of damage

@SuperOtter13 2 года назад

Thank you for all the work you put into these testing videos. Absolutely love the content on this channel. Keep up the good work, sir. Cheers!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Glad you like them!

@joetaylor486 2 года назад

Loving your work xxx

@genericfakename8197 2 года назад

Oh fantastic! I can't wait to finally see what a Roman spear does. I think that long point looks specifically designed to knock out a single link of mail and keep going.

@jonno8183 2 года назад

I would liked to have seen more of Bill throwing the darts, measuring the repeatability, trajectories and speed - as seen in the trebuchet videos.

@larsprins3440 2 года назад

I do wonder if you would be able to make these spears anti-armor. Obviously won't work with just throwing them, but with this brilliant contraption Tod made you might be able to simulate some sort of ballista. With a different head (and maybe some extra weight) these spears might be able to penetrate mail and shields. Would be fun to see Tod making different spears with different weights and spearheads to see what would work best against several types of armour/shields.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

I could of course make things that definitely penetrate armour, but that's not what I am doing. I am trying to make a simulator for what really happened and hopefully that is what I have done

@gaigejones3947 2 года назад

Now your just living the life I want to live! Sweet video!

@jeremymillington1323 2 года назад

Yes for the content! Here for the joy of the experiment!

@keltoi8357 2 года назад

A new toy! Science and fun combined. It's fun to watch - and as a pen&paper master i could use your understanding for my adventures. Thanks so much for sharing your passion with us!

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Glad to help

@Eulemunin 2 года назад

Love the guzzled warrior, Bob. Hope to be throwing as well as him.

@fredford7642 Год назад

Great video!

@Hfil66 2 года назад

The question I would have is not just about whether the weapon could cause injury to an individual, but whether it could help break up a tight formation. Even just causing individuals to stop a moment to draw the dart out of their armour would slow down the formation even if no-one was actually hurt. I fully accept that with those kinds of heads it is unlikely to really be used against fully armoured troupes, but could still be effective against a peasant army, or maybe a group of archers who are lightly armoured.

@seraaron 2 года назад

What if you added a weight around the neck of the dart, like a Roman pilum. Would that increase the weight, distance, and strength of a throw?

@VK-sz4it 2 года назад

That's what I was thinking. If those darts are subpar in terms of energy that thrower can deliver - maybe they were in fact havier in real life?

@aurourus6894 2 года назад

This spear thrower is really accurate. Great work on that.

@MineInjected 2 года назад

Awesome to see tests, scary to imagine this in a real battle

@wiremonkeyelectric 2 года назад

Nice Ballista you’ve built there!

@blackdeath4u 2 года назад

I was just watching a video where a roman historian described how a legion would stop 50-75m away from the enemy and throw a light pilum, advance to 20-50m, and throw a heavy pilum. Id love to see how the standardized roman javelin design altered the range and penetration against targets. would be a great use of your thrower!

@anomalyp8584 Год назад

@APV878 2 года назад

Rude & Crude and the sound it makes is something else. Also: 5lbs Roman Pilum?! What nonsense is that?!

@olivierelbougnadere4117 2 года назад

This channel is gold

@chasetower6773 Год назад

Thanks again

@exoterric 2 года назад

Love it. I was thinking, depending on drag and terminal velocity, gravity might nudge up impact force shooting from a high wall down onto targets. Ballistics of low or high angles is way different than "flat" trajectories against coplanar targets. Anyway, always a hoot. Keep doing awesome stuff.

@nastyevilbunny 2 года назад

I love that thing.

@CaspertheSarcasticGhost 2 года назад

Anyone else hear the faint sound of "LET ME SHOW YOU ITS FEATURES" In the distance?

@raphlvlogs271 2 года назад

you just reinvented the good old Ballista

@TheFlyguywill 2 года назад

It’s amazing to me how quiet that machine is. Great experiment!

@MonkeyJedi99 2 года назад

At the "standard Bill" setting, there was more noise from the projectile's flight than from the launcher.

@promiscuous5761 2 года назад

Thank you.

@Erikreaver 2 года назад

What a wonderful little contraption! I suppose the obvious thing to do that we want to see now is bodkins! And loving the postapoc spearchukka sort of idea. :D Cheers!

@drtibbles 2 года назад

Love these videos and exploring the mechanics of different weapons. That said, I would love to know how many Newtons of force was associated with the hit to the chest of the mailer armour. Seemed like a heart stopping hit!

@ThomasRonnberg 2 года назад

Very clever mechanism

@mattpastell3728 2 года назад

I can’t wait for the new and improved giant spear thrower! Maybe with elements of the lockdown longbow and mini catapult.

@jm9371 2 года назад

Another whacky Tod-omatic device. Fricking awesome video.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

thanks

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

Can I steal that term?

@silentferret1049 2 года назад

Seeing that made me think of something. A large bow like arm stuck into the ground or floor and using it like a leverage are with string tied too the arrow and its pulled back and released to throw arrows of that size. Would not have a large machine like a ballista or have to throw it. It would all be weight based like a slingshot. I think having multiple slots at different angles could adjust trajectory while how hard they can pull will adjust range.

@darylarmentrout252 2 года назад

That chainmail shot would be game over without a cod piece

@JCOwens-zq6fd 2 года назад

Have you tested the newtons of force the darts deliver to target? I wonder what kind of blunt force trauma they would do.

@davidhamer7820 2 года назад

I think you're correct in that those wide heads are for flesh but I'd love to see a solid hit on the mail instead of right at the bottom with nothing behind it.

@beauleidig8670 2 года назад

I'm glad that Todd did up the power as I was wondering what might happen if the darts were thrown from an elevated position allowing for more velocity upon impact. As it turns out, nothing much if the intended targets were well armored.

@tomtruesdale6901 2 года назад

Great video and very nice methods for testing the darts against the different armor. PLEASE make plans available for that machine. I have built a very small trebuchet and would love to have something like that for throwing darts.

@tods_workshop 2 года назад

I will try

@tomtruesdale6901 2 года назад

@@tods_workshop Thank you Sir