HEAVY Medieval 1250lbs Windlass Crossbow - TESTED in Slo-Mo

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Tod of www.todsworkshop.com discussing and demonstrating a powerful medieval military crossbow, spanned by windlass. Rate of fire tested and, for the first time, distance!
Draw weight 1250lbs = 567kg
Bolt weight 3.1oz = 88g
Spring steel bow prod. Steel fittings. Ash stock. Linen string.
Slow motion: • HEAVY Medieval 1250lbs...
Distance test: • HEAVY Medieval 1250lbs...
1st bolt 227yds = 207.5m
2nd bolt 235 yds = 214.8m
For the record...
The shooting was done on a private estate and when actually shooting the road was closed, we had spotters out and no people or moving vehicles were there when we were shooting. The (unoccupied) parked vehicles are around 30m off the shooting line with two lines of trees between them and us, which I felt to be safe.
Music: Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommon...)
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@mrxanthios7045 5 лет назад

Use a crossbow, they said. You are gonna be stealthy, they said. "My ear is ringing"

@benwinter2420 5 лет назад

Interestingly they are still used by special forces , as they won't set off (peaceful religion) suicide vests

@TemenosL 5 лет назад

As it turns out, bows are far from silent too. Not nearly as loud as a suppressed AR-cartridge rifle, but loud enough to turn heads in the dark.

@BigMikeTH3V1K1NG 5 лет назад

Temenos Lykourgos yeah bows make a good “bong” noise. I put fur string silencers on mine which helped a little

@toutlemondesalut 5 лет назад

@@TemenosL That's bullshit, you must be talking about recurve bows take a longbow or a compound bow and you won't have any problem

@toutlemondesalut 5 лет назад

@@BigMikeTH3V1K1NG Either use Bow Limbs Dampener or get a longbow

@echoplots8058 3 года назад

The most interesting feats of technology are the ones developed to perfection right before the next big breakthrough comes along

@BabyWhaleFilms 2 года назад

that is certainly true !

@gre8 Год назад

Well, tbh, crossbow technogy is still being improved today. Just look at all the interesting compound crossbows in the market nowadays. They would've seemed like alien technology to late medieval people.

@christoffermonikander2200 4 года назад

The distance test was really interesting cause it demonstrated a piece of historical fact from the battle of Crecy. The English archers feared the Geonesse crossbowmen because their crossbows outdistanced the average warbow. However, on the day of battle it rained in the morning. The archers could unstring their bows and keep the strings dry. The crossbows on the other hand couldn't be unstrung so their strings got wet, which affected the performance of the crossbows. So the wet strings forced the crossbowmen inside the range of the archers, which along with the fact that the Geonesse lacked their pavises played a major part in the English victory. Was fun to see that the crossbow really did outdistance the longbow, when dry.

@rexbarron4873 Год назад

When it rained the Arbelest was hidden under the pavis for protection. Also lost with the pavis's on the French baggage train was the special tools for changing the string....bad day at Black rock.

@alexanderflack566 Год назад

This is not outdistancing a warbow. Maximum distance an English longbow could shoot with the lighter Mary Rose arrows was well over 250 yards. As an example, Joe Gibbs has shot >300 yards with a 170# longbow. It was even more one-sided if (as I believe was the case at Crecy) the archers had an elevation advantage.

@simonsscj 5 лет назад

Now I understand why the Eighty Years' War took so long....

@vinm300 5 лет назад

Actually the 80yrs war took so long because Spain was financed by American silver (which it spent before it arrived) and the Dutch were financed by spectacular expansion in trade , and during the entire period the Spanish and Dutch continued to trade with each other : the Dutch buying wool and salt from Spain and the Spanish buying finished merchandise/manufactures from the Dutch.

@theandice8152 5 лет назад

r/woooosh

@Wildwestwrangler 5 лет назад

@@vinm300 it was a joke you jerkoff

@ballskin 5 лет назад

@@vinm300 Find a bridge.

@vinm300 5 лет назад

@@Wildwestwrangler , I'm a bit of an expert on the 80yrs war if you're welcome to cast a critical eye over one of my videos :- "30yrs war Spain's swan song" (The 30yr war is the conclusion of the 80yrs war) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t3wy7XbYkvA.html

@thestrangegod3173 5 лет назад

"bro cover me while I reload"

@johnrose411 5 лет назад

I was looking for this... thank you.

@ArchetypeGotoh 5 лет назад

More like “Reload me while i shoot the first one” :P

@ericjohnsen6926 5 лет назад

There is a reason they were used in teams, when possible. One reloads, one fires. The same discipline that led to musket volleys later.

@mace8873 4 года назад

More like "good thing for me I have this here bigass and thick pavise, think I'll just step into cover while I reload..."

@mohammadgagat7589 4 года назад

While me reload, ye archers cover me please...

@evansn79 3 года назад

Tod:"let's do a range test!" The family having a picnic in the next field:"huh, what's that bolt shaped thing coming this way?"

@sweetcrosby 5 лет назад

I can only blame Joerg Sprave for why this popped up in my recommended.

@robertlombardo8437 5 лет назад

Somewhere in Germany, a fat and jolly laugh is echoing through the trees at your expense.

@BananaMana69 5 лет назад

I wonder if he could make a 1250 lb crossbow...

@thomasreisinger4636 5 лет назад

Yep

@Jacob-mm9lx 5 лет назад

"Let me show you it's features!"

@5crassrocker 5 лет назад

Same!!

@-F4K3- 6 лет назад

This is what Dirty Harry would have been rockin' with in medieval times. "Doth thou feelest favored, Knave?!"

@djangorheinhardt 6 лет назад

Oh very drole !!!!

@Definitely-Not-A-Cop 5 лет назад

There's always one, smh. 👆👆👆

@tellmeitsnottaken 5 лет назад

@MichaelKingsfordGray: Love how you're trying to one-up him and his fantastic comment by springboarding off of it. What a tool you are.

@rhyleymaster 5 лет назад

Well? Dos't thou?

@richardplantagenet8090 5 лет назад

what thou must ask of thyself is, fired he but once or err.. once?

@wumbumtm3138 4 года назад

This guy is like that one history teacher everyone likes

@jmarzee 5 лет назад

Thank you for settling an argument in my D&D session.

@anduro7448 4 года назад

what argument

@tandemcharge5114 4 года назад

Pls don't keep us hanging

@samuelbrice3699 4 года назад

WHAT ARGUMENT

@theXEN0KID 4 года назад

What argument?!

@Ariocsneedle 4 года назад

What argument jesus dont blueball us like that.

@pieceofbread5686 5 лет назад

10:17 Because of air resistance, the perfect shooting range is not at an angle of 45°, but at a lower angle of 30°-ish, meaning: if you shoot at a 30°-ish angle, you can shoot even further.

@fitzroy_spark3879 5 лет назад

thanks man - I have no knowledge of this subject, but I was wondering that myself

@angrydragonslayer 5 лет назад

From what i remember, a bullet shape is at 21 while an arrow is at 31 and a bolt at 27

@MegaAdeny 5 лет назад

It's definitely not 30 degrees for most projectiles. I was a firm believer in 45 not being optimal with air resistance accounted for, but in most cases it either still is or is close enough.

@angrydragonslayer 5 лет назад

@@MegaAdeny air drag/resistance will effectively remove 1/pi of your energy at 45 degrees

@MegaAdeny 5 лет назад

@@angrydragonslayer I've checked using air resistance calculators, and for arrow-type drag profile projectiles, 45 degrees is still optimal, while virtually the same distance can be achieved with 40 or so. But I obviously haven't done anything scientifically rigorous. Still, 30 degrees is definitely not conducive to shooting the furthest.

@THE1NATEMEISTER 5 лет назад

235 yards = 214 metres for us metric folk.

@horrificenderchicken_2340 5 лет назад

@jasondavis808 5 лет назад

Rest of the World.

@calebburns4346 4 года назад

@GluttonousDragon nope

@calebburns4346 4 года назад

@GluttonousDragon nah

@thomervin7450 4 года назад

@GluttonousDragon Go back to watching Vox

@Comicsluvr 5 лет назад

Beastly crossbow! I love the fact that you kept the power stroke at the historical length (or as close as you could) rather than simply making it as strong as you could.

@AvB.83 5 лет назад

"Like any craftsman, I doubt what I do, a little bit." Absolutly agree :D

@loveniacannon3302 Год назад

The couch arrived in two boxes four days early, which was great because we'd just moved into a new house and needed places to sit. My son and I put it together pretty quickly ru-vid.comUgkxitRzxya-XugamYgLwa_2G1gxPg4MCJHa . Another reviewer suggested inserting the seat into the side and I'm glad they did as the instructions weren't clear on that matter. It's incredibly light and slides easily across the wood floor, making it easy to move. It's firm, but comfortable. It will even be great to nap on. I got the gray, which definitely has strong blue undertones, but I'm okay with that.

@kurshkolo4701 8 месяцев назад

OK but this is a crossbow video not a tutorial to move to another house budy why are you talking about a couch on a crosbow video??????

@9Enrico0 5 лет назад

It is the medieval version of a 50 bmg rifle

@bl4ckh4t29 4 года назад

Enrico what was the argument

@theaniahlator7954 4 года назад

No that was the ballista

@vladimirputin2449 4 года назад

@@theaniahlator7954 handheld

@theaniahlator7954 4 года назад

@@vladimirputin2449 fair enough. I actually have a homemade ballista

@vladimirputin2449 4 года назад

@@theaniahlator7954 that is really cool, what are the dimensions?

@StarMarshal 5 лет назад

*Rhodoks start sweating*

@PinkSlime0990 5 лет назад

Less tawking! Moar raiding!

@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation 5 лет назад

*King Harlaus informs you that the Lords of Swadia are gathering for a feast in Praven*

@Alexander99602 5 лет назад

@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation While the Vaegirs take Dhirim and Nords attack Suno You gotta love swadia for their sense of duty

@BuddhaBen93 5 лет назад

@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation *Butterlord

@Rutherford_Inchworm_III 5 лет назад

@@BuddhaBen93 omfg the butter. I was promised a sequel and received only endless caches of butter.

@peterelvenaes1088 5 лет назад

Would a crossbow like this shoot through the French steel chest plate you guys were shooting with the 160lb bow?

@lorcro2000 5 лет назад

@OneBadMonkee Huh, interesting, I would have expected a 1000 lb draw crossbow to really eff things up for the armor guy but apparently not even that suffices.

@HIPEOPLE1887 5 лет назад

Croft it’s typically the draw length that matters more and not the poundage

@dajolaw 5 лет назад

@@lorcro2000 It's a combination of draw weight and draw distance. Crossbows have significantly higher draw weights, but comparatively short draw distances, compared to warbows.

@arx3516 5 лет назад

@@lorcro2000 there's a reason why breast plates survived well into the gun age.

@MrVavant 5 лет назад

A ballista can go through that

@eeezee7000 5 лет назад

Interesting, historical and well-presented. 10/10, both for contructing the bow, and your factual demonstration.

@tristang2796 4 года назад

As an archery enthusiast, this was a very fun video to watch. One of those times Im glad the RU-vid recommendations were on point.

@pupper9474 5 лет назад

Wow, dude's holding 1250 lbs. like nothing. "in draw weight" oh

@DA-xe7fg 5 лет назад

Nice (referring to the 69 likes)

@SevenPr1me 5 лет назад

You must be new to bows and what weight means when used in the context of bows

@pupper9474 5 лет назад

@@SevenPr1me The joke here is that people would assume the "heavy" and "1250lbs" together means the bow itself is 1250lbs. Not that the draw weight is 1250lbs.

@SevenPr1me 5 лет назад

@@pupper9474 "joke"

@pupper9474 5 лет назад

@@SevenPr1me I don't think you understand how jokes work, man.

@strongback6550 7 лет назад

I'd love to see it tested against 1mm, 2mm and 3mm mild steel plates

@Knoloaify 7 лет назад

Me too, there's one "test" on youtube made by some guys in their backyard and the 1000lbs crossbow seemed pretty effective, but a lot of things with the "test" didn't look very good.

@lvd8122 7 лет назад

Knoloaify yeah, you would have to get the right steal, probably something soft underneath and so on.

@mariocassina90 7 лет назад

Tod Todeschini...which kind of crossbow are the ones used in Gubbio and in other central Italy cities for the famous Palio della Balestra? Which part of Italy your family is coming from?

@duchessskye4072 7 лет назад

Why mild though?

@DW-gh1ov 6 лет назад

Same

@PP-tuga 5 лет назад

First video I watched from this guy and I loved it.... well done sir , well done .... you know what are you talking about and it was a very pleasant experience to me... Well done

@spzaruba5089 4 года назад

When you absolutely have to staple your adversaries armour to their chest...

@Daylon91 4 года назад

This would deflect off the armour like the arrows did.

@Daylon91 4 года назад

@Samuel Prince look at Skallagrim on RU-vid test out this crossbow and watch it bounce off the armour maybe causing a bruise

@samuelbrice3699 4 года назад

daylon boender To be fair, that armor is made VERY well.

@Daylon91 4 года назад

@@samuelbrice3699 not skallagrims armour. This armour is average. You can make the same armour they had.

@hardluckclub7271 5 лет назад

i love seeing people make these ancient weapons. your a true craftsman, and the bow looks great and works amazingly! i took up blacksmithing 4 months ago now, and what a deep respect for the smiths or any craftsman of days long ago. what a blessing to be able to live in such a place that’s so rich in history! your truly lucky! keep the great work coming.

@tylerleach5780 5 лет назад

You're*

@mivapusa Год назад

Not thàt ancient. The windlass is from the Renaissance, just 500 years ago

@neilwu3912 5 лет назад

I imagined he'd be screeching orders like the crossbowman in Stronghold.

@robertlombardo8437 5 лет назад

Atten-CHAWN!

@ShacolateClown 5 лет назад

wot? ol'dat way?.

@ChocorocK 5 лет назад

PitchiiiiIIIIIiiiiing SHOT!

@Ranstone 3 года назад

At teh' daubawl!

@KurNorock 6 лет назад

I love how he says that it's "1250 pounds... In draw weight." as if we were all sitting here thinking he was holding a wooden stick that weighed 1250 pounds in his one arm.

@spiffdandy77 6 лет назад

Kur (aptly named) some people are better off letting people wonder if they are idiots .....rather than opening their mouth and removing all doubt..

@KurNorock 6 лет назад

Ako si Wokkawokka well I guess now we all know who can't take a joke around here...

@andrewrobertson3894 6 лет назад

Ako si Wokkawokka Hahaha

@00Trademark00 6 лет назад

Could be the price though :)

@daedaluxe 6 лет назад

Was just about to comment how was he holding 566kgs lmao

@Earthenfist 6 лет назад

You know, it's funny, but I never realized that the windlass was actually removable before seeing you and Skallagrim's videos? I thought you had to fire with that huge clunky thing on your cheek.

@blan_k4691 5 лет назад

Same tbh. I was surprised when he just clipped it off and shot. Then he just put it casually back on.

@alexh3974 5 лет назад

Heavy slower firing weapons like this where ideal on castle defense etc though. Clunky handles not matter when you can duck out, sit down or pass to a loader and have a ale or pop to a new loophole. longbow has more range, but this you can take your time, shoot and move easily, compact so only have to use a small hole, and this a lower odds to hit, and stronger walls. might be harder to use on the field though!

@carbon1255 5 лет назад

You have to, they would reduce the power drastically if they were left on, and they are in the way.

@Zorro9129 5 лет назад

Wouldn't the handles spin and buffet your face?

@alexh3974 5 лет назад

@@Zorro9129 You take them off before you fire the heavy crossbows or the crank is a one way crank. It's meant to draw the weapon back only and can free gear one way. There more of a crew served weapon so to say than a one man weapon.. Its a better design than some older heavy Asian ones that required you to use sheer man power and strengh to do it pulling from knees and up.

@jquest43 5 лет назад

"A god fearing man needith to ponder thou limitations putith before him" Sir Harry The Dirty

@scottmantooth8785 5 лет назад

Art thou deeds worthy of justice knave? wouldest thou enter the next world in peace or in torment? thou hast nine seconds to comply.....

@bubbleheadft 5 лет назад

Mine eyes see thy thoughts. Thou dost wonder, didst he loose six bolts, or merely five? Truth before God, in all of this excitement, I have lost the count myself. Verily, the question thou must ask thyself is thus: does fate favor me? Well, rapscallion, does it?

@captainoblivious_yt 5 лет назад

@@bubbleheadft Meself understandeth not this form of thou English language

@shawnhtpc2271 5 лет назад

*Sir Harold the Sullied.* GET IT RIGHT!

@HectorLopez-hb2zj 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

@mikesummers-smith4091 6 лет назад

I shot an arrow in the air: It fell to earth, I knew not where: But, strangely, at my journey's end, I found it again in the neck of a friend. (Remembered from somewhere or other)

@terryjanssen316 5 лет назад

Funny, thanks!

@deathbyautopsy8660 5 лет назад

I shot an arrow in the air; she fell to earth in Berkeley Square. - Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets. 😀

@cicero2 5 лет назад

Nick, it was Dennis Price, hero/villain, who shot down Lady Agatha in the balloon.

@timacrow 5 лет назад

I felt that I should salute him too, So I had a can and went to the loo.

@blizzbee 5 лет назад

Did a friend become a zombie ??

@andrascsabahorvath9804 7 лет назад

I don't really have a lot to add, just wanted to say, really interesting and informative video, great job :)

@randomfox9970 6 лет назад

+tod todeschini very interesting I loves anything medieval I carve. medieval spoons I subscribed to you 🐺👌🐾

@johnjriggsarchery2457 4 года назад

I put together a 120 pound ash/sinew crossbow with a 31 1/2" power stroke that can fling heavy oak shaft bolts over 360 yards. Now maybe over 400 since the sinew is fully cured. It really demonstrates how important the length of push is.

@blackedelweiss601 4 года назад

9:36 footage of an Englishman performing surgery on a Frenchman 1455 AD.

@lordofcabbage8778 5 лет назад

"OI! You got a licence for that?"

@chelo4197 5 лет назад

@@tods_workshop i think you got wooshed bro

@Ainsley_the_meat_rubber 5 лет назад

@Habz Brah he said wooshed, not r/wooshed

@davidegaruti2582 5 лет назад

you'll never take me alive

@thechosenone8808 5 лет назад

bump stock assault crossbows

@StevenP726 4 года назад

You’ll never take me alive!

@haeryvlog7757 3 года назад

Wow...thats great crossbow must be recomended for everyone. I loved your crossbow...Sir.

@andybenson2971 5 лет назад

7:51 The sound of the bolt hitting is crazy.

@unknownhntr7918 3 года назад

Like on movies and anime

@Playingwith3D 5 лет назад

1250 lbs pull? are you trying to pierce castle walls with it?

@KikinCh1kin 5 лет назад

No, just the people on top of the walls.

@sneaky1497 5 лет назад

@@KikinCh1kin And the guy behind that person. Also the 2 walls behind him.

@buttersquids 5 лет назад

Gabriele Di Carlo And your forces on the other side

@Daylon91 4 года назад

This compares to a longbow of about 160 pounds not even because of the short draw length plus other inefficiencies of the medieval crossbow like friction etc

@Daylon91 4 года назад

@Samuel Prince the friction is not the same. I shoot my bows almost every day. Listen to what Tod says. Look at the side of a medieval crossbow and you'll see how much tension is pulling down on the string. And a longer draw is always better. The string has more time to push the arrow adding momentum. Its obvious. You sir have never shot a bow. Drawing a little and drawing a lot there is a huge difference.

@Devinistoxic 5 лет назад

didnt know what draw weight was so i was looking at this guy like Hercules

@stevelewis7263 5 лет назад

Seeing as one bolt deviated so far off course it went over a road, imagine if it had gone through a windscreen, I would have shot the arrows and bolts into the field as far away from the roadway as possible.

@dannygjk 5 лет назад

Spotters plus not a public road reduced the risk enough for me and I'm annoying as hell when it comes to firearms safety.

@jukeboxhero1649 5 лет назад

Ah, well, tough titty for the windscreen guy. Walmart Hu Akhbar!

@jimduggan8314 5 лет назад

They were slamming home some cheap cider too, seemed like a wild day out.

@EscapeePrisoner 5 лет назад

And this is why you are you and he is he.

@jukeboxhero1649 5 лет назад

Any guy who spends his free time making crossbows is cool in my book

@T4nkcommander 7 лет назад

I was surprised to see the nut spinning during the slow mo shot...but I guess it would be a lot more strenuous on the components if it just snapped forward and had to dissipate that energy another way

@Burboss 6 лет назад

The power stroke is very short on that thing. The bolt just does not accelerate much

@Burboss 6 лет назад

Sorry, do what?

@dontgetcocky 5 лет назад

I noticed that too, really cool!

@dannygjk 5 лет назад

Imagine a wider bow would enable a longer power stroke. Be good for hunting politicians. :)

@abelfaber4457 5 лет назад

@@dannygjk even a big stick or piece of rock is good for hunting politicians

@josephdailey7170 5 лет назад

With the UK police seizing butter knives in the name of public safety i'm surprised you can even own that thing

@takeoischi4156 5 лет назад

That's the great thing about crossbows in the UK. Totally legal to own one, no matter how powerful it is.

@westsenkovec 5 лет назад

@@takeoischi4156 For how long? Until next week? Don't you get it? "Maybe we can't have fully automatic guns but at least we can have semiautomatic ones." "Maybe we can't have guns but at least we can have knives." "Maybe we can't have fixed blades but at least we can have folding knives." "Maybe we can't have folding knives but at least we can have butter knives." "Maybe we can't have butter knives but at least we can have crossbows."

@CHADDERSON1 5 лет назад

USA! USA! USA! @@westsenkovec

@scottiedunnavan3834 5 лет назад

They took a spoon too!

@TemenosL 5 лет назад

@@takeoischi4156 For how long though, brother?

@Comicsluvr 3 года назад

Now repeat your wonderful 'arrow versus breastplate' test with this beast! Imagine being a knight, with countless arrows glancing from your armor, watching a bolt like this hit you almost anywhere!

@bretalvarez3097 7 лет назад

I would love to see that bow's results with contemporary armor and shields, that would be an amazing video

@bretalvarez3097 7 лет назад

Good to hear, I have a feeling it'll be worth the wait.

@steirqwe7956 6 лет назад

It probably wond be very impressive, even poor steel plating would gurantee the bolt wont penetrate your body. However the shock after the impact can render wearer of that armor to a condition where he can't continue fighting- cracked ribs, bruised lungs and concussion if bolt manage to hit head are very likely.

@coolmanjack1995 6 лет назад

My guess is the shaft explodes into a million pieces if it were to hit something like the armor in a modern tank

@cattraknoff 5 лет назад

@@steirqwe7956 Put some meat and bone under the armour and see what happens to it.

@RobbyGAMEZ 5 лет назад

Short answer: The contemporary armor and shields might suffer dents, but the person underneath would be fine. Because bolts and arrows were exactly the things armor was protection from. If it wasn't effective it wouldn't be worn

@beckerqueiroz 4 года назад

@Tod's Workshop People like you are the reason I disable my YT ad blocker. Splendid work!

@codexaeterna 5 лет назад

Gorgeous piece of craftsmanship. I'd love to have one!

@burnblast2774 5 лет назад

I just think its crazy how, despite not having gunpowder really humans still managed to invent something like this that, by stopping power atleast, I'd say is comparable to a musket.

@Dell-ol6hb 5 лет назад

Burnblast277 easily so, I mean it can literally punch straight through a car door, it was truly the anti tank weapon of the late medieval era.

@harrymoto6951 5 лет назад

@@Dell-ol6hb Tank meaning, in medeival times, an armored knight on his horse. Right on! But the reload time limited effectiveness.

@thelelanatorlol3978 5 лет назад

@@harrymoto6951 Same with a musket funny enough

@LeviathanTamer31 5 лет назад

Well... depends on the armor... 16th century Plate Armor? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XMT6hjwY8NQ.html (I know that this technically isn't a piece from actual Full Plate. But it's still plated armor.) Not much of a chance there. Shooting the horse, definitely. The human's a bit more of a luck game.

@dont5363 4 года назад

@@Dell-ol6hb It woudnt penetrate full plate armour buddy

@meanmanturbo 4 года назад

I did some physics calcultaions on crossbows. I assumed that a crossbow is essentially a spring and did the calculations that way. Somone on a forum wondered about making a really small "assasin" crosbow. If you wanted a crossbow with a tiny power stroke of 10 mm to have the same "muzzle" enegry as a low end 9mm parabellum round you would need a draw weight of 100 metric tonnes. If you instead had a 1 m power stroke you would only need a draw weight of 100 kg. Length of power stroke makes a huge impact on what draw weight you need. Which is why crossbows have a much higher draw weight then normal bows for the same power. Interesting that they needed to make such short power strokes because of metalurgical constraints, would have been much easier to make powerfull crossbows if they could have managed longer power strokes.

@godhasleftthebuilding3224 4 года назад

shooting like that next to a picnic area might give you some data about scull penetration as well. nice plan

@mitch832 6 лет назад

7:09 Tod, it's good to see your grounding cord attached. After all, these medieval instruments are very sensitive for electrostatic discharges ;-)

@BramVanroy 5 лет назад

I'm assuming that that's a mic cord, no?

@stevenveltrie1868 4 года назад

Would be neat if you chronograph and get the velocity of the bolts.

@rafaelbogdan9307 5 лет назад

6:40 Just from that sound, I buy that this draws in the area of 1250lbs. I'd probably use ear protection as with a gun if I was shooting one of these!

@MRSketch09 5 лет назад

You know, I'm surprised you didn't paint the bolts, red, or neon orange, or tie red strings, or something to them so you could find them easier...

@Daylon91 4 года назад

They had like 5 guys out there lol

@chaisemaurice8150 3 года назад

@@Daylon91 but no burgers or fries that I saw.

@wafiqnasna4638 3 года назад

@@chaisemaurice8150 they're British right?

@chaisemaurice8150 3 года назад

@@wafiqnasna4638 I think so. His bio on the website says Oxfordshire. Why?

@craigbinder5560 3 года назад

Fake they planted it 11:44 slow it down it's 2 ft to the left of the tree when they pan over to it but 2 seconds before that tree was in frame plus the dude behind it on the Rd but no bolt sticking straight up out of the ground... Sucks liked this dude Wonder what else was faked

@GregHartSk8er 5 лет назад

That's quite an impressive piece of kit!

@CertifiedHustler68 5 лет назад

Damn near dry fired it at 8:22

@alexc7857 7 лет назад

suprisingly accurate for that it has no optics, can see how this would have been a game changer

@InqWiper 7 лет назад

One of the most successful snipers in WW2 did not use optics. Search for White Death.

@Butterkin 6 лет назад

He wasn't in service during WW2. He was only in service for when the soviets tried to attack his homeland during the winter war, I believe. He killed 800 or so of them.

@InqWiper 6 лет назад

The winter war was 1939-1940.

@fatguy6153 5 лет назад

jondonwayne wayne The bomb was dropped on industrial cities, and it wasn't for testing purposes, it was to stop the possible millions of deaths that would be caused by invading Japan. Learn your history before babbling like an idiot.

@WaftyHippyLass 2 года назад

Super video - thanks loads for that. 13 minutes, and I learnt more about crossbows than in my entire schooling... :)

@JustGrowingUp84 7 лет назад

Yes, finally a distance test!

@alexwang2419 5 лет назад

8:22, oof,,, the string got tangled on the trigger.

@JosephMelia 4 года назад

1k thumbs downed because they used to be adventurers,but then they took an arrow to the knee....You sir are a scholar and a craftsman.

@Stefan_Kawalec 5 лет назад

Oh, here you are hiding, Mr Jobs. And making yourself some fancy medieval windlass crossbows.

@Fernweh4x4andadventure 5 лет назад

Would love to see one of these, go through a shield 🛡 metal breast plate, or the very least ballistics gel

@JimFortune 4 года назад

I've always wondered why the stroke was so short. Thank you for the explanation.

@alanwatts8239 4 года назад

-This is my BOOM stick! -And this is my BOOM cross!

@JonathanLov 6 лет назад

He shoots it at 7:45

@507764CAT 5 лет назад

No, he shoots it at a shirt

@ewan_mclean 5 лет назад

Captain Wealthy Penis no, he shoots it WHILE at a field

@bennybenben6290 5 лет назад

No, he fires it.

@RawkL0bster 5 лет назад

He fires a bolt AT the crossbow?

@garym7771 4 года назад

Another great research video, thank you!

@oBseSsIoNPC 6 лет назад

It looks like a great finishing on the hardware, I like the simplicity of it all, and yet it has power that no armor then would withstand. Getting impaled with a bolt from this weapon, in your steel armor is a scary thing to imagine.

@williamblack4369 5 лет назад

Everyone: neat Dwight: Hmm... more of an arbalest.

@bendynamic2150 5 лет назад

I really hope you have an apprentice as passionate as you in this field because it would be a shame for an art like this not to be passed on and carried on so I might show my kids this one day.

@TheDcraft 5 лет назад

I want to get one (windless included) and a pavise shield to go along with it. It's the perfect shield for a crossbow.

@ivyssauro123 7 лет назад

Roughly two minutes, three shots, that's pretty good, specially for that power.

@leloodallasmultipass 6 лет назад

Lars could do that in 3 seconds while jumping

@steirqwe7956 6 лет назад

And 2 of 3 pigeons would be left unharmed by his toy bow with about-as-much-as-rubber-band draw weight. This is real issue designed to fight armored men, not styrofoam blocks.

@doaimanariroll5121 6 лет назад

i wouldnt say unharmed, im sure he could blind a pigon from 1 meter away

@jibb1451 6 лет назад

Ivo Wilson a skilled crossbowmen could take down just about anything from the time period with that beast. lol. its like the artillery of the time.

@dalethebelldiver7740 6 лет назад

Ivo Wilson he was not moving at a military standard rate either. And I kind of think this weapon had a battery of 40 to 60 weapons with a piece crew of three men. Ammo, cocker, and gunner with a support crew of forward observers and team equivalent to a FIRE DIRECTIONAL staff much like the artillery and mortars which replaced this.

@arechi3208 2 года назад

The reason i looked this up is because I was watching “Vinland Saga” and these guys throw up their shields to block a projectile and it pierced their shields. Then one yells “THEY GOT CROSSBOWS!” which prompted the question, in the early 1000s were crossbows strong enough to pierce shields? The answer? Idk, i’m still unsure.

@johannesdolch 5 лет назад

People look at this and they go "1250lbs? .. no way! Even the best Modern Crossbows even have "only" 400lbs!" Yeah, the thing is: This is mechanically vastly inferior to a modern crossbow. Even just the draw length as a multiplier is inferior and if you include a compound cam system it's really no competition. (Basically its like "1250 x 1 x 1=1250" vs "400 x 2.3 x 3.8=3496")

@willjohnson318 5 лет назад

Could you elaborate on your maths at the end? I'm not big into the workings of bows and crossbows, the shooting is my thing

@maxms6087 5 лет назад

@Hahhah0 This is also why bows can have much lower pundage but still shoot with as much energy

@silverhand9965 5 лет назад

@Hahhah0 much more power and considerably easier to draw back between shots

@mace8873 4 года назад

Thank you for clarifying that a Medieval crossbow isn't as effective as a modern crossbow, I'm sure we are many who really appreciate that. Just to show you my gratitude, allow me to explain that a 1722 Brown Bess musket, ain't got jack shit on a CheyTac M200 Intervention, you're welcome.

@Greentangle 7 лет назад

227 yards ，about 200 metres

@lvd8122 7 лет назад

Green tangle thank you!

@aldor9357 7 лет назад

That bolt wanted 2 fly in metric

@mchernett 7 лет назад

Some conversions and stats added to description

@XtreeM_FaiL 7 лет назад

tod todeschini Draw weight is in yds? That is frustrating for sure. lol

@cs-rj8ru 6 лет назад

I would have guessed it would have flown further than this based on the draw weight..Must be the heavy bolts? I suspect a modern 150-175lb draw crossbow would propel a lighter modern bolt twice as far..?

@ericjohnson6784 4 года назад

Beautiful bow.

@dazeen9591 Год назад

I read that medieval siege crossbows had forces up to 5000lbs... I guess owning one of those would be highly illegal? I would love to see one tested once.

@oklol1188 8 месяцев назад

Roman ballista 😂

@angry_engineer 5 лет назад

that cross bow is a threat as much to the user as well.

@john.p.jenkins4410 4 года назад

Fascinating and so full of technical data! Well done.

@Zamolxes77 6 лет назад

11 Archers disliked this video.

@ricwalker6600 6 лет назад

Because in the minute he needs to shoot 2 of them, they could make ihm to an hedgehog. a decent archer can place 12 arrows in a minute. The only reason crossbows changed warfare was because it does not require the huge amount of training like a warbow to be accurate and deadly on mid and long range.

@jacktanner4948 6 лет назад

They can also shoot twice the distance, granted that's with flight arrows, but some of the guys shooting warbow's are pushing 400 yard's these days

@akioji8551 6 лет назад

You can make easier shots with crossbows

@Kalleosini 6 лет назад

12 shots in a minute sure, but none of them will go through a steel cuirass. that's what a crossbow is for. target practice is all well and good but these tools were made for killing things. and there's a reason they kept using nock and arrow bows for hunting even after crossbows became the standard for war. A stag doesn't wear metal armour.

@akioji8551 6 лет назад

Ebon Hawk Some fuck huge war bows would pierce some armor.

@phatbassanchor 5 лет назад

What a beast! I'm curious what that crossbow would do against armour at short range.

@LeviathanTamer31 5 лет назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XMT6hjwY8NQ.html This one is a bit weaker, but ultimately the answer is if it was Plated Armor on a direct hit. Nothing really, a bit of denting in the armor, but the person wearing it would be just fine.

@ls200076 5 лет назад

@@LeviathanTamer31 that dent still hurts..

@LeviathanTamer31 5 лет назад

@@ls200076 Eh, it'd leave you winded at worst, and not even feeling it in the best case scenario. Because you can't forget, Plate isn't worn against the skin. There's the Chainmail Hauberk and the Gambeson. The latter would be the thing that cushions most blows. So it'd really just vary from suit to suit as well as personal toughness.

@sarojolibois6088 4 года назад

@@ls200076 just as Kylee said, I think the wearer would be just fine. The shooter, on the other hand, would be about to have a bad time.

@emilyrln 5 лет назад

Omg the effort of pulling the bolts out of the boss... whoa. Great video!

@xxxhoodooxxx 5 лет назад

I am impressed, that bow is amazing. Really like the sound, pure power.

@hansvonmannschaft9062 5 лет назад

Has the energy imparted by an average bolt, shot by this crossbow, been stated anywhere within the 2,411 comments? Regardless of the previous note, thank you very much for the video, and congratulations for the amazing bowyer skills you developed, fine gent.

@jonbenton8237 2 года назад

Yes, it has

@mclare9817 5 лет назад

I realise its comparing apples and pears with so many variables but would you give a very rough ballpark figure in terms of foot poundage for that crossbow??? As compared to 150 or so ftlb for a .22 long rifle cartridge. Thank you. Great channel.

@sydneycbr6466 5 лет назад

depends on the efficiency of the bow and string but 1250 lb x 6.5/12 ft = 677 ft.lb. For comparison, 160 lb @ 30 inches longbow = 470 ft.lb

@Ntwadumela1 7 месяцев назад

120 J or 88.5 ft⋅lb ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MMoL_SBD6gw.html&lc=UgyJHcWT-oWsPn46XG14AaABAg.96PNv1MII3D96QeFi3zKAV

@gammon1183 4 года назад

Thing of savage beauty , I am now going to my shed. Thanks Tod 😎🇬🇧

@TheCrusaderRabbits 5 лет назад

12 pounds is heavy? (Looks at cat)

@DennisRash 5 лет назад

12 pounds for a cat is pretty heavy. Depending on the breed of course

@fudgefudge8913 5 лет назад

@@DennisRash It's a Cat-dog.

@drexxler138 5 лет назад

It is heavy when you have to carry it around all day while hiking with an addition 20-60lbs on your back in food and water. Most hunting rifles fully loaded with optics weight less then 12lbs.

@atlasbailly5439 5 лет назад

@@DennisRash i thought 10-12 pounds was the average for a cat

@DennisRash 5 лет назад

I was told by my vet that my average size cat is about a pound heavy (she was 10 pounds). He was more concerned for over feeding though. But of course it depends on the breed. The way he looked at it was feeling her belly and I suppose she was a bit pudgy.

@kingnehmna7810 5 лет назад

00:10 So this particular one is 1,250 pounds...... O__O.... .... In draw weight.

@quakeknight9680 3 года назад

Im addicted to these crossbows.

@cgavin1 6 лет назад

Shorter stroke smaller bolt: just as deadly. Smaller bolt more ammo per log, more sustained fire. Great for sieges where the range is fixed etc.

@jonmakar5646 7 лет назад

This is incredible work Mr. Todeschini! Congratulations on the authentic results! Would a historical longbow, with a draw weight of ~ 150 lbs, shoot at a similar distance? Do you suppose a trained archer could have fired with as much accuracy as the crossbow?

@duchessskye4072 7 лет назад

One thing to keep in mind with bows is - the higher the draw weight the harder to aim. In that regard the Crossbow is superior

@duchessskye4072 6 лет назад

Danny Danko that's only up to a degree. No matter how strong you are, after you exceed a draw weight of 120-130 lbs you'll start have a much harder time drawing the bow, resulting in a technique which doesn't optimize accuracy.

@sgtcrabfat 5 лет назад

Hi Jon, I have a Bickerstaff longbow of only 65lb and can loose arrows to a distance of over 230yards, many at the club can do better, but at that distance, I am happy for a six foot grouping.

@acester8631 5 лет назад

if you are measuring power in foot-pounds crossbow wins. crossbows were designed to go through Knight's armor because arrows couldn't.

@williamjust 5 лет назад

A heavy longbow would probably have 4 to 5 times the draw length but 8 to 10 times less draw weight, so this crossbow should put roughly twice as much energy into the bolt as the longbow would into an arrow. Of course, that's a very rough estimate. Distance would depend on drag - it looks to me as though the distance is about the same. The main advantage of the crossbow is that the greater kinetic energy gives it greater penetration against armour.

@reticuluminfirma9407 Год назад

By the definition of missile, a crossbow is a missile launcher

@ec329 5 лет назад

In hindsight you could have tied a loosened yarn string on the arrow to find it when you shot it? 🤔

@fradee2830 5 лет назад

it would slow it down, too.

@ec329 5 лет назад

First of all, there are yarn strings that roll out for miles, secondly yeah it could slow it down but i was also thinking instead of yarn or heavy textile he could use sewing thread.......

@Mike-gz4xn 5 лет назад

I would think a lighter draw weight x bow or bow with a much longer power stoke would deliver more KE down range.

@euansmith3699 5 лет назад

I like the stylish, back-pocket quiver for the bolts.

@alex20776a 5 лет назад

7:27 THANK ME LATER

@upinarms79 5 лет назад

Great googly moogly, that's a heavy draw. I thought that was a typo or a mistake when I read the title.

@ianwilkinson5069 3 года назад

Excellent craftsmanship.

@Herowebcomics 5 лет назад

1250 pound draw weight?! People made some crazy things back then!

@campbelljoshua724 5 лет назад

I didn't watch anything beside you shooting but how does a modern compound bow set at 70 or 80lbs shoot a 500gr arrow faster than your 1250lb bow can?

@BeIlows 5 лет назад

Alot of wasted energy.

@darenhigginbotham7472 5 лет назад

500gr isn't the same as 90grams.

@michaeldenton8610 5 лет назад

Would it be normal for a soldier who is in a fortress or dug in to have multiple bows every time he turns another one is loaded?

@Heroesflorian 5 лет назад

Depending on the situation, yes, there were "support teams" for the shooter to reload several crossbows to switch between.

@abelfaber4457 5 лет назад

would it have been possible for them to do 3 shots a minute ? when using the whole team of aid en shooter?

@askdrew8929 5 лет назад

I would think so. He said he "wasn't gonna race it" and it was just him without years of experience with that weapon. I would think 3/min would be a good measure. Otherwise, why not just stick w/ the longbow?