My ballistic pendulum diy.

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My ballistic pendulum diy.
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Last edited by jrrdw on Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:56 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:41 pm

Watch video, try again.

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Sat Sep 23, 2017 3:40 pm

What did I just watch, is big brother spying on us all :shock:
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Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:07 pm

In order to gather meaningful data, the pendulum needs to swing in a single plane like this one:

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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Sun Sep 24, 2017 2:56 pm

Now I get it, X energy to deflect X mass X distance
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Sun Sep 24, 2017 3:24 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:In order to gather meaningful data, the pendulum needs to swing in a single plane like this one:
To be fair, a pendulum that is free to rotate (as that shown in the OP) does provide meaningful data: it provides a minimum value.
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Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:29 pm

To be fair, using a ballistic pendulum just steps you back a couple hundred years in technology.
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