Re: question

[Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>]

They were moving fast enough so a 1400lbs object flew 87feet, and
the pig considerably further.

The counter weight was 5000 or so lbs, the throwing arm 65feet long,
plus even more for the netting/sling the stuff was held in.

I believe it got up to 20+G's, but I might be remembering that incorrectly.
I know the guys who built it were thinking of getting into the sling with
a parachute so they could throw themselves, but calculated it out and
found that the acceleration would kill them.

Wright

> Just wondering, were the pigs and the Buick moving at 100 mph or slower?
 
> -Kris
> 
> ----------
> > From: Greg Mowczko <mooch@ns1.cioe.com>
> > To: khelek@ns1.cioe.com; thelaw@expert.cc.purdue.edu
> > Cc: gmlist@cioe.com
> > Subject: Re: question
> > Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 9:23 AM
> > 
> > I'm sure the PETA and Animal rights people were glad to hear about this
> > pig throwing :)
> > 
> > > From khelek Thu Sep 24 09:06:01 1998
> > > From: Wright Frazier <khelek>
> > > Subject: Re: question
> > > To: thelaw@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Orion Furmanski)
> > > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:05:39 -0500 (EST)
> > > Cc: gmlist@cioe.com
> > >
> > > > 	No way. The carcasses would fly just fine; it's the initial
> > > > acceleration (0-100 mph in 1 second or less) that would tear the
> shit out
> > > > of them.
> > > > 
> > > > Orion
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > >
> > > In the Trebuchet that the guy in england, and later others built,
> they
> > > fired pigs out of'em, and the pigs did die during launch..too much
> > > acceleration, but didn't come apart(they were in slings).
> > >
> > > Wright
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 						Greg
>