Mista Balista - A Modern, Steel And Compoisite, Full Sized, Anc

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  • Added: 11-Oct-07
Mista Ballista is a modern adaptation of a 4,500 year old Greek war machine. Resembling a giant crossbow, the arms of the bow are 30 feet (10 m) tip to tip. With a winch... More» Nominate for ?
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  • ntegrty71 wtf by ntegrty71, 1192211988 Report sent Spam Reply Thumbs Up Thumbs Down

    you're not even going to fire it? You should warn people before they sit through that lengthy time lapse nonsense.

    • rjnerd Did you watch to the end? by rjnerd, 1192213471 Report sent Spam Reply Thumbs Up Thumbs Down

      The shot wasn't from the same session, but I did include some video of us taking a shot. We fired a stone about the size of a child's head. We even set up, and took out the wooden pallet target.

      The actual shot is 3:20 into the sequence. We even have Hunter Thomson (Survivor, several History Channel series) pulling the lanyard.

    • Fred239 Whoops by Fred239, 1192302582 Report sent Spam Reply Thumbs Up Thumbs Down

      Make that Hunter Ellis pulling the lanyard. The machine was getting filmed for his old series "Man Moment Machine"

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