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

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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, the bowstring is pulled back 20 feet (6m) with a strength of 3.5 tons. A hydraulic system raises the machine to best firing angle, and the ammo is More»

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  • wtf

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

    By ntegrty71 1192211988 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Did you watch to the end?

      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.

      By rjnerd 1192213471 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Whoops

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

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