[Archers] rounds for the Atlatl

[John Atkins]

Just a point of difference between atlatl and archery.  In archery the
energy of the bow limbs gets transferred to the arrow causing it to fly down
range at a high rate of speed.  In atlatl it is a spring mechanism.  That
is, the throwing stick, the atlatl, causes the dart to flex, storing the
transferred energy.  The dart then literally springs off the atlatl and
flies down range.  Therefor good atlatl darts need a degree of springiness
to be effective.  To test out this theory in a crude way, try throwing short
darts, say 4 feet long, and see what kind of results you get versus your
"normal" 6 - 7 foot darts.

In this case archery and atlatl are living examples of my favorite saying
"It's exactly the same, just different"!

Now the question really is, who had any clue that such primitive weapons
such as bow and arrow or atlatl and dart were so complex?  ANSWER:  Physics
PHDs with nothing better to study!

cog

-----Original Message-----
From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Janyn
Fletcher
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 5:12 PM
To: 'Siegfried'; archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] rounds for the Atlatl

A man after my own heart! Go get em Master S! :)


-----Original Message-----
From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Siegfried
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 10:08 PM
To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] rounds for the Atlatl

I officially scored one a few weeks ago.  Though it was a *0* ...

I've promptly gone and designed my own AtlAtl thrower, and been spine
testing darts to make a matched set of 6 that fly well yet are easy to
construct with commonly found materials.

Gauntlet ... Accepted ...

Siegfried


On 9/24/13 5:40 PM, enequy wrote:
> Ok - the Challenge is out there
> 
> I am the first one on the AtlAtl score page. Ha Ha beat the rest of ya.
> 
> It is not much yet. Only about three fourths of the way up on the 
> first ranking.
> 
> But now is the time for the rest of you to show me up on what you can do.
> Beat my score, if you can. And good for ya if ya do.
> 
> Enequy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janyn Fletcher [mailto:janynfletcher at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 5:45 PM
> To: 'enequy'; archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: RE: [Archers] rounds for the Atlatl
> 
> 
> Glad someone is listening to us huh? :)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of enequy
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 8:40 PM
> To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [Archers] rounds for the Atlatl
> 
> I just got a few of the 120 cm faces in the mail and lo and behold all 
> the rings are marked just as said below. you do not have to guess.
> glory be. It is like we planned it that way with the companies that 
> make the target faces
> 
> 
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