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Zed's Technical Writings

Zed's Technical Writings

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Entries in December 2011
08 Dec	Terminal Ballistics - A model to predict penetration depth	4 Comments
08 Dec	Comparing slingshot kinetic energy to common ball sports	5 Comments
03 Dec	External Ballistics: Elevation/ Declination	11 Comments
02 Dec	Optics	0 Comments
Entries in November 2011
24 Nov	Analysis of Shooting Form	11 Comments
19 Nov	Tapered Flatbands - Mechanism and Effect	15 Comments
14 Nov	Effect of temperature on rubber	7 Comments
07 Nov	Rubber is a maddeningly fascinating thing	9 Comments
Entries in October 2011
30 Oct	Stabilising non-round projectiles	1 Comments
29 Oct	What's the optimal velocity?	6 Comments
28 Oct	The flip action	0 Comments
23 Oct	User behavior polls	20 Comments
11 Oct	Slingshot Knuckling	3 Comments
Entries in August 2011
15 Aug	What defines good rubber sheet?	4 Comments
Entries in January 2011
23 Jan	Slingshot Guns - summary, ideas and prior art	4 Comments
21 Jan	Attaching tubes and solids to the fork	3 Comments
17 Jan	Cutting out a board cut frame	7 Comments
12 Jan	Thoughts on Band Chains	18 Comments
05 Jan	How to adjust band dimensions for different sizes of ball	7 Comments
04 Jan	How to adjust band dimensions for different colours of Thera-Band	6 Comments
Entries in December 2010
16 Dec	Transitional Ballistics of Slingshots	5 Comments
14 Dec	Relationship of Draw Length to Velocity	7 Comments
14 Dec	Type-Z Pouch Attachment	2 Comments
13 Dec	External Ballistics of Slingshots	5 Comments
10 Dec	Terminal Ballistics of Slingshots	12 Comments
08 Dec	Aesthetics from deep time	3 Comments
08 Dec	Slingshot Types	4 Comments
07 Dec	Power; modelling slingshot band velocity and energy (Melchior Menzel's Paper; 2006)	3 Comments
Entries in November 2010
28 Nov	Discourse on Bandset Design	11 Comments
03 Nov	Optimal Projectile Size	13 Comments
Entries in October 2010
29 Oct	Calculation Resources	4 Comments
27 Oct	My Slingshot Topics (Reference Links)	0 Comments
26 Oct	How to Tie Fastbands (Video, Images and Text Instructions)	7 Comments
Entries in September 2010
17 Sep	Designing a slingshot frame	4 Comments
16 Sep	Pouch designs	8 Comments
09 Sep	Leather test results	3 Comments
Entries in August 2010
29 Aug	Mass - Velocity and Kinetic Energy Curves	12 Comments
24 Aug	Can bands be too thin?	11 Comments
21 Aug	Bandsets - Balancing performance with longevity	4 Comments
08 Aug	How does draw strength affect accuracy?	5 Comments
Entries in July 2010
31 Jul	Band cutting	5 Comments
11 Jul	Youtube Channel - High Speed Video	2 Comments
07 Jul	Moralities of copying	7 Comments
Entries in June 2010
05 Jun	Chinese-style shooting	4 Comments
Entries in May 2010
31 May	Compromise and balance	2 Comments
28 May	How hard can one pull at different lengths of draw?	3 Comments
27 May	Hysteresis is Sapping Your Energy	2 Comments
27 May	Band Failure - Modes of Failure and Prevention	5 Comments
25 May	Why are tapered bands faster? And what useful information have I learned in the process of discovering the answer?	12 Comments
23 May	My new blog	1 Comments