Re: OT: Repeatably lobbing "projectiles"

Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

[...]

But, isn't that just RL's "sling" with an "autoloader" built in?
I.e., can't I just have a "throwing arm" fed by a hopper with
a collection of projectiles?  (likely balls of some sort)

Yes, it was just an alternative that might have had some of the
characteristics you need.

Another possibility is a variant on a pea-shooter that has a steady jet
of compressed air entering a long tubular barrel through a port in the
side.  A continuous line of 'peas' is slowly pushed up the barrel and as
each one passes the port, it is accelerated by the air stream.  You only
need to control* the air steam continuously, there is no need to
micro-mange each pulse.

[* The source pressure (voltage) and restrictor valve setting (source
impedance).  One will control the acceleration rate and the other will
restrict the ultimate velocity; they will interact if the barrel is too
short.]

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