Author Topic: Would you like your balloon popped? (Read 11332 times)

RocklockI · « **Reply #60 on:** February 09, 2010, 03:05:25 PM »

Tracy is now the owner of the dreamship

......He expressed interest . Besides going on the tea route and shuttling dignitaries it really costs alot to maintain and just dosn't pay anymore .

Besides you catch a hook when you think it's sand and you're really trying to land in a mangrove swamp somewhere warm . In a stiff breeze

... Your dream and ship will end boltright up in bed at 3:30 am .... wondering what in the world over !

but dont let me spoil the fun .....'just dont try to set the track record on the first lap .'

Gary

and it leaks from some old .577 holes that never took a patch properly .....

eta it's hydrogen .....we swing underneith with a forge to fix things and a smoking lounge ..... any leaky gas goes up ....and away ...

lance · « **Reply #61 on:** February 09, 2010, 03:29:30 PM »

Quote from: RocklockI on February 09, 2010, 03:05:25 PM

Tracy is now the owner of the dreamship ......He expressed interest . Besides going on the tea route and shuttling dignitaries it really costs alot to maintain and just dosn't pay anymore .

Besides you catch a hook when you think it's sand and you're really trying to land in a mangrove swamp somewhere warm . In a stiff breeze ... Your dream and ship will end boltright up in bed at 3:30 am .... wondering what in the world over !

but dont let me spoil the fun .....'just dont try to set the track record on the first lap .'

Gary

and it leaks from some old .577 holes that never took a patch properly .....

eta it's hydrogen .....we swing underneith with a forge to fix things and a smoking lounge ..... any leaky gas goes up ....and away ...

Did Tracy happen to mention using this dreamship to fly over here? He might want to somehow let us know it's him.....

lance · « **Reply #62 on:** February 09, 2010, 03:33:43 PM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 09, 2010, 02:57:38 PM

Quote from: lance on February 09, 2010, 02:54:09 PM
Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 09, 2010, 02:50:30 PM
Are we going to go with helium or hot air?
Your choice- you build the Balloon, i'd like to build the Ballonabwehrkanone.

OK. Will have to build several - there's likely to be some competition.
Won't make any promises yet on size - but we can adjust the range.

Sounds like a plan, if you only knew, the ideas i'm thinking up

KABAR2 · « **Reply #63 on:** February 10, 2010, 04:13:35 AM »

Helium is no fun you sould be using hydogen much more flashsy

think Hindenburg......... "OH the humanity".......

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #64 on:** February 10, 2010, 06:56:29 AM »

Mike and I are seriously considering piloting the Dreamship to the Virginia Cannon Shoot, but we will take a hint from a former President of the United States who is still with us, yea the white haired guy, Rush Limbaugh does an almost perfect voice impression of him, yea the guy who had problems due to a stain on a blue dress.....right, that one. Never ever thought we'd take a tip from him, but there is safety at 15,000 feet over Bosnia and we'd be quite safe at that altitude over Virginia too.

M&T

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #65 on:** February 10, 2010, 12:22:13 PM »

M&T -

We would be most honored to have you present at the NRV shoot! When the official announcement is made, will be establishing the rules of the game and such. It's easy with only a few folks shooting, but at some point I feel, for safety reasons, we should have a few formal rules and a range and/or safety officer. (The owner of the land, our host, drives for DOT. Obviously extremely busy this time of year; so the dates are not locked in yet.) Safe practices should be practiced here, for obvious reasons.

lance · « **Reply #66 on:** February 10, 2010, 02:06:01 PM »

Just to show how things look around here at the moment, here's a pic for those that can see it:

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #67 on:** February 10, 2010, 08:48:56 PM »

That's pretty good white camoflage. It almost covers the cannons.

RocklockI · « **Reply #68 on:** February 11, 2010, 02:19:15 PM »

Tim ,and for anyone else that needs to shoot an airship ......Here you go ! I can see one of these things beating against tthe wind when it get a surprise slew of cannon balls !

spare bags are cheap too .

http://rcvehicles.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=rcvehicles&cdn=hobbies&tm=24&gps=91_928_1003_588&f=11&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.myairship.com/rcblimp/rc_parts.html

OK if you scrool down to West Coast Blimps you will find some inexpensive blimps ,sorry it didnt copy the west coast page for some reason ?

Gary

GGaskill · « **Reply #69 on:** February 11, 2010, 03:05:41 PM »

The West Coast Blimps page doesn't load by itself.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #70 on:** February 11, 2010, 03:07:05 PM »

Hmmm. The blimps were not cheap, but the material certainly was!!!

Interesting that one can find most anything via the internet.

THe RC controls were interesting as well.

lance · « **Reply #71 on:** February 11, 2010, 03:14:34 PM »

Quote from: Ex 49'er on February 10, 2010, 08:48:56 PM

That's pretty good white camoflage. It almost covers the cannons.

I'll get some better pics when that camoflage is gone

lance · « **Reply #72 on:** February 11, 2010, 03:24:20 PM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 11, 2010, 03:07:05 PM

Hmmm. The blimps were not cheap, but the material certainly was!!!

Interesting that one can find most anything via the internet.

THe RC controls were interesting as well.

Remember the deal: you build the balloon, i'm building the Ballonabwehrkanone.

Oh, i'll be needing the use of your milling machine sometime before the shoot. I have an idea,and it will be COOL.......

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #73 on:** February 11, 2010, 03:27:33 PM »

The mill is available - suggest a warmer day than today though.

lance · « **Reply #74 on:** February 12, 2010, 03:02:41 PM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 11, 2010, 03:27:33 PM

The mill is available - suggest a warmer day than today though.

Thanks for the use of the mill,should be plenty of warm days before the shoot.
Will you also be building a Ballonabwehrkanone? or would you like to copy one of my many ideas?

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #75 on:** February 12, 2010, 04:34:53 PM »

Quote from: lance on February 12, 2010, 03:02:41 PM

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 11, 2010, 03:27:33 PM
The mill is available - suggest a warmer day than today though.
Thanks for the use of the mill,should be plenty of warm days before the shoot.
Will you also be building a Ballonabwehrkanone? or would you like to copy one of my many ideas?

I will be building something, likely several somethings. Golf-ball caliber is one. 10-12-20ga muzzle loading swivel gun will be another.

lance · « **Reply #76 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:49:02 PM »

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I will be building something, likely several somethings. Golf-ball caliber is one. 10-12-20ga muzzle loading swivel gun will be another.

Several somethings sounds very interesting indeed, as for me, i'll be building a Ballonabwehrkanone, golf ball bore,complete with stock and anti-balloon sights...........I know i don't write as much as i used to, but, look at it this way,Edgar Allan Poe had pen and paper, i have the internet.....

1Southpaw · « **Reply #77 on:** February 13, 2010, 06:32:08 PM »

I'm Thinking a bucket of Golf balls out of my Bowling ball mortar will pop a ballon ,Sort of like Grape Shot.
Have to scrounge the oil field for an appropriate pipe size to build container.

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #78 on:** February 13, 2010, 08:13:43 PM »

Calling the esteemed and honest and forthright East Coast Moderator. Hello Cat Whisperer, Tim, are you out there? You have a golden opportunity here, Tim, to save 1Southpaw, Ernie, some serious trouble and possible injury. As soon as I saw his posting just prior to this one and realized what he was thinking about trying, I thought about you. Didn't a person who you know very, very well, in fact, better than anybody I can think of, have an identical idea which he then tried out with some friends about two years ago just after the 4th of July? If I remember the story correctly, didn't this person you know so very well have unexpected problems with the projection of multiple GBs skyward, pertaining to the descending branch of their trajectory, in that they landed all around the mortar battery, itself? I seem to recall a theory that you espoused about a 'Dynamic among the Balls' which might possibly have caused this unusual anomaly to occur. I will defer to your more perfect memory of that story and the warnings associated with it.

Thanks Tim for your help on this one, Ernie is a real nice guy and we wouldn't want to see him get hurt trying out a new idea.

Mike and Tracy

Victor3 · « **Reply #79 on:** February 13, 2010, 08:20:12 PM »

An easy one to make would be a golf ball handgonne.

When I was a boy, my Dad would bring along a couple of cheap paper kites when we went camping and we'd shoot rocks at them with slingshots. When we got bored with that, we'd reel them in close and destroy them with a 12 ga.

Another fun target was wind-up rubber band airplanes. We'd shoot them with .22 shot shells.

Double D · « **Reply #80 on:** February 14, 2010, 02:10:50 AM »

Quote from: seacoastartillery on February 13, 2010, 08:13:43 PM

Calling the esteemed and honest and forthright East Coast Moderator. Hello Cat Whisperer, Tim, are you out there? You have a golden opportunity here, Tim, to save 1Southpaw, Ernie, some serious trouble and possible injury. As soon as I saw his posting just prior to this one and realized what he was thinking about trying, I thought about you. Didn't a person who you know very, very well, in fact, better than anybody I can think of, have an identical idea which he then tried out with some friends about two years ago just after the 4th of July? If I remember the story correctly, didn't this person you know so very well have unexpected problems with the projection of multiple GBs skyward, pertaining to the descending branch of their trajectory, in that they landed all around the mortar battery, itself? I seem to recall a theory that you espoused about a 'Dynamic among the Balls' which might possibly have caused this unusual anomaly to occur. I will defer to your more perfect memory of that story and the warnings associated with it.

Thanks Tim for your help on this one, Ernie is a real nice guy and we wouldn't want to see him get hurt trying out a new idea.

Mike and Tracy

Ah thank you for the warning, I will know to move far far away when I see him starting to load thse things....he takes warnings as challenges. We will be having a Ring in the Spring Shoot next month and I need to be ready!!

carronader · « **Reply #81 on:** February 14, 2010, 03:31:03 AM »

Why don't you guys just team up...........an ack ack battery..........all a bit over the top to take out a poor inoffensive balloon..............now this guy had true common sense..........he was just protecting his potatoes..
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Russian farmer planted landmines to ward off thieves
A Russian farmer has been convicted of planting landmines around his field to ward off trespassers.

Alexander Skopintsev, from the eastern region of Primorye near China's border, laid the three devices on his land after building them in his garage.

The 73-year-old had apparently been concerned about the frequent theft of potatoes from his farm.

He was arrested after an intruder set off one of the tripwire-style mines in August and was injured in the blast.

Skopintsev was convicted for the unlawful construction and storage of weapons and received a two-and-a-half year suspended sentence.

"Skopintsev testified that he had prepared the explosive devices to protect his garden against thieves," regional prosecutors said.
posted by arbroath at 9:02 AM

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Double D · « **Reply #82 on:** February 14, 2010, 03:47:02 AM »

Quote from: Double D on February 14, 2010, 02:10:50 AM

Quote from: seacoastartillery on February 13, 2010, 08:13:43 PM
Calling the esteemed and honest and forthright East Coast Moderator. Hello Cat Whisperer, Tim, are you out there? You have a golden opportunity here, Tim, to save 1Southpaw, Ernie, some serious trouble and possible injury. As soon as I saw his posting just prior to this one and realized what he was thinking about trying, I thought about you. Didn't a person who you know very, very well, in fact, better than anybody I can think of, have an identical idea which he then tried out with some friends about two years ago just after the 4th of July? If I remember the story correctly, didn't this person you know so very well have unexpected problems with the projection of multiple GBs skyward, pertaining to the descending branch of their trajectory, in that they landed all around the mortar battery, itself? I seem to recall a theory that you espoused about a 'Dynamic among the Balls' which might possibly have caused this unusual anomaly to occur. I will defer to your more perfect memory of that story and the warnings associated with it.

Thanks Tim for your help on this one, Ernie is a real nice guy and we wouldn't want to see him get hurt trying out a new idea.

Mike and Tracy

Ah thank you for the warning, I will know to move far far away when I see him starting to load thse things....he takes warnings as challenges. We will be having a Ring in the Spring Shoot next month and I need to be ready!!

Carronader-tom just gave me a scary thought. The esteemed Mr/ Southpaw order 100 of those steel golf balls we are getting from Fox. I may call in sick to the Ring in the Spring Shoot!!

Terry C. · « **Reply #83 on:** February 14, 2010, 04:46:27 AM »

Maybe we need to add the disclaimer I created after all the improvised projectile postulating during The Great Mortar BINGO Challenge of '07...

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No baskets of stones or metal shards.
No preheated shot, boiling oil or tar, or molten metals.
No Greek Fire or any other chemical incendiary.
No dead, diseased animal carcasses or parts thereof.
No bees, wasps, scorpions, or other stinging insects.
No fecal matter (sorry Tim & Lance).

RocklockI · « **Reply #84 on:** February 14, 2010, 05:26:56 AM »

There are inexpensive RC airplanes as well . They are electric ready to fly . replacment wings and tails are cheap too .......That sounds like a good idea ! I'm a decent RC airplane pilot ,helicopters ...not so much

of course its over if you score a direct hit on the motor or RC unit .

I'd choose this one it is easy to fly and almost looks like a pre-98 airplane too !

http://www.parkzone.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=PKZ1300

Gary

carronader · « **Reply #85 on:** February 14, 2010, 06:39:47 AM »

you know this is about cannons Gary..........not Russian Sniper rifles (snake) hard enough to hit a baloon never mind a turbo charged mosquito.

RocklockI · « **Reply #86 on:** February 14, 2010, 07:16:06 AM »

Tom ,if you book your reservations I will buy some party ballons and helium secured to big rocks so they can't move ...too much . That would be fun too for the little guns .

Gary

Are you saying you know of a Russian sniper cannon ? the good news is I 'bet'

its a pre 98 design too .

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #87 on:** February 14, 2010, 09:47:25 AM »

Quote from: 1Southpaw on February 13, 2010, 06:32:08 PM

I'm Thinking a bucket of Golf balls out of my Bowling ball mortar will pop a ballon ,Sort of like Grape Shot.
Have to scrounge the oil field for an appropriate pipe size to build container.

By popular demand, let me say that PROPERLY constructed multiple component rounds (as grapeshot or canister) will be considered ok IF they have been proven from prior experience. Simply scooping all the projectiles into the bore MIGHT be ok IF shooting at LOW angle (like 10-15 degree elevation) certainly not high-angle (45 degrees or more).

I'll take golf-ball rain any day over the snow we now have.

lance · « **Reply #88 on:** February 14, 2010, 02:34:41 PM »

, Thank You, to all of you.
Looks like some rules need to be made. I only have two that i would like your thoughts on. For the models of the 1870 Krupp 3.7cm Ballonabwehrkanone, i'm still thinking: one golf ball per shot. Rule #2, Just because this is a pre 1898 shoot....There shall be no carrier pigeons, or trained Prussian hawks, to catch said carrier pigeons.

KABAR2 · « **Reply #89 on:** February 14, 2010, 03:26:35 PM »

You must read the following in a bad German accent......

Zzo you Vish to be Balloonen Poppen? Vich Movie I'zd I in?

Und vich movie are these intrepid balloonFlugles in? und who is't they?