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F.R. Ashley
My brother in law has a Phantom 3 drone and is a master at flying
it. I had him fly a line over a tree too! He also "measured" the
heights of some of my trees my hovering the drone just slightly
above the tree.
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I had previously bought a cheap compound bow and taped a 1/2 oz weight to one of the arrows and can hit limbs up to around 75 feet. To get higher I'd need a stronger bow. I just lost my OCF dipole in storm so will get in more archery practice, hi 73 Buddy WB4M
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Mike: Thought I save a set of plans for building an air-powered antenna launcher that used a tennis ball (far less destructive that a sinker), but as usual can't find it. Thought about building one and remember a friend bought one at Dayton a few years ago for $59 and said it was better than slingshot, fishing pole and spud gun. It might be somewhere on the net. Jerry n9avy
From: "mwbesemer@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [070] Re: That Windom [ I'm a master at 'hitting' limbs with a slingshot and a couple of sinkers. I'm much less talented at getting the sinkers to go OVER the branch. It's amazing how fast those sinkers will come back at you - DIRECTLY back at you - after hitting a limb. Mike WM4B On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:09 AM, 'F.R. Ashley' gdadx2@... [070] wrote: I had previously bought a cheap compound bow and taped a 1/2 oz weight to one of the arrows and can hit limbs up to around 75 feet. 73 Buddy WB4M
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Invest in some PVC and you can pick a reel up at a yard sale. The air launchers really do work. I have short trees, but 100" is realistic.
Randy W4RTT
From: 070@... <070@...> on behalf of mwbesemer@... [070] <070@...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:16 PM To: 070@... Subject: Re: [070] Re: That Windom [ I'm a master at 'hitting' limbs with a slingshot and a couple of sinkers. I'm much less talented at getting the sinkers to go OVER the branch.
It's amazing how fast those sinkers will come back at you - DIRECTLY back at you - after hitting a limb.
Mike
WM4B
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:09 AM, 'F.R. Ashley' gdadx2@... [070] wrote:
I had previously bought a cheap compound bow and taped a 1/2 oz weight to one of the arrows and can hit limbs up to around 75 feet.
73 Buddy WB4M
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My skill is to wrap the line around the branch five times. I have several sets of weights hanging in the oaks in my back yard ;-) Bill AG4QX 0398
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:16 PM, mwbesemer@... [070] <070@...> wrote:
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F.R. Ashley
I still have 2 aluminum shaft arrows in one tree, they've been up there 10 years or more. Birds just love their fancy perches, lol. 73 Buddy WB4M
On 7/25/2017 2:33 PM, Bill Williams
ag4qx@... [070] wrote:
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This isn't mine, but very close.One hint; make the barrel out of 1 1/4. This way you can make projectiles out of short lengths of 1" PVC with end caps. They make a nice fit in the 1 1/4. Put some pennies in the projectile to give it some weight, about an
ounce, and put an eye bolt in one end. 40lbs of pressure will put it over a 40' tree. Use some cheap bulk 20lb test line. Some say 2lb is OK, but you WILL break lighter line.
Randy W4RTT
From: 070@... <070@...> on behalf of Jerry n9avy@... [070] <070@...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 2:01 PM To: 070@... Subject: Re: [070] Re: That Windom [ Mike:
Thought I save a set of plans for building an air-powered antenna launcher that used a tennis ball (far less destructive that a sinker), but as usual
can't find it. Thought about building one and remember a friend bought one at Dayton a few years ago for $59 and said it was better than slingshot, fishing pole and spud gun. It might be somewhere on the net.
Jerry n9avy
From: "mwbesemer@... [070]" <070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [070] Re: That Windom [ I'm a master at 'hitting' limbs with a slingshot and a couple of sinkers. I'm much less talented at getting the sinkers to go OVER the branch.
It's amazing how fast those sinkers will come back at you - DIRECTLY back at you - after hitting a limb.
Mike
WM4B
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:09 AM, 'F.R. Ashley' gdadx2@... [070] wrote:
I had previously bought a cheap compound bow and taped a 1/2 oz weight to one of the arrows and can hit limbs up to around 75 feet.
73 Buddy WB4M
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Mike Besemer <mwbesemer@...>
I live in an area filled with pine and oak. During the summer, nothing short of a cannonball will get through.
I build and air launcher and it works fine in the fall. In the summertime it’s pretty much useless.
A drone won’t be any better (or at least not much) but I want one anyway!
Mike WM4B
From: 070@... [mailto:070@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 2:19 PM To: 070@... Subject: Re: [070] Re: That Windom [
Invest in some PVC and you can pick a reel up at a yard sale. The air launchers really do work. I have short trees, but 100" is realistic.
Randy W4RTT
From: 070@... <070@...> on behalf of mwbesemer@... [070] <070@...>
I'm a master at 'hitting' limbs with a slingshot and a couple of sinkers. I'm much less talented at getting the sinkers to go OVER the branch.
It's amazing how fast those sinkers will come back at you - DIRECTLY back at you - after hitting a limb.
Mike WM4B
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:09 AM, 'F.R. Ashley' gdadx2@... [070] wrote:
I had previously bought a cheap compound bow and taped a 1/2 oz weight to one of the arrows and can hit limbs up to around 75 feet.
73 Buddy WB4M
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Mike Besemer <mwbesemer@...>
Been there – done that. I also hit my son with a slingshot launch – and he was standing directly behind me.
Mike WM4B
From: 070@... [mailto:070@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 2:34 PM To: 070 Subject: Re: [070] Re: That Windom [
My skill is to wrap the line around the branch five times. I have several sets of weights hanging in the oaks in my back yard ;-) Bill AG4QX
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:16 PM, mwbesemer@... [070] <070@...> wrote:
I'm a master at 'hitting' limbs with a slingshot and a couple of sinkers. I'm much less talented at getting the sinkers to go OVER the branch.
It's amazing how fast those sinkers will come back at you - DIRECTLY back at you - after hitting a limb.
Mike WM4B
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:09 AM, 'F.R. Ashley' gdadx2@... [070] wrote:
I had previously bought a cheap compound bow and taped a 1/2 oz weight to one of the arrows and can hit limbs up to around 75 feet.
73 Buddy WB4M
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