[TowerTalk] Broken slingshot repair - alternatives?

Bob Shohet, KQ2M kq2m at kq2m.com
Sat Nov 16 07:49:06 EST 2019


Thank you Bob.  I will definitely look at his channel.

73

Bob , KQ2M


From: Bob Cluster 
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 5:12 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Broken slingshot repair - alternatives?

Try this guys channel for ideas. He makes bands from the pt tubing and from therabands. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/JoergSprave

Bob KC7GTQ 

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> On Nov 15, 2019, at 12:01 PM, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g at windstream.net> wrote:
> 
> I have made and used many slingshots.  I have used Therabands as intended but not for a slingshot.  I have used rubber tubing that I purchased at a local physical therapy business and find it very well suited. It comes in various colors which are indicative of the strength of the elastic tubes. I don't recall the maker.  I suggest you check with some PT operations and see if you can't buy some of the tubing from them.
> 
> Possibilities...
> 
> https://sciencekitstore.com/rubber-tubing-amber-natural-wide-per-foot/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtrnuBRDXARIsABiN-7C9Hgx_rbw6TcgXM-q_JO1EVVel6IadVAcscjmrdoSrCXV3OsVyvl4aAmbcEALw_wcB
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/TheraBand-Resistance-Professional-Exercise-Intermediate/dp/B000AXP2QO/ref=sr_1_4?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtrnuBRDXARIsABiN-7CHvxm90WjRrKMWqD6IonR2KM1uy2O_43E9NIWGTw5tXob5B5T5q5waAmenEALw_wcB&hvadid=267918142778&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9026720&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=11756863615862931079&hvtargid=kwd-301796435509&hydadcr=15185_9871991&keywords=exercise+elastic+tubing&qid=1573847953&sr=8-4
> 
> I use the green for my workout.
> 
> Patrick  NJ5G
> 
>> On 11/15/2019 1:28 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote:
>> The many thoughts and suggestions that I received were quite helpful, but no solution so far.
>> 
>> I have ruled out:
>> 
>> tire inner tube - quality and elasticity of rubber no longer adequate
>> latex surgical tubing - no surgical supply house or medical supply place carries it and what is on Amazon is too thin walled and breaks easily.
>> 
>> I have looked at Therabands – which appears to possibly have both the strength and “snap” for what I need.  However it is only 1/8” od rather than the 1/4” od that I need.
>> 
>> Question:
>> 
>> Have any of you tried tying the bands on a slingshot and then been successful in using it?  Perhaps you can share the tying/cutting techniques on the bands that you have used so that I can use them too.
>> 
>> Question #2:
>> 
>> I am considering the use of a drone to fly over the tree and then using a release mechanism of some sort, drop the 2 oz lead sinker attached to 30 lb fishing test and then pull that through the tree.
>> 
>> If any of you have done this successfully, what drone model with what accessories would you recommend for this purpose?  What wind speeds are tolerable to the drone and in what temperatures can they operate successfully and safely?
>> 
>> Tnx & 73
>> 
>> Bob  KQ2M
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