08-31-2007, 06:21 PM
Quote:Plumbata is ment to be throwen straight up in the air .It stalls then falls back to earth near vertical
I used to play indoor badminton. There's a corner shot just like what you describe, which I think with practice could be learned with the plumbata/sling also. Basically, you send the missile downrange with too steep of an angle to make a good arc, and when it runs out of forward momentum, it stalls, as you say, and drops. With badminton, hopefully just inside the boundary line, with a plumbata, hopefully just past the point that the troops would naturally follow its flight, expecting it to pass safely over. Hmm. Testudo, anyone?
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