07-12-2007, 05:25 PM
Quote:I like your idea about the open sight for longer ranged, higher angled shots, but also think it would help the crew to keep from be coming tunnel visioned, and switch to a more important target more easily.You're in good company, Byron. This was essentially Dietwulf Baatz's explanation of the wide cheiroballistra-type frame.
btw I don't like the idea of high-angle mortar-style shooting for catapults. The missile would suffer badly from air resistance over the course of its long trajectory.
Shooting along a reasonably flat trajectory, at a target around 200m away, the missile is in the air for 2 seconds maximum, and retains much of its initial energy.
But over a longer, arching trajectory, in order to reach targets of 400m+, the missile is airborne for much longer, and, besides losing kinetic energy with every passing second, it will be subject to lateral drift.
And how do you target individuals (who are presumably mobile themselves) with this style of shooting? I don't know about you guys, but I can barely see over 400m (but maybe I just need new glasses
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