ANST - thoughts on engines ...

[Keith Hood]

>On 10 Nov 98, at 13:53, Michael F. Gunter wrote:
>
>> Oh yes! And more ballistas! Remember our army getting pincushioned by 
all
>> the cursed ballistas last year?
>> 
>> We need more ballistas! And pavases! We need pavases for our archers.
>> Ballistas and pavases and siege ramps!
>> Improved War Armadillos! Definately better armadillos.
>
>yo! prince! ... (g)  
>
>suggestion, if ya' want more ballistas, ammunition, pavases, and siege 
>ramps for the war ... host a design party with the current enginer 
>"specialists" and then develop some standardized plans and make them 
>available to the interested carpenter types out there .. 
>



Plans for ballistae are already available on the Net.  OK, not actual 
plans in some cases, but at least enough information that someone can 
build a weapon.  Go to this URL

       www.angelfire.com/tx/adod

and check the links in the "Artillery" section.  There are 3 articles 
there that show ways of making ballistae.  Also some information about 
making GT bolts.

For anyone who is thinking about building ramps and other entry devices, 
the plans of the Gulf War fort are now available.  Go to the URL written 
above, and check under the "Maps" section.



I have been talking to people in the Bryn Gwlad area for some time about 
throwing some money in the pot to rent a truck or trailer for hauling 
the siege train to and from the war.  I really want to do that because I 
know we're going to need heavy transport to carry the weapons and a 
decent basic load.



Now for the parts that I know I'm going to regret later... :-)

I've said in the past and I'll say it again - I want to see an artillery 
regiment at the war.  I want this kingdom to form such a unit and 
actually put coordinated plans for its use into effect.  To that end, I 
am willing to do the work needed to bring the people and devices 
together.

If nobody else steps forward (and I sure hope somebody does because this 
could easily get too much for one man), I'm willing to coordinate 
transport for the siege devices.  I'd need information from people who 
are planning on taking siege engines (ramps and everything, not just 
weapons) about their space requirements.  In order to know how many and 
what sizes of transports, I need figures on weight and volume of the 
devices being transported.

Communications - if anyone on this list knows a siege engineer who has 
or is working on devices for the war, and that engineer does not have 
Net access, please work with him to pass messages to and from the rest 
of the Net.  For those who have Net access, I put together a bulletin 
board so people can post ideas about how to do things at the war.  
Anyone can post messages there, and that gives us a way to pass 
information without overloading this mail list.  To reach that bulletin 
board, go to this URL:

      http://pluto.beseen.com/boardroom/b/21197




If the following paragraphs violate any rules, I apologize in advance.

I am going to build at least a couple more ballistae before the war.  
And since I've always wanted to be an arms dealer<G>, I'm going to make 
this kingdom an offer:  I've been working on a surgical tubing ballista 
design and it works pretty well.  The design has been proven in testing 
and field use - 90 yards using golf tube bolts in calm air.  It can be 
seen at the first URL shown above, under the heading "Bungeelista."

If there is anyone in Ansteorra, group or individual, who wants to have 
a ballista but for some reason can't make it themselves, talk to me.  
I'll build these things for anyone - price is twice the cost of 
materials.  That should work out to approximately $120 apiece.  I don't 
have exact figures on hand right now, but I am going back to the 
hardware store and will make up a bill of materials, so by tomorrow I 
can have exact numbers available.  If anyone wants variations in the 
design, I can work those out and adjust the pricing accordingly.




Build siege weapons.  Make arrows.  Death or at least grievous bodily 
harm to Trimaris.


      Tomonaga


-- 
A long bow and a strong bow,
And let the sky grow dark.
The nock to the cord, the shaft to the ear,
And a foreign king for a mark!

        -- Stolen from "The Song of the Bosonian Archers" --
               By Robert E. Howard, who should be
                 the patron saint of Ansteorra


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