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Old 20-09-2020, 08:17 AM
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Rainmaker (Matt)
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Originally Posted by The Mekon View Post
Range with a 2 litre milk bottle was around 50 - 60m. But for the best range the bottle was releasing at a greater height than 2m - more like 4m - like a howitser, the best range is with the release at 45 degrees.

Being about 1/4 scale , this would indicate a full scale machine would throw a 120kg missile around 240m - about right according to historical records.
I wonder what your neighbours are thinking about this ......
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