Hello,<br>I wonder if anyone tryed to shoot with balloons as rubber.<br>I think it might be more powerfull than office rubber or inner tubes.<br>Maybe so good as TB...?<br>I will try, if i found some balloons long enough.
Hey p,<br>I talking over those balloons they use to make all sorts of shapes, animals, hats,...<br>I think it' s pretty strong material.
<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"> <tr><td><span class="genmed"><b>skaunejohan wrote:</b></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="quote">use comdoms instead <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" longdesc="9"> </td></tr> </table> <span class="postbody"><br>I saw a vid from Joërg making a slingshot with condoms and it was powerfull enough.<br>It was funny too.</span>
Thanks for the info.<br>Better use condoms for a slingshot and balloons for... no,forget it. <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" longdesc="2">
209 fps <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_cheers.png" alt="cheers" longdesc="28"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im-har4Kx_8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im-har4Kx_8</a><br><br>condom powered slingshot
<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"> <tr><td><span class="genmed"><b>skaunejohan wrote:</b></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="quote">209 fps <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_cheers.png" alt="cheers" longdesc="28"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im-har4Kx_8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im-har4Kx_8</a><br><br>condom powered slingshot</td></tr> </table> <span class="postbody"><br>Balloons suck...condom rules <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_eek.gif" alt="Shocked" longdesc="5"></span>
I haven't tried sculpting(animal twisting etc) balloons for actual bands yet, but they certainly work great for tying bands or tubes to a fork. I work with kids and do some simple balloon twisting. After awhile, unused balloons get stale and break easily when twisting. But they work great for attaching bands, especially for someone like me with arthritic fingers. The extra length makes tying easy. Plungerman.
In my experience there is a big difference in balloons. Cheap water balloon's are the worst and pretty near useless. On the other hand I have some heavy duty large balloons from the dollar store as dog toy's and I think they would work fine for light ammo.
TNSSG tried that during his time in Israel when he was short on "real" rubber. Check this out, it was back those days: Version 1: https://www.theslingshotforum.com/f5/mcguyver-slingshot-35779/ Version 2: https://www.theslingshotforum.com/f4/new-favorite-bandset-psuedo-tapered-balloons-36046/
