[Regia-NA] Fwd: [trimaris] Incredible Battle of Hastings website

[Jeffrey Fulton]

While it is a beautiful website, I believe there are some serious inaccuracies in it.  For instance, the fuller to prevent suction when pulling it out?  A fuller does the same thing as an I-beam.  It strengthens and lightens.  A solid steel beam 6" X 4" will bend easier than an I beam of the same dimensions.  Then the crossbow - sinew and hide crossbows weren't that powerful.  Steel crossbows appearing much later and requiring hooks or levers with poundages 150 to 300 lbs could shoot 300 metres, but a sinew/hide one probably would be less than 100 lbs of pull.  Our 70 lb aluminum one has the same range and penetrating power as a 30 lb longbow.  It wouldn't shoot 300 metres unless you were shooting down a well!

Bjorn




Ealdric Frog_Hollow <ealdric@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>I presume you are familiar with this ?
>
>>From: Dhubhgaill@aol.com
>>Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 16:09:27 EDT
>>To:  trimaris@trimaris.org
>>Subject: [trimaris] Incredible Battle of Hastings website
>>
>>I normally don't get excited by websites.  This one is unbelievable!  It 
>>is a UK site about the Battle of Hastings.  Check it out.....If they gave 
>>Oscars for websites this would have a trunk full.
>>
>><http://www.battle1066.com/>Battle of Hastings 1066
>>
>>Caitlin
>
>Ealdric of Frog Hollow
>"If the stars should appear but one night in a thousand years,...."
>
>Ealdric of Frog Hollow  ealdric@bellsouth.net
>


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