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There's 3 potential "practical" uses for this type of bow that Tod maybe overlooked a little: 1) VIP protection in the Medieval and even early Renaissance period. 2) Hunting/exterminating predators and other dangerous/aggressive game (thing things like mountain lions, wolves, bears and even wild boars) in either earlier periods or in the modern period... Also, potentially useful for hunting small groups of animals (think geese or other medium-sized birds that group together...). 3) This isn't a "real world" application, but: Medieval style fantasy, as a "hero weapon". I really think the the VIP protection is where these types of bows would be the most practical. As a VIP, you wouldn't want that many guards... But, you're also not expecting a large number of attackers. There's no doubt that a repeating bow increases the close and medium range firepower and accuracy of the bow. Cost isn't as much of a concern, because you are arming a small number of guards and you're a VIP... So you have the money. I could see the repeating bow working exceptionally well from on top of castle defenses. I could see it working well to cover the retreat of a noble or prince or king. The "burst fire" is more desirable when you're outnumbered... Which might be the case in VIP protection. For hunting particularly dangerous and aggressive game: It's funny, because I'm specifically thinking of the wild boar in the US. There are HUGE herds of boar (50 to even 100). They're about the same size as humans... And they're highly aggressive and dangerous. You shoot at the herd of boar, and the rest of the herd is just going to charge you and your hunting party. In that situation, having a burst of fire, to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible, even if the sustained fire rate is about the same, is highly valuable. Also, in that kind of situation, you might not be as worried about "hunting" (as in gathering the meat) as you are in just killing the boar to make a nearby town safer. I'd imagine the same might be true for packs of wolves. The point is: for hunting, the higher rate of fire is more useful when the animal is aggressive, rather then skittish, and when it's large groups of animals, rather then a single animal. For fantasy: If the having the hero be the only person (or one of the only people) with this "advanced" repeating weapon can explain why that hero has an advantage in combat. You could have something like a medieval version of Batman... Where having the best equipment possible for the time period is a defining aspect of the hero.

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I think as a specialty weapon for mounted archers might be useful. Probably wouldn't outweigh the negatives still but the idea of mounted archers with these riding in and unleashing a bunch of arrows quickly then riding away to reload and repeat.

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Wonder if they would use these as distress flares. Surely 1 taking flight mean the battle begins right now.

I'm curious about hunting at the time, or even bear defense. Would this just piss a grizzly off? Probably. Might be better ti just hold it, bear the fire in front of you flowing outward, pushing the irritating and semi blinding smoke out. Would be phenomenally cruel to hunt with. Also how to burn down the kingdom.

Considering both the crossbow and chukunu were adopted, I would have to disagree about the use in war. For one, they likely wouldn't reload, they would have a page do it for them and hand them a second or third bow, similar to what happened with crossbows. These would also be great for mowing down lightly armored militia and other archers. If these existed in medieval period, they absolutely would be adopted and accommodated for in war.

I really learned something new today! Well done Tod 👍

Great research and a ton of good information. Funny thing that at the end of the movie, when there's line "they put a nasty stuff in them" B-roll shows honey and olive oil :) Jokes aside - fantastic info on the topic.

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the concept of area denial payloads as part of siege warfare is surprisingly advanced tactics for the time

thats like machine gun nest, would have drawn most of the fire on it. just like catapults and trebuchets. tactical major target. that may have been better as mounted ballista. as of now, the best is not being used, the average on the market is not the best, so I must assume the average used at times was not the best either. common stuff is not the best stuff.

wow thank you for the education :)

"Hi it's Tod from Tod's Workshop & Tod Cutler here". So I'm guessing your name is Tod then.

Sorry Tod, you're comparing Apples to Oranges. Yes the Compound Crossbow is faster - but that's because your Bolt is 1/4 of the weight of the bolt for the Windlass Crossbow. How about comparing them the way we do with firearms. What is the kinetic energy comparison? Weight of the Bolt x Velocity of the Bolt. Since you've got a shop, what I'd like to see is a 1000lb Windlass Crossbow made from modern materials - Carbonfiber stock and Carbonfiber limbs, firing a modern Bolt. That would be fun.

"I've been shot with arrows" 😂yeah that's on you my guy.

It could be pretty good for self defense, like if you found yourself ambushed by bandits or something?

Just add a clib magazine useing a magnet or tite fit and then it becomes crazy fast for long. Also u have to look at this as human perspective not just Europe. Ottoman would love it. Chinese would love and use this the most. The Mughal concept part of the army would love it. The Mongolias become significantly more deadly all of the sudden. 120lb is more than enough for most of the world and consider poison. They also can be used alongside muskets. The Chinese would use them without even regards to accuracy as the looking for more volume as well they do attach gunpowder and acid and flammables to arrows. A crossbow version would be even crazer. It can be made with steal for that one to use more weight power without braking. Just add a clip magazine and it becomes crazy. The point of this wepone it make archery easy for anyone if mas produced like in China or Ottoman or Mughal. Not to be used by pro archers. Chinese military would love it without even the clip, especially for crossbows.

12:30 Hmm, defending a caravan or something, that could work very well. Also defending a fortress, where ready supply of ammo / magazines are available. Defending against charges, where you need the high rate of burst suppressive fire, then switch to melee. Also how about MAKING a charge? Imagine a group of dudes using these, blasting a few guys, dropping it and then drawing their sword and charging in, essentially using them like the romans and the pilum. The magazine and front hold make it so being highly skilled in archery isn't as necessary, especially at slightly closer ranges. It wouldn't have REPLACED the bow, but I can certainly see it filling a role. Sure the longbowmen like Joe G would have struggled, but those who trained and developed muscles specifically for this? Probably wouldn't be as much of a problem. I imagine you'd still have a group of longbowmen, but a handful at least of dudes with Instant Legolas would be useful.

Put modern limbs and a magazine on the older xbow say 185lbs with a longer draw length and it would be great.

one thing i think this would work well is herass enemy from horseback as they marsh to the battlefeild, 10 horse archers or more riding around the line try to hurt in bursts the enemy line.

Seems to me you cut your time of exposure in half, id consider that a game changer.

yeah they didnt have speedloaders but lets be honest ,they knew how to move faster than you did right there and would have praticed to become even faster at reloading the mag it also is not unheard of to have some people designated for reloading weapons so the shoter can just switch to a reloaded bow and keep fireing (done with muskets and other rifles ) another aspect wich was more important then thesse days and jörg himself wanted this thing for lowkey is self/home defence and this bow might not found a wider use on a battle field but for defence ,surely from covering a breached gate or wall ,to shoting a barage of arrows down a hallway or having to travel by yourself through the lands and a group of five robbers aproach you or a pack of wolfs this bow would have been welcome i imagine in my opinion this bow is faster wich can not only be used to supress but also to compensate for a lack of men and skill a village or camp/outpoast would have loved to get thier hands on this

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Do you have a quick design spec for the head? I’m taking a iron sculpting course. Love to smash one out on last few days. Cheers!

I'm a traditionalist as well, I love my "horsebows" but the idea of a "home defense rapid fire bow" is just so juicy I may give in and buy this monstrosity <3

same ballistic trajectory as a bullet, height give 2x range of height difference of target, so a 7.62x51 mm round fired ground level to ground level suppose maximum range of 1000 yrds from slr, but fire from an elevated position of 50 mtrs, range increase will be approximat 2x elevation so expect 1100 yds to target

Man, I gotta make me one of those, it looks so cute XD Maybe think up an alternative to the wind-up system, it seems like a hassle to wind it up like this again and again. Maybe a crank would be faster.

hi todd, dont know how to conact you other than posting here. i am about to cut down 2 yew trees, they are the multi stem irish type and ech have over a dozen dead straight branches between 4 and 9 inches in diameter. i dont want to see the wood go to waste, would love to see you make bows ect from it, would you like some? i am going to attempt to make a couple of longbows myself but there is plenty, the straights are 5mtrs long base to tip

Why don't you just say "Hi it's Tod (Cutler) from Tods Workshop"

They don’t kick. They really don’t kick.

Always aim for the balls!

Pretty simple math.

This is great, but I do not think they needed to be sitting so close to each other, they look kind of uncomfortable about that.

Please try it out on someone who has never shot a bow before.

I love it when Tod has fun.

It would be very effective in skirmish where you aren't having to reload. You have to have some skill to fire that quickly and be on target but the instant Legolas makes it a lot easier. The math doesn't work the way you did it and here is why - If we are shooting at each other and we both shoot 10 arrows in 10 seconds but i shoot 5 in 1 second then have a long reload and you catch up with steady rate of fire that works if nobody is being killed. If i kill half your archers in the first volley you never catch up and most likely in that opener you lose your nerve and run because you just lost half your men in seconds. Its the same idea as a revolver, sure its slow to load...but that doesn't matter. I would say its a good bet a skilled bowman could have the same rate of fire as a revolver having to reload..but that didn't work out well for the Comanche.

Well, the Scian / Skean in Ireland existed and that was quite similar or even related to Scottish dirks. And there are examples of Irish Sceans that had sword/short-sword length, so even no Scottish examples like that existed, it is not completely far from history.

The instant Legolas could make a difference from horse back, where you ride in and shoot your arrows and then out again. Could also be used from ramparts where you could shoot your magazine and then rotate out and let someone else shoots, just like they did with the first rifles .

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Tod, fantastic video. These are the channels that are worth the Premium subscription on CZcams. The throwing technique is beautiful. It is so technical, wow! BTW, I have a hoodie that I'm not using...

Correction to the comment about joerg. He used to make crazy videos. Bow he only makes videos trying to sell airguns, crossbows, scuba pistols and knifes. Never a crazy new invention only a new knife to sell. His channel have become complete crap.

They already exist in history including full draw length repeating bows such as the Korean repeating crossbow and chu repeater. None of these changed warfare because archers can already shoot similar speeds

Agreed about the fun factor. I can't keep the Ballestrino you made for me down for very long without needing to shoot it again into a target on the other side of my home office room.

45:34 I think what you're referring to is the "normalizing" devices on HEAT rounds. Those rounds are constructed to try and make it so when the round impacts, it is as close to "normal" (as in 90 degrees) to the plate as possible for maximum effectiveness of the shaped charge. A bunch of what that is for is peculiar to the function of the shaped charge effect and not relevant to archery. However one of the things it does is make the round less likely to deflect off of a curved or slanted plate. I wonder if there is any evidence that as armor began to take on more curves to deflect blows and arrows, if any arrowheads were designed to counter that deflective tendency with their head shape.

16:55 worth noting that some police vehicles and VIP vehicles do have bulletproof panelling in the doors, and given that a car can carry significant weight these panels can offer superior protection to what body armor might provide. Weird stuff happens in gunfights, due to the curvature of many car parts, freak deflections happen and are possibly responsible for some mistaken beliefs.

Tod, have you thought of turning the handle 90° I think it would put the arm and wrist in a more natural shooting position and would be easier to use.

I can see it having niche applications in war or civilian self-defence, a bit like the Chinese repeating crossbow. It could be given to skirmishers for hit and run attacks, or a version of the gunpowder-era 'Caracole' tactic where cavalry would advance to fire and retreat to reload in a continuous circle. Also, in point defence situations, where a limited number of shooting positions were available (e.g. arrow loops on castles), a small number of defenders could lay down a heavy barrage to deter an attack and could be assisted by a loader with a spare weapon.

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