We here at Pizza Beaver are most content when we are blowing things up, creating fire balls, tearing things apart or shooting odd items through the air. So it was with great delight that I received this book as a gift from my wife.
Backyard Ballistics written by William Gurstelle is a wonderful collection of things you can make at home to entertain yourself, family or friends. The projects range in scope of difficulty from simple to complex, so there is something for everyone.
I particularly liked chapter 2, The Potato Cannon and chapter 8, The Tennis Ball Mortar. There is something thrilling about watching a tennis ball fly faster and further than any Professional Tennis player could hit it with a mere Racket.
The author is a professional engineer who has designed, constructed and collected ballistics experiments for over 20 years. It is distributed by independent Publishers Group at http://www.ipgbook.com/
I'm sure it could be found at http://www.amazon.com/ as well. ISBN 978-1-55652-375-5
Retail is $16.95 and well worth the money as it is complete with plans and detailed instructions for all of the projects listed in the book. Get your copy and launch a new direction in fun!
No comments:
Post a Comment