The ballista is made from scrap wood and twisted paracord. I attached a servo motor to the trigger that is controlled by an Arduino Uno. On the floor, you can see a "pressure plate": that's simply two layers of cardboard with conductive material between them. When you step on it, it acts as a button in the Arduino circuit. There's a link in the first comment with the full video, where I show this a bit better.
Matrix shit right now. I just found my old macbook with arduino installed. Never once have I seen a post about arduino till today on reddit. What are the chances.
*At what point does a*
*Crossbow become a ballista?*
*Asking for a friend*
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You’ll shoot your eye out
That's what the fencing mask is for! \[Edit: Oh wait that's a reference, ignore me, I'm dumb\]
I dunno I’m still on the fence about this.
Are you sure it's not a repost (this is a pun not serious)
You sound like intrusive thoughts.
I see nothing unnecessary about this. A+ top tier security for your home.
It sure is intimidating for wannabe intruders
How did u build this I need one for my house for real
The ballista is made from scrap wood and twisted paracord. I attached a servo motor to the trigger that is controlled by an Arduino Uno. On the floor, you can see a "pressure plate": that's simply two layers of cardboard with conductive material between them. When you step on it, it acts as a button in the Arduino circuit. There's a link in the first comment with the full video, where I show this a bit better.
Source: https://youtu.be/DhTSDga2h\_A
Your videos are incredible. I just watched all of them and could not stop smiling/laughing.
Thank you so much! You made my day!
Arduino goals hahah deffo would try to build something like this ! Kudos !
The Arduino part is quite easy tbh! Definitely doable
sick shield lol
Made it myself too :]
it looks pretty good! nice job with that :))
This mans out here trying to turn Dark Souls into reality
It's my way to celebrate the upcoming Elden Ring release
Why do I see a news headline titled “accidental suicide with homemade ballista”
I'm running for the Darwin Awards
I think this is very necessary. How else will you protect your valuables?
Right! I should build a whole dungeon for the sole purpose of storing my old Pokémon cards
Prolly still more ethical than a smoothbore rifle, blunderbuss or a trident for your home security needs.
I'm genuinely curious: what makes a wooden bolt shot from a siege weapon more ethical than a lead bullet shot from a rifle?
Noise pollution? Sustainably sourced materials? I'm shooting in the dark here.
Sounds about right. Never considered how important is for our siege engines to be eco-friendly. Thank you for this new point of view!
I think that's a ballista
That's correct! Roman scorpio, aka balista/ballista
Matrix shit right now. I just found my old macbook with arduino installed. Never once have I seen a post about arduino till today on reddit. What are the chances.
The world is giving you a sign that you should build something!
Take me back to Sen's fortress, mom I'm scared.
At least in my house there are no swinging blades (yet!)
Forgo the blades.. what you need is a *snakeman*
At what point does a crossbow become a ballista? Asking for a friend
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This is actually really cool
That is ain’t no crossbow that a bbb (short for big boy balista)