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General discussion of physics principles involved http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=project;action=display;num=1091676756;start=0 (Unfortunately the diagrams in Yurek's detailed explanations have disappeared.)

Mgreenfield: Air Drag on Sling Cords And Pockets Incresing sling efficiency to maximize range. http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1146905055/0

MEASURING SLING SPEED

What speeds do sling projectiles achieve? Some discussions on how to measure this.

Gan Banor, Sling Speed???? http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1215377301/0

Measuring Sling Speed with AUDACITY sound recordings. http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1195572094/24

This YouTube clip shows slingshot speed being measured using Audacity and a double screen. Here the flight time between two screens two metres apart is being measured. This method gives very accurate results but is more complicated to perform. The actual calculation method is the same though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjeQbDMzAak

wikified, part deux

Mechanics of slinging / measuring speed, range, power etc.
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1062112263
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1060577856;start=0#0 (distance records)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1065143803 (explanations of the physics of slinging)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1065833227;start=0#0 (Sling theory)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1067042777 (Lots of formulas a little down the page)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1065693125 (mentions Larry Brays Record)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1067577631 (clear trow over 100 yard mark)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1068207559 (speed measurer formula)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1072995117 (Calculating Theoretical Sling Range)
          I DO like the idea of using a software simulator
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1067904262 (an other try to get the speed of a slung stone)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1076535051 (clear describtion of seeing ammo fly)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1079645944 (Long Range Accuracy)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1079740376 (Average slingdistances by Yurek and Larry Bray)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1080669658 (Number of Turns vs Range) [1]
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1084029601 (angle of fire, includes a link to a calculator)
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1083988739 (some records mentioned)

Slinglength:
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1073349574
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1084325199