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mongers

Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2019, 01:52:10 AM
We could experience some of the events together. :)

I'll be there all three days, plus an extra day, which I want to either use to just take in the museum (so I can focus on the events on the other days) or look around the area a bit.

I'll be at a little B&B in walking distance of both the Wool train station and the museum (1/2 to 3/4 hour to museum).

Thanks, Syt. Sounds good.

Ill PM you my contact details in a while, though please don't alter you plans for me, as currently I can't be certain what's happening in the short term here.
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Syt

No worries. It's still 10 months away, so all good. :)
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Syt

The Great War has a week by week video series of World War One, plus loads of additional content:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar/playlists

They have a sister channel for WW2, their week by week is currently in August 1940.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ/playlists

Their parent channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfMmOriSyPbd5JhHpnj4Ng
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—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.


Berkut

Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 20, 2019, 11:00:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naDCCW5TSpU

Vegas isn't in Vegas.

The Vegas thing is cool.

But this guy who does these videos is simply brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmjnioNulo

Seriously - he has a gift for presenting interesting, and sometimes pretty complex, topics in a easy to understand, and more importantly, interesting and engaging manner.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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The Larch

CGP Grey is indeed awesome. I'd wish he'd do more stuff, but lately he only puts up a video every few months.

Habbaku

I suspect that his capacity for putting out awesome videos is pretty closely related to the fact that he only puts out a video every few months. If he wanted, he could probably do 1 a month at the same level of quality, but I'm rather happy with his current output.

If you want a shorter, more Britisher presenter that's not quite as high quality, but does similar subjects in interesting ways, see Tom Scott: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A
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Berkut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE

Interesting test of bows versus plate armor circa Agincourt.
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viper37

Quote from: Syt on August 17, 2019, 03:07:04 AM
The Great War has a week by week video series of World War One, plus loads of additional content:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar/playlists

They have a sister channel for WW2, their week by week is currently in August 1940.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ/playlists

Their parent channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfMmOriSyPbd5JhHpnj4Ng
I somehow thought it was already posted  :huh:
Must have been from somewhere else.Anyway, great series, very instructive for neophytes like me.
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Quote from: Berkut on September 02, 2019, 10:20:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE

Interesting test of bows versus plate armor circa Agincourt.

Neat! My understanding of that battle is that one of the main effects of archery on the French men at arms on foot was that it forced them to keep their helmets buttoned up, which made it impossible for them to see what was happening around them and difficult to breathe while tramping through mud to the line of English men at arms - so they got exhausted and bunched up. When the archers attached their flanks with clubs and swords, the battle became a massacre. 

That, and of course in some places the arrows would get through the armour with a lucky hit.
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Tonitrus

Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2019, 04:02:04 PM
Quote from: Berkut on September 02, 2019, 10:20:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE

Interesting test of bows versus plate armor circa Agincourt.

Neat! My understanding of that battle is that one of the main effects of archery on the French men at arms on foot was that it forced them to keep their helmets buttoned up, which made it impossible for them to see what was happening around them and difficult to breathe while tramping through mud to the line of English men at arms - so they got exhausted and bunched up. When the archers attached their flanks with clubs and swords, the battle became a massacre. 

That, and of course in some places the arrows would get through the armour with a lucky hit.

I'm a physics/math dummy, so this is a serious question...

Would a high-angle arcing shot, as compared to what they did in this test, give the arrow more force when it hits a target, or less?

Malthus

Quote from: Tonitrus on September 04, 2019, 04:24:41 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2019, 04:02:04 PM
Quote from: Berkut on September 02, 2019, 10:20:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE

Interesting test of bows versus plate armor circa Agincourt.

Neat! My understanding of that battle is that one of the main effects of archery on the French men at arms on foot was that it forced them to keep their helmets buttoned up, which made it impossible for them to see what was happening around them and difficult to breathe while tramping through mud to the line of English men at arms - so they got exhausted and bunched up. When the archers attached their flanks with clubs and swords, the battle became a massacre. 

That, and of course in some places the arrows would get through the armour with a lucky hit.

I'm a physics/math dummy, so this is a serious question...

Would a high-angle arcing shot, as compared to what they did in this test, give the arrow more force when it hits a target, or less?

I would assume less.

Say you fire a bow directly into the sky. That would trade mechanical energy (from the bow) for potential energy (from the arrow being high in the sky then falling back to earth under gravity). In atmosphere, you will lose a lot of energy due to wind resistance, so the arrow falling to earth will have less energy than when it was shot right out of the bow. So your best bet to maximize force on impact would be as direct a shot as possible.

Where you may get an advantage in an arcing shot is that the angle at which the arrows come down may exploit weaknesses in the armour. Though in the video, they claim to have proof that the actual archers at Agincourt mostly shot directly, and not with arcing shots.
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