Slingshot (film)
A slingshot is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. Slingshot may also refer to: Technology * Gravitational slingshot, the use of a planet's gravity to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft * Slingshot (ISP), a New Zealand internet service provider * Slingshot (water vapor distillation system), an invention by Dean Kamen * Slungshot, or slingshot, a maritime tool * Slingshot, a part of a pinball machine Amusement rides * Slingshot ride, or reverse bungee, a type of amusement ride * SlingShot (Cedar Fair), a reverse bungee ride at Cedar Fair amusement parks in Canada and the US Vehicles * Dodge Slingshot, a 2004 concept car * Front engine dragster, or slingshot, a variety of drag race car * Kolb Slingshot, an ultralight aircraft * Polaris Slingshot, a three-wheeled motor vehicle * Plymouth Slingshot, a 1988 concept car Film, television and comics * ''The Slingshot'' (film), a 1993 Swedish film * ''Slingshot'' (2005 film), an American film * ''Slingshot'' (upcoming fil ...
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Slingshot
A slingshot is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame, with two natural rubber strips or tubes attached to the upper two ends. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pocket that holds the projectile. One hand holds the frame, while the other hand grasps the pocket and draws it back to the desired extent to provide power for the projectile—up to a full span of the arm with sufficiently long bands. Other names include catapult (United Kingdom), peashooter (United States), gulel (India), getis / guleli (Nepal), (South Africa), or ging, shanghai, pachoonga (Australia and New Zealand), Tirador (Philippines). Use and history Slingshots depend on strong elastic materials, typically vulcanized natural rubber or the equivalent such as silicone rubber tubing, and thus date no earlier than the invention of vulcanized rubber by Charles Goodyear in 1839 (patented in 1844). By 1860, this "new engine" had established a reputation for us ...
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