Submitted by ExpertPreference8481 t3_11bru51 in todayilearned
Reply to comment by Dirt_E_Harry in TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly. by ExpertPreference8481
Because that is way too sensible and effective. Navies had been doing that for a long time. The failure here is so predictable, you can't get the split second synchronization you need between the two barrels, so one fires first, snapping the chain.
They could have had one big chamber behind the two bores. The force would still be uneven but at least on time.
Any slight frictional difference between the bores will doom it. That is the real Achilles heel.
probably really hard to forge that
If they had just put a set of ball-chain down each of the bore, they might have won the war. On second thought, maybe it was for the best they were a bunch of dummies.
It did work, but they were too frightened by the results. Which, thinking of it, proves even more that they were dummies.
it sounds like it actually fired fine, and the chain snapped in it's flight
No you don’t understand, the very bad is of their idea had the potential to change war in a way far greater than the nuclear bomb. The war gods thus deemed it unusable and snapped its chain in their bovicidal show of power.
> bovicidal
I learned a new word today, but will not likely ever see another chance to use it.
And meanwhile there's such a powerful moment/torque that the trajectories are completely unpredictable as stated in the title.
Exactly why The two canons in downtown Nanaimo were forcibly removed by Canada's gang leader Trudeau...
But how do you get the rapid acceleration in a single barrel to not snap the chain?
Similar to dieseling a pellet gun with petroleum jelly YouTube that...
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