![]() ![]() As one begins to experiment with other elastics, the active band length can be a good benchmark for assessing the performance of various elastics.Going past 600% elongation does little to incrementally increase speed and drastically reduces band life. The result would be more speed but at the expense of shortened band life. ![]() One could shorten the active band length in this example by one inch, would push the bands to 600% elongation. At this point, you are achieving good performance coupled with moderate band life. ![]() If you have a thirty inch draw length and your active band length is 6 inches, you have reached 500% elongation. Most bands reach peak performance at around 500% elongation. This length helps to determine several things: We could not be more proud to have Mark on Team SimpleShot!Īctive band length is the amount of band located between the attachment on the slingshot forks and the attachment on the pouch. Mark was instrumental in taking years worth of our ideas, drawings, and prototypes and putting it all together in a system that doesn’t just work, it excels as a masterpiece of engineering and industrial design. Mark has designed the Torque and Hammer which have both won international design awards.Ģ016 – The Hammer Slingshot / Slingbow – Hungarian Design AwardĢ015 – The Torque Slingshot – Hungarian Design Award Mark loves designing slingshots for the challenge of merging manual crafts and everyday ergonomics with the requirement of competition-grade precision and performance. Combining these fundamentals with the freedom of digital sculpture and CAD design, he creates next-gen designs for demanding real-life performance. His fundamental resources come from classical academic studies such as anatomy, sculpting and sketching. Mark has a special interest in designing sporting goods. Mark is a College Associate Professor at Budapest Metropolitan University, industrial designer, and design manager MA. ![]()
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