I assume this promotion is to find out which slingshots are in demand. Dankung please make some flatband Through The Fork (TTF) slingshots, this method of attaching the bands supposedly is most accurate for shooting, I cant wait when there will be non plastic or aluminum metal TTF slingshot on a market
I just put a looped tubes on Orangutan and give it a try again and it worse that how I remembered it. Wide fork and long ears make it awkward to hold in any grip style I try, as for Hammer grip it have long fork which acts as a lever and put a lot of stress on your wrist. If you trying to solve tube rolling problem and you going to order a custom made one make sure to ask Dankung to make a traditional round tips bended 20-30 degrees toward a shooter instead of long ovals so you have place for your fingers. Or just modify a Palm Predator as I did by cold bending tips 25 degrees in a vise
It depends on a way you hold it, if you use a "choker" grip it sits nice in a hand but for "pinch" grip / "finger-hook" / "thumb-braced" very long and wide ears get in a way and there is no comfortable space left for your fingers. With some additional padding it OK for hammer grip too. Over all its not my favorite but it is precise and gentle on tubes
plug converters to flat-bands are great for Dankung slingshots they let you use your favorite Dankung with bands and makes band changing as quick as tubes but to make your shoots as repeatable as possible try making area where bands attach to fork as thin as possible by folding flat-band into a tube shape
I'm usually shoot only 4.5mm BBs because they cheep and not too dangerous to use in a city. BB are very light so they don't have mass to store energy and only way to get power is to accelerate them as fast as possible, it was a challenge to find fast bands and even harder to find very light but sturdy pouch.
Here what I found to work:
Semi tapered Pure latex .125 Amber tubing works best out of tubing choices, 2040 works barely since they already too heavy for BBs.
But the best choice for speed is tapered flat-bands, I have good results (braking Champlain bottles, piercing can food, killing a rat) with Teraband Black or Blue cut to 20cm length and 2-2.5 cm on one side and tapered to 0.8-1 cm on the other.
As for pouch It was very hard to find thin light leather that wont disintegrate after few shoots, light weighting pouch is essential since it is the biggest factor that will slow down your BB. I come up with a synthetic material that is strong, thin, light and very cheap to make by sandwiching synthetic fabric between two layers of duct tape and then cutting(yes cut all sides since if you just fold tape around fabric the folded edges will develop tears quickly) out needed 1cm wide strips for pouches, I find it helps to use some baby powder on this pouches so they are not sticky.
The last advice To BB shooters; plug converters to flat-bands are great for Dankung slingshots they let you use favorite Dankung slingshot with tubes and makes band changing as quick as tubes but to make your shoots as repeatable as possible try making area where bands attach to fork as thin as possible by folding flat-band into a tube shape
a bit more expensive but latex feels "fresher" than the other tubes I got from non dankung in a box, so I assume it will last longer
It was probably done for structural integrity since it is on a thin side already, also It would not remind snail as much without round holes for eyes
Beautiful unique catapult. It is worth having just for its nontraditional approach. Snail is a safer alternative to key-ring shooters and it takes just a little bit more space, so it is perfect for every day carry. The best part I like about this slingshot is that it is unrecognizable as a slingshot without its tubes, if you have to travel through a country/state(I’m pointing at you NJ) where slingshots are banned just take off the tubes and don’t worry about your beautiful metal abstract art sculpture. Definitely buy extra tubes because the ones Snail comes with are ridiculously short.
They are :
http://www.dankung.com/Gcontent/440-stainless-steel-cold-bending-flatban...
http://www.dankung.com/Gcontent/flatband-palm-thunder_1890?line_item_id=...
I gave them a try after seeing a youtube video of a guy who was reviewing one of them and was impressed how comfortable and precise it is and changed his dislike for flatbands. He mentioned that he had in general accuracy problem with flatbands and preferred tubes for consistency but he found that with thin fork tips flatbands behave similar to tubes and give him accuracy he wanted. He liked ergonomics of http://www.dankung.com/Gcontent/platinum-flat-rubber-band-slingshot_1695... the most but I prefer metal over plastic and this two are similar in shape to plastic one. I like this two so much I rarely use them to keep them in premium condition. They should fit 23mm even if rod have smaller circumference than that, its not a problem since band just wrap around it and during tension roll into a semi tube shape. I dont know what they called, when fully wrapped they similar to pickle fork slingshot in size and handle but still have fork width to pass an ammo with no elevated danger to shooter