>>8093894
They tried to do it on mythbusters

>>8093894
Archimedes was straight balling.

>>8093894
It's unlikely that the wood will burn
You can however burn the sails

>>8094448
and the sailors?

Even if it didn't work very well, consider how you, the captain of a ship, would react if a rumor of such a thing existed and you,on moving towards the city, beheld a flashing, blinding array of mirrors and saw your sails begin to blacken and smoulder.

I would sail the other way at full speed.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5loiW3STzU

>>8094094
>Balling
>Lost the battle

>>8093894
We're having enough trouble making it work, even with modern technology.

To make it worse, trolls and shills are trying to downplay any advances it makes by claiming that successful bird zaps are rare and not happening constantly like planned.

It also just caught itself on fire.

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>>8096492
and i forgot pic

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They sell them on amazon.

All he'd need is a parabolic mirror with a very long focal length, OR an adjustable focal length. Perhaps a polished sheet of thin flexible metal suspended in a frame with a screw or wire attached in the center. Pulling the center wire/turning the center screw will adjust the focal length. I don't know why they didn't do this on Mythbusters.