trebuchet Videos
Trebuchet at Kentwell 2009 (1535)
i built a trebuchet this last year out of fencing pine and sisal (natural string/rope) this was filmed on the last day of it's erection, and unfortunatly it had rained quite heavilythe last week meaning that the knots holding the axle up weren't great and the whole thing broke during this run. oh well - at least mine worked unlike the one from the year before.
Author: wolfoutlander; Tags: Trebuchet Kentwell 1535
Catapult
wooden trebuchet I built it launched a wooden projectile over 30 feet ... catapult model wooden trebuchet
Author: Anonymous1100; Tags: catapult model wooden trebuchet
Trebuchet "Pi mal Daumen" Second Shot
This is the trebuchet my brother and i built during christmas vacation. We went to the fields nearby the river Rhine, quite close to our home. We put the thing up and could fire a first shot with about 70 kg counterweight (4* 17.5kg slabs of stone). The projectile was a cobble stone of precisely 1.5 kg. This first shot already went incredibly well, so we increased the counterweight to 105 kilos (6 slabs). The result can be seen here :D However, while we were loading the additional weight ...
HilaModelTrebuchetsTossing.mpeg
Replacement for www.youtube.com which lost the first few frames. Trebuchets built off the Hila Science Camp plans tossing stuff. In the early days of the trebuchet, it is said that they were used to return diplomats from the beseiged city when the terms weren't acceptable. In these post-Kissinger times it's easy to forget that diplomacy was once a discipline that required real skill, and carried real consequences to the diplomats for failure, so we've decided to give our neighborhood kids ...
HilaModelTrebuchetsTossing.mov
Dang, YouTube blacked out the first set! Don't know what happened there. Trebuchets built off the Hila Science Camp plans tossing stuff. In the early days of the trebuchet, it is said that they were used to return diplomats from the beseiged city when the terms weren't acceptable. In these post-Kissinger times it's easy to forget that diplomacy was once a discipline that required real skill, and carried real consequences to the diplomats for failure, so we've decided to give our ...
