P's trebuchet

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  1. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    I spent a week building this little War Wolf model.

    My max shot was 46 feet (so far). It's 1/20 scale.





    Meh, can't get the video working
    YouTube - TrebuchetLaunch.mov
     
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  2. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    Awesome! I bet those are illegal in California.
     
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  3. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    Siege weapons are perfectly legal in the State of California! That's cool, I drove past a house last fall that had a huge ballista on the front lawn overlooking a big hill.
     
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  4. offensetaken

    offensetaken Montipora Digitata

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    Very cool Peredhil! I like the punkin' chunkin' trebuchets. I think it would be fun to shoot some fireworks out of that thing. HAHA Probably not the safest idea though LOL

    Thanks for sharing!
     
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  5. SkyFire

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    Nice...reminds me of punkin' chunkin' too.
    Yeah we watched it...what's not to like about squash carnage.
     
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    offensetaken Montipora Digitata

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    46 feet is pretty good distance! What are you launching with it?
     
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  7. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    got any pictures for the You Tube blind?

    Thanks in advance Peredhil

    Steve
     
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  8. inwall75

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    Cool

    Fixed the video link for you
     
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  9. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    I did launch a smoke bomb. It landed about 6 feet away. I wasn't sure if it was silly or awesome ;D

    Works out to 920 feet scaled up under identical parameters. I've launched many different things. The best distance comes from small bouncy balls slightly bigger than a marble (I'm counting first impact on the distance).

    Irritatingly, I haven't been able to find any marbles to test this with!

    I can't get the golf ball to release at the right point so it just goes straight up.

    Cool, thanks!
     
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