Liveblogging Trebuchet construction

[Sweetbriar]

This project looks like it has comedy potential.

[Bill Harsey]

I like all the possible targets on the horizan.

Just read his "troll" area announcement. He is a kind and gentle soul too.

[JJ_BPK]

These puppies are awesome when they are engineered correctly.

Like for throwing Pumpkins??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nomeW2FDDtM

The trebuchet was essentially an engine for destroying the defenses of a fortification , so that it might be entered by means of scaling ladders or in other ways. From experiments with models of good size and from other sources I find that the largest trebuchets those with arms of about 50 ft. in length and counterpoises of about 20,000 lbs. - were capable of slinging a Stone 300 lbs. in weight to a distance of 300 yards

or cars!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXXPMezTV0

or piano's!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F92FQdnLlSc

or cars & pianos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVAD...eature=related

The 2008 pumpkin throwing world record is 1897 ft...

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=1&gl=us

[jasonglh]

My wife got me a desk top trebuchet for Christmas last year that is supposed to hurl a clay ball 20ft. If you fill the weight basket with pennies it will hurl a metal ball bearing diagonally across my living room that is 24x30 with an arc around 15ft high but never have tried it outside.