Backyard Trebuchet
Unlike now the humans pulled ropes instead of having a counter weight.
Backyard trebuchet. Trebuchet of the large variety a work in progress instructable for a large scale trebuchet with a hanging articulating counterweight. See more ideas about catapult medieval weapons ancient weapons. It should be roughly capable of slinging a baseball tennis ball full beer can or similar such projectile 50 100 yards with ease.
Making one opens up the doors to backyard mayhem but optimizing one opens up the wonders of physics. The oakland ballistics trebuchet was the highlight of our catapults camp. You can easily make your own 2 ft 0 61 m tall trebuchet with a few materials and you can scale the measurements up or down to create one that s your desired size.
Stem learning explore gravitational potential energy projectile motion energy transformation garage physics by eisco. I built this backyard trebuchet a few months back. Now you can see it in hd.
These instructions will tell you how to construct a small to medium sized french counterweight trebuchet in your own backyard. Buy premium large trebuchet diy kit 21 beam arm launches up to 30 feet. Tom stanton covers just about everything you need to know about trebuchet building in his.
Jan 13 2012 explore scott maison s board trebuchet on pinterest. A trebuchet is a medieval device that was used to launch projectiles at castle walls. Video sharing camera phone video phone free upload.
Range is about 120 feet. I highly recommend these projects the directions are clear and easy to follow the materials are durable and work well and it s a great value for the price. Today they are used mostly for recreation and education.
The trebuchet dates back to the middle ages where they were used as a siege weapon. On average these machines could fling material of 350 pounds onto an enemy territory. Many google sketchup illustrations and downloads offered on it too.
