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07-27-2005, 11:17 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 211
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Hi Everybody,
This Summer my parents (and unfortunatly me) are re-doing are deck and putting in a screenhouse and stuff so we have all this extra wood lying around so im gonna use it to build a trebuchet! The Arm is going to be a little less than 16ft long and the "stand" (thing that holds the arm in the air) is going to be 8ft. The pivot point on the arm is probly going to be about a foot or two twoards the weight. Anybody know if theres some complex equasion i have to do to figure out how much weight i need or should i just wing it? Maybee i'll launch my old pc into never never land if the thing actually works 
P.S. For those of you who dont know what a trebuchet is its baicly a catapult that uses a slightly diferent concept. Google for more info  | 
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07-27-2005, 11:40 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 962
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People are going to think you're crazy, but that's awesome. I wish I had enough extra wood laying around to build a big trebuchet. Good luck man.
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07-28-2005, 10:27 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 211
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Thanx I'll be sure to post pics and somehow a vid if it works (probly on my FTP for the vid) | |
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07-28-2005, 03:28 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,542
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Yes, plz post a vid! | |
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07-28-2005, 04:03 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 240
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What are you going to launch? Dynamite?
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07-28-2005, 04:31 PM
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Indeed. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,554
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I bet one of the hardest parts for you is going to be getting the sling to release whatever you're launching properly. If it releases to early it won't go far, if it's to late it will slam it into the ground.
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07-28-2005, 06:24 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 962
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Well watching MythBusters last night, they made giant slingshots, and the biggest problem they had, was getting the things they launched to stay in the slingshot for the right about of force..
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07-28-2005, 07:01 PM
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Indeed. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,554
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Yeah, I watched that too. Hes building a trebuchet, though, not a slingshot.
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07-28-2005, 07:26 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 962
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I know, I was just replying to your post about getting it to fly right, and what I saw on MythBusters.
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07-28-2005, 07:38 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,745
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oh man this is going to be sweet i want to see pic of this shoot your old junk computers old parts lol.
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