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| (...) hello! great discussion topic. what we generally call a catapult is actually an onager, an effective anti troop area of effect weapon, as they often fired numerous small stones. normally, they were not used to attack walls. instead, the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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| Hello! (...) Onager: <gr.-lat.>: 1. half-donkey in South-West-Asia; 2. (hist.) Roman throwing machine. Says my dictionary. In German. These Roman catapults were similar to my catapult. Well, I should say mine is similar to their's :-) (...) Thanks (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Ah, definition time... (another one for the Castle FAQ ???) As I understand it, a siege engine or siege machine is any large device used for siege tactics or warfare (this includes catapults, ballistae, rams, moving towers, etc.) during (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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| (...) I've uploaded 2 new picures: (2 URLs) to my Brickshelf folder: (URL) The first picture shows the new braided sling on the trebuchet and the second is a close-up of just the sling. I used fishnet style braiding. You might find this link useful (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: More Poses, Construction Pics too
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| (...) Seriously...SO PERFECT!!! I'd love to be able to create that... But i don't think i have the parts. (looks like a whole lot of Technic went into that) I wonder if you could create a dragon that beautiful at half the size. Would the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | TexLUG Fall 2003 Meeting
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| Howdy TexLUG'ers! The fall meeting will be held in Austin, TX, at National Instruments. The dates for the meeting are Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12. The themes to the meeting will be Castle and Pirates, but as always, all creations are welcome. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| Hello, I've modified my Black Falcon Trebuchet ((URL) actually throw 1x2 round bricks. A good throw is around five feet. Here is a short clip of the action that classic-castle.com has been kind enough to host. Thanks guys! (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle) !
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| | an e-mail I received...from Fred Carangue III
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| Hi. I received an e-mail from an enthusiast who couldn't post to LUGNET. He asked if I would post it for him. I'm sorry for not posting it sooner. :( This is what he wanted me to post: "Havn't posted in a long time, been busy making castles. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | TexLUG Fall 2003 Meeting Contest Rules
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| We will hold a projectile-launching contest at our next meeting ((URL) Contestants will bring machines (built at home prior to the meeting) capable of launching a standard projectile. Such machines, typically called "siege engines", are trebuchets, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Ziggurat: a floating-arm trebuchet
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| (...) "thing". Then he says it's a trebuchet. Oh, it is? This brick-flinging giant hurled many a brick, and a paper wad. It was most impressive! Definitely a crowd pleaser. What the Ziggurat lacked in rate of fire was compensated by ultra-long range (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Ziggurat: a floating-arm trebuchet
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| (...) Many thanks. I optimized the design for launch distance, and whatever points I got for repeat launch rate or accuracy were a bonus. I think Pat scored highest on launch rate, so the scores ended up fairly balanced. The videos came from the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) [...] (...) I suppose, since I got the cable modem, I'm less sensitive to low-bandwidth users than I was when I had dialup. I didn't want to shrink the pictures too much, or the text would be too small to read. (...) There is a small movie of (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Working Black Falcon Trebuchet
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| Alright, I made some changes to the black falcon trebuchet and got it to fire properly. It currently will throw a 1x2 round brick about 2 ft ahead. I have an 2 second (300k) avi if someone wants to host it. I looked up some info on the sling ((URL) (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Black Falcon and CrusaderTrebuchets
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| Hello, I've been working on a couple of trebuchets. My first attempt was for the Black Falcons. It is very mobile and has a hanging counterweight. Here is the folder: (URL) Links Back:(URL) Crusader's Trebuchet is not quite as mobile and features a (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle) !
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| | Re: Working Minifig Scale Trebuchet
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| (...) Count me as an interested party. On this note, I won't be at any upcoming Brickfest or Brickfest PDX, but a fun activity would be to have a catapult/trebuchet contest (with prizes for distance and accuracy) like TexLUG had at a meeting this (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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