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| Hey, I just finished an all Lego Trebuchet. Here is a link to its page on my website: (URL) website talks about it. It was just a quick project so I could play around and see exactly how a Trebuchet works. Well post what you guys think, and please (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Crusader's Trebuchet v2
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| Hi James, (...) Yeah, that was one of the first things I thought of. I don't have any extra capes to ruin tho, so I haven't tried it yet. The material seems a little stiff. If the material is too stiff the ammo rolls out easily when you are trying (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Trebuchet
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| Hey, Cool, Very Cool! I think the overall design of the trebuchet is great. If I am not mistaken I think that you can reduce the "rolling" that the trebuchet makes if you make the weight hinged at the end rather than having it fixed. This will make (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Crusader's Trebuchet v2
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| That great James. Siege weaponary always looks good in black. Fits well with the classic theme I may have to have a go at building this one. Have you tried using a cloth minifig cloak for the bag, you may have to modify ot slightly, but its still (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Trebuchet
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| (...) Thanks :) It was a fun project. (...) Actually in real scale test of trebuchets that were the same size as the old medieval ones it was determined that the rolling did not hurt the distance. It just tended to put less stress on the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Studless Technic models
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| (...) Personally I'm happy that they have the studless beams, however, I also hope that they keep having the "old" style stud beams. I tend to stick more to robotics (Mindstorms), my recent trebuchet was a rare deviation away from robotics (it was (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Working Minifig Scale Trebuchet
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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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| | 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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| | Re: Working Minifig Scale Trebuchet
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| Hi Ben, I think I will write something up about trebuchets for classic-castle.com if you are still interested. I would like to do some more experimentation first, so it might be a few days. James (21 years ago, 12-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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| | Functional Black Falcon Trebuchet
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| Hi, I actually got an experimental version to work after my original post. See this post: (URL) I had to change the sling and I used a minifig hand for the release pin :) It had just the right angle. I can throw a good five feet by adding even more (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Working Minifig Scale Trebuchet
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| (...) James, this is awesome! If I were you, I'd write a How-To article about your experiences building these minifig scale trebuchets that could be posted on Classic-Castle and Lugnet. *wink* wink* Good job, none-the-less.. makes me want to build (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Working ballista and onager
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| Hello, I have just completed my working ballista and onager. Both use technic rubber bands for power. The balck falcon ballista can be seen here: (URL) It can launch a 1x1 round brick several feet. Deep Links (URL) crusader onager can be seen here: (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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