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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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| (...) [...] (...) 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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| (...) 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| (...) 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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| (...) That's where my trebuchet wouldn't work, that darned sling! The shape of the trebuchet was right and I used two weight bricks for ballast, but it was the sling that stumped me! Any pics of the new sling? Nathan Lord Of The LEGO (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hi Johannes, I like your catapult. Trebuchet is a french word. The trebuchet has a large weight at one end. The force of gravity brings the weight down, moves the arm, and releases the projectile. In the US we have a public television program called (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| I've now also modified my trebuchet to use two weighted bricks in the counter-weight. Here it is cocked, loaded, and ready to fire: (URL) It now throws in the 12-14 foot range, which is a respectable 175-200 yards in mini-fig scale. Brian (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hey Brian, Very nice trebuchet! I saw that show too and loved it. You can buy copies of it off of their website. Anyway, your rendition is very cool. I am thinking of building one too after all this talk about them. But now I will be a copycat! :) (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| not trying to be rude here, but usually when i've got a question like this, the first thing i do is go to (URL) and do a search. here's what i found: (URL) what appears to be 5 different trebuchet designs. also, search lugnet itself. (URL) course (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I haven't made a trebuchet (it would be an interesting engineering challenge for relatively lightweight LEGO bricks) but I did make a Krana-pult that can launch a Krana over six feet. (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) designs in it. Here are some images of it: Winching down the arm: (URL) Setting the release trigger: (URL) Loading the sling: (URL) Ready to fire: (URL) The folder after moderation: (URL) A weighted brick is used as the counter-weight, but I (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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