|
 | | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) rtlToronto have made one. Photos of the Trebuchet: (URL) homepage (see right bottom corner under "Test Events": (URL) friend also built one on a LEGO-fest I held back in April. It's still assembled at home but I have yet to make photos of it (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|  
trebuchet
(score: 0.272)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.272)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) I'd never heard of an "onager" before, but a trebuchet is similar to a catapult, but it works more on the lever principle rather than spring tension. Basically you put a really long arm on a pivot point, you hang a huge weight (in olden days (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.272)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| Hello! (...) I'm not sure if I understand the term 'trebuchet' correctly (Catapult, Onager?) but I've built a catapult with (an mediocre good) working spring mechanism: (URL) would rather call it an Onager. Unfortunmatelly the Technic suspension (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.272)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) I made two; one robotic one with a RCX as weight (not recommended!), and one for a never played Brikwars battle. Sadly I don't have any pix. You might find this interesing: (URL) this helps, Nathan Lord Of The LEGO PS has anyone been able to (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.271)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) Hello Ben, The Discovery Channel had a show about some modern engineers who built a trebuchet. The site includes some links to more info. (It also has a game made by somebody I know.) (URL) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.271)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) Hello Michael and Jojo, It seems like everyone uses slightly different definitions. Here's how I understand it: Catapult is a generic word and refers to any machine that throws a projectile. A Trebuchet is just a big lever, it can have a (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.271)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| 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 (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.271)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.271)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchets
|
| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.271)
|
|
| | Re: Huge Castle & AT-AT & More
|
| (...) We didn't actually get the fight finished; we ran out of time, mostly because I wasn't able to do anything until later in the day. We used Lego Wars: TSV(1), with some only 1 major change. we added "units" so that unit on unit could be a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.castle)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.263)
|
|
| | Some Brikwars Questions
|
| Hey Wargamers, I'm staging a TL2 battle against some of my friends in a few days and I have some questions: 1) What is the AV of a single Blok? 2) My trebuchet has a UR of 12! How the heck will any minifig be able to fire it? Thanks for the help! (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.gaming)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.260)
|
|
| | Re: Some Brikwars Questions
|
| (...) a 2x4 brik weighs one blok ... which means it has an AV of 1d6. I think. Oh heck, I never remember these things. Somebody? Anybody? (...) Oh, silly! Anybody can fire it ... even somebody with a skill of, say 1. The real challenge is hitting (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.gaming)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.260)
|
|
| | Re: 10024 - Red Baron
|
| (...) Hmmm. Why does this bring the proposed trebuchet(sp?) contest back to mind? Seems to me we left of contemplating a fun, but not too dangerous projectile. Hamster Pros: - hey, they're rodents after all - they're fairly soft (assuming they don't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.258)
|
|
| | Re: 10024 - Red Baron
|
| (...) NOW your talking my language!!! maybe we should tip the nails with some sort of instant contact poison?? so that when we use the lego trebuchet it'll be better for the cat landing. (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.258)
|
|
| | I'm not going tonight...
|
| Hi... I am unable to come to the dinner tonight as I have a family get-together this weekend in the Windsor area. Keep me informed about the goings on in the meeting. I have come up with a possible design for Trebuchet. Thanks, Ben (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.251)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchet Fun
|
| (...) ... that takes a rather limited view of trebuchet optimization, doesn't it? ;) Suddenly I'm envisioning little seeker robots who roam around, trying to locate the target (presumably, other peoples' trebuchets?). Once located, the information (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.250)
|
|
| | rtlToronto12: Trebuchets proposal
|
| Hi folks, Well, it looks like many folks would like to do vending machines in March at the Library, and there's folks building for train4, which I'm looking forward to (I'm building a TGV/Thalys like train!) even though a concrete date isn't set for (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.250)
|
|
| | Trebuchet Fun
|
| Hey folks, Iain came by today and we ended up building a floating arm trebuchet to see what it would be like. In about an hour, we put together the model after using references from trebuchet.com. Iain figured out the layout of the mechanism and we (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.249)
|
|
| | Re: Trebuchet Fun
|
| (...) Well duh :) We had to kick it out enough that it would overcome the startup friction of draging the grape along the slide bed, as well as having enough tension to collapse the stiff sling-material to a point where it would clear the structure. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| |
|
trebuchet
(score: 0.248)
|
