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| (...) I saw the trebuchet commercial the other night and almost spit cheerios out my nose... -Rob (better switch to honeycomb) A> (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: First post and LEGO wargaming questions
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| (...) That Trebuchet is really cool. I assume it was inspired by Age of Empires 2. A side not about the cannon however. FYI This is straight from my history Professor. While rudimentry cannon were employed posibly as early as the 800s (though more (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: rtlToronto13: rtlToronto/castle1
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| (...) Too high a risk? Uh, okay. You can gun a golf ball at me. I guarentee you can't throw it hard enough to do anything more than stun me. You just stand to the side. As long as you're not a moron and don't stand in the way of the things when they (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A Knights Tale (Trebuchets)
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| Theyv'e got a trebuchet in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle, down the road from my house (along with a ballista (Arbalist) and Mangonel) They fire it into the moat and the shockwave from the stones kills lots of fish I dont think you'd get a heavy (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Sneak preview Estuary Stronghold
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| Wow. That was one piece of work. All those creative uses for pieces, especially the round towers and the rock raiders canopy, really gave it a realistic look. I'm gonna round the towers on my castle now. And is that a Trebuchet in two of the pics or (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Physics/Materials geek question
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| (...) <snip my new summer project ;) > Trebuchet is also my favorite MS font. I just got done designing a flyer for a conference using this for the logo. Now I know where the name comes from. thanks! -chris (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: rtlToronto13: rtlToronto/castle1
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| (...) Does it have to be a trebuchet? Or can it be any type of ballistic seige weapon? Also, does it follow standard "purist" rules? Competetors have to wear safety googles at all times (bring your own). Calum, rtlToronto could also bring a net for (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 10024 - Red Baron
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| (...) 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)
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| 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: A Knights Tale (Trebuchets)
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| (...) Yup, I saw that one too. Built a trebuchet about 5 or 6 months ago. It's in castle scale and throws lego bricks more than 5 feet in ours. It can be found in my War Machines section of my site. (URL) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) The boat weights should suffice for a fixed weight trebuchet, that is how I plan to do it. Mookie will prolly finish hers before I finish mine, since I have a lot on my plate at the moment. :\ Jeff (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Not forgetting Kev's tower, mushroom hut, stone circle and custom set. (...) Richard's Trebuchet was a work of art. (If it was science it would have always worked). The occasional missfire made it all the better. Richard was also responsible (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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