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| 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)
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| | I'm not going tonight...
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| 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)
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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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| | Re: 10024 - Red Baron
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| (...) 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)
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| | Some Brikwars Questions
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| 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)
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| | Re: Some Brikwars Questions
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| (...) 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)
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| | Re: Huge Castle & AT-AT & More
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| (...) 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)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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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 (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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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. (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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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! :) (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, 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: Trebuchets
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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: Trebuchets
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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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| | Re: Trebuchets
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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| (...) 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) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trebuchets
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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: Trebuchets
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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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| | Re: Trebuchets
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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