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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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Sorry about the duplicated information, I didn't reread before I posted. The instructions for LEGO set 6059 are here: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) (URL) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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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Has anyone ever made one? Anybody got pix? Thanks! Mike (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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I've reorganized by folders, adding my Cathedral and my Keep. (URL) in the Gate folder you'll find the underside of the city gate - with a couple of bricks removed so that the placement of the hinge bricks can be seen. Originally I built the gate on (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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