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(...) Glad you enjoyed the game Ben. Actually, they saw the LEGO version on my website and asked if I would do a non-LEGO version for them. Stephen (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think I remember seeing this show as well (...) You must have friends in high places! Your game is fun :) (...) Ben (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(URL) one knows why the Hafterans wanted to open an embassy in the Moonbase. Most people thought them to be long-extinct. But to space they have come, bringing a . . .unique architectural approach. The Hafterans mostly keep to themselves. The (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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(...) And you're a good editor as well...I recall some of your criticism of my written works a few months ago, and would like to thank you for it. Taking those suggestions to heart resulted in my generation of heightened quality writing. (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Hey Nathan, I just checked on Peeron and there are no Technic 1 x 4 beams in brown. :( I guess we just have to build stone stocks. Josh (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Alan, Good to hear from you again. I was wondering what happened to you after the MM discussions. I'm glad you are posting again! Your gate is awesome. Even my nine year old son thought is was cool and he is hard to impress. I liked the helmets (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Not only does it appear massive, it kinda is. The wall itself if made primarily from 2x4 Megabloks so it's very solid. I know it's considered sacrilege by some to use "other" blocks (and the earthworks that the wall sits on are primarily Tyco (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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