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Re: Trebuchets
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 13 May 2003 16:26:31 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Johannes Koehler writes:
> Hello!
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> > Has anyone ever made one? Anybody got pix? Thanks!
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> I'm not sure if I understand the term 'trebuchet' correctly (Catapult,
> Onager?)
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 weight or use manpower to swing
the arm. Most of the LEGO catapults have been trebuchets and you use your
finger to make it throw. But LEGO did have a weighted trebuchet in set 6059,
you can find instructions on Brickshelf.
A Ballista is a big crossbow and can throw rocks or darts. Daniel Siskind has a
few ballista's on his Brickmania site.
http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/castle/castles.html
Denis Pouchain has several different catapults at his Avolonnia site:
http://www.avalonnia.net/
(Under "Constructions, Machines de Guerre")
And so does Anthony Sava at his Ikros site:
http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros/siege.html
An Onager is a catapult that uses some sort of spring to throw the weight. I
would call your catapult an onager. I have one at my site. I tried to use a
ladder as the spring, but it only throws about 6 inches.
http://swroble.home.att.net/Projects/Things/Catapult/Catapult.html
Denis Pouchain has several different catapults at his Avolonnia site:
http://www.avalonnia.net/
(Under "Constructions, Machines de Guerre")
And so does Anthony Sava at his Ikros site:
http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros/siege.html
Stephen
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Trebuchets
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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) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Trebuchets
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Trebuchets
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| Hallo Stephen! Long time no hear... My fault, sorry! (...) I agree 50%. I think a 'catapult' is every (battle) machine that throws things by swinging an arm. I wouldn't call a ballista a 'catapult'. But maybe the German meaning of the word is (...) (22 years ago, 14-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 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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