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Re: Trebuchets
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 19 May 2003 19:04:33 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Wells writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Brian H. Nielsen writes:
> > As I mentioned I wanted to do in my other post, I've changed to a braided
> > sling pocket and it made a big difference, both in ease of setup and
> > distance. It now throws about 6 feet. Time to see what sling length and
> > end hook gives the best performance before I change how the weight on the
> > arm is distributed.
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> > Brian
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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?
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> Nathan
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> Lord Of The LEGO
I've uploaded 2 new picures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=405273
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=405285
to my Brickshelf folder:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=43644
The first picture shows the new braided sling on the trebuchet and the
second is a close-up of just the sling.
I used fishnet style braiding. You might find this link useful on how to
do net braiding:
http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=208&lang=English
Brian
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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 (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.castle)
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