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Re: Trebuchet (was: Sneak preview Estuary Stronghold)
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 19:56:26 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Catena writes:
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> Actually, I'm not having a lot of luck with the sling part. I'd rather not cut
> up a net to make a smaller sling, but it's looking like that's my best option
> (folding the net does not work at all). Right now I've got a chain doubled • over
> with a rubber band (from Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins) which I wedge into the • hole
> of the 1x1. This isn't a great solution, cause it's really hard to make it
> release at the right time.
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> Oh, by the way, for defensive purposes I recommend a ballista instead of a
> trebuchet. Nothing quite like being able to spear an entire unit with a
> sharpened tree trunk. ;)
Personal recommendation, don't even try for the sling approach. It will
require a stout crossbar to stop the throwing arm, but put one of the catapult
buckets at the end and make it a hybrid. If you don't put in the stop, the arm
will just keep going and centrifugal force will make the release very
unpredictable.
Either that or go with a NLS (non-Lego solution) with a bit of string and some
cloth and make the sling yourself.
Happy Hurling!
Lance
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 | | Re: Trebuchet (was: Sneak preview Estuary Stronghold)
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| (...) Hm. The trebuchets in the Nova special did not have crossbars, but in any event I might be trying to do something a little too tricky for now. The catapult bucket is a really good idea, and I did try to use the bucket-and-arm from the Catapult (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Trebuchet (was: Sneak preview Estuary Stronghold)
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| (...) I just watched the Siege Weapons edition of the Nova "Secrets of Lost Empires" miniseries on PBS. Basically, the hour-long show focused on the efforts of two groups of people to build two slightly different trebuchets using medieval methods, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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