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weighted drawbridge design
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:41:35 GMT
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I don't think anybody has used this style drawbridge on any of their
castles yet, but it is pretty neat. In socials class, we are studying the
middle ages, as well as castles and stuff like that. my teacher, showed us
some styles of drawbridges. one of them was a really neat wighted design
that instead of raising it slowly with chain, one side was weighted and it
was hinged. if you pulled a peg, the drawbridge would go shooting up into
the air and stop at 90 degrees. Quick and fast, and it kills enemys raing
the castle that are on the drawbridge at the time because it slams them
right into castle faster than you can say dead. I was inspired so i built
one. the thing you pull to make the bridge slam into the air is actually a
brick hidden on the side of the bridge, it sits on tiles and the moment you
slide out fromthe wall, SLAM! sorry, i can't take pictures right now but
i'll get them up asap. If someone knows what i'm talking about, could you
build one and take a picture so people can see what i'm talking about cuz
it's abit hard to explain clearly.
Thanx
geordan
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 | | Re: weighted drawbridge design
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| Hmmm, sounds interesting, gonna hafta remember that when I start building my outer drawbridge. What are some other defensive structures people have incorporated into their castles? My outer drawbridge structure is going to have a nice little (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: weighted drawbridge design
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| I just read a book on medieval siege warfare, and I know what you're talking about. There were several kinds of counterweighted drawbridges. One style still used chains, but with weights at the end to pull the bridge up when released. Another style (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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