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Ok.. I'll try to go see it... and as long as you mentioned it... Has anyone built a working Trebuchet out of lego, in Castle scale... not large scale.. I'm going to attempt it this weekend, though I'm just wondering if there are any pics out there (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Theyv'e got a trebuchet in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle, down the road from my house (along with a ballista (Arbalist) and Mangonel) They fire it into the moat and the shockwave from the stones kills lots of fish I dont think you'd get a heavy (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The boat weights should suffice for a fixed weight trebuchet, that is how I plan to do it. Mookie will prolly finish hers before I finish mine, since I have a lot on my plate at the moment. :\ Jeff (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Great minds think alike. I got the yen to build a castle scale trebuchet and finished it about 3 weeks ago. Took just 4 hours to build, but then took another week trying out all the variables to "optimize" the treb. One thing though, I did (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yup, I saw that one too. Built a trebuchet about 5 or 6 months ago. It's in castle scale and throws lego bricks more than 5 feet in ours. It can be found in my War Machines section of my site. (URL) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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About 5 months ago we had this entire discussion. I believe it was Anthony Sava who was nice enough to provide the PBS NOVA website: Here it is… all about Trebs and the medieval period. (URL) --==Richard==-- (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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