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Re: A Knights Tale (Trebuchets)
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Fri, 18 May 2001 08:08:58 GMT
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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 emough weight from LEGO without making it too
heavy unless you encase a ballbaring or something in there.
"Mookie" <Mookie1@telocity.com> wrote in message
news:3B047262.5D9DF308@telocity.com...
> Ok.. I'll try to go see it... and as long as you mentioned it...
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> 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 to base it on...
> I saw Nova the other night and they were building real sized ones and
> trying to destroy a small wall built in the early ages style, it was
> very interesting!
> I'm somewhat pumped on building one now!
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> Tamy
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> Greg Howell wrote:
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> > Okay Castle junkies,
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> > If you have a chance to go and see a movie, I recommend this one. • Knights
> > Tale is witty, silly and absolutly entertaining. It has given me some • great
> > ideas for castle construction and stories also.
> > I will soon be posting pics of a building I designed having been • inspired by
> > this flick.
> >
> > Seriously, it's good, go see it. It will be the sleeper of the year. • Just
> > don't expect to see Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, it way better than • that.
> >
> > This post will stand up to any trebuchet attack!
> >
> > GREG~
>
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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)
| | | Re: A Knights Tale (Trebuchets)
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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)
| | | Re: A Knights Tale (Trebuchets)
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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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| | Re: A Knights Tale (Trebuchets)
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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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