(...) A gravity-powered catapult is called a trebuchet. This site is a good place to start: (URL) are lots of links to other sites with plans, etc. I made a small one last summer, with a beam ~50cm long. It can fling a ~10g rock over 50m. Much fun! (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
(...) <snip my new summer project ;) > Trebuchet is also my favorite MS font. I just got done designing a flyer for a conference using this for the logo. Now I know where the name comes from. thanks! -chris (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
