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Re: Ziggurat: a floating-arm trebuchet
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:03:48 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Tim Rueger wrote:
> Folks,
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> For the recent TexLUG medieval siege weapon
> contest, I constructed a floating-arm
> trebuchet. Here are some annotated photos:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=61939
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> For the record, the trebuchet achieved the
> longest distance launch of the contest
> projectile (a glued 4x4x3 cube of 2x4
> bricks) at 33 feet.
That's quite impressive! And I also see (from the videos @ texlug) that Pat had
trouble keeping up with the distance :)
--
Best regards,
/Tobbe
<http://www.lotek.nu>
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| (...) Many thanks. I optimized the design for launch distance, and whatever points I got for repeat launch rate or accuracy were a bonus. I think Pat scored highest on launch rate, so the scores ended up fairly balanced. The videos came from the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
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