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Trebuchet competition anyone?

coolwings · 2020-02-04 15:30:34

I fancy making a model from scratch. Not sure if balsa wood, or harder woods, possibly laminated choc-ice sticks or plastic drinking straws but I thought of making a working model trebuchet from cheap and cheerful materials. eg something like this: These are the essential parts: There are options like adding a little…

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I fancy making a model from scratch.
Not sure if balsa wood, or harder woods, possibly laminated choc-ice sticks or plastic drinking straws but I thought of making a working model trebuchet from cheap and cheerful materials.

eg something like this:

These are the essential parts:

There are options like adding a little winding winch to pull the weight down to set it for release. That might be up to the individual whether to add that feature or just do a manual set via hands.

Are you interested in doing one too?
If several are having a go we could make it into a Models Forum Trebuchet Competition.

If so, post "Yes" under this post, and we can start into choosing a standard (maximum/minimum size) measurements for people to work within according to his / her own choice.

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