Make Your Own Catapult out of PVC Piping This weekend, get some PVC and build a human powered catapult. Bre Pettis joins forces with Bill Gurstelle, seige weapon builder extraordinaire! Fetchez La Vaca!
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Trebuchet at Warwick Castle Video of a trebuchet launching a cannon ball of about 80 pounds over two football fields...oh yeah and did I mention it ...Video of a trebuchet launching a cannon ball of about 80 pounds over two football fields...oh yeah and did I mention it was dipped in oil and set ablaze, awesome!
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Rich English Guy and his Trebuchet Besides giving away to charity, most rich people waste their money on boring, frivolous things such as yachts, diamonds, and mansions. Here's a rich English guy that knows how to have fun. I hope he does
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RoboPutt... Fireball-throwing Robotic Catapult An industrial robot throws bowling balls 120 feet into the side of an RV. The guys from Mana Energy Potions proceed to light a bowling ball on fire and throw that too.
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Human Trebuchet Doesn't the title say it all?
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The Lego Trebuchet Kids toys... maybe not?
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Table Top Trebuchet The trebuchet is a medieval machine designed to throw objects at or into castles. This video explains that the gravitational potential energy stored in the raised counterweight is converted into kinetic energy in the projectile. Trebuchets make excellent science fair projects.
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