We are three guys from Sweden who made a Floating Arm Trebuchet as a school project. This is the most effecient catapult design known today. We managed to throw a 0.5 kg (1, 1 lb) projektile 110 meters (361 ft), this gave us an effeicency of 41 %. Our counter weights were made out of concrete and ha...
The trebuchet "Yankee Siege" launches a pumpkin at the Punkin Chunkin World Championships Oct. 2007...
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Punkin' Chunkin' comes to the Bald Eagle State Park! George Demchak, REALTOR at KBB and Howard Volunteer Fire Co member wanted something different for the fall , how about flinging pumpkins at 140 miles per hour at floating targets? And, there's much more at this FREE fall festival on Saturday, Oct....
For a FREE issue of Farm Show Magazine, go to Facebook: Twitter: Hugh Mommsen sells thousands of pumpkins every year from his Rice Lake, Wis., farm. So he doesn't hate them. He just likes to hurl them through the air for hundreds of feet and watch them come down with a boom in his sorghum field. He ...
Complete plans for building a real working trebuchet. Impress your friends (including that fair damsel in your life) when you hurl melons, toasters, pumpkins, small animals (just kidding), balls and those dreaded fruitcakes, the length of a football field...
Who can honestly say that they don't need a trebuchet for home defense? In this episode of Some Assembly Required, Shawn Wasserman designs and builds a trebuchet big enough to throw a pumpkin. Warning - graphic images of exploding fruit. If you're wondering what this software is, it's called Autodes...
My friend's daughter, who is also one of my karate students got to build a trebuchet for a class catapult contest at her school, so I offered to help. This is how it turned out. We need to add some heavier counterweights and it will fly much farther. We got ideas for the design from this very helpfu...
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Download/DVD: This video explains the science behind a 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. Trebu...
Mike Senese, host of the 2009 Punkin Chunkin, conducts this interview about the trebuchet being built at the Craftsman Experience. Joseph Budka of Pagoda Studios is building the catapult-like medieval siege weapon, and describes the catastrophic failures endured along the way. Joseph dives into the ...
Shoots a golf ball 560 feet (my latest numbers are over 1200 feet - see 1200 foot+ golfball trebuchet). These are the first shots from a new 5 armed MURLIN (multi-radius linear nodes) trebuchet designed to shoot golf balls. Counterweights progress from 7.5 to 30 lb. Device is designed for 37.5 lb ma...
In this episode we will: Plant some pumpkins and cotton, finish all but the roof on the carpenters house, and chat a bit about signs. See the entire playlist @ Game Info from the Author: Timber and Stone is essentially a sandbox game, where the player is allowed to create any style of settlement, vi...
What do you do with all those extra pumpkins the weekend after Halloween? You shoot them across a huge field! The Punkin' Chunkin' started in 1986 and has become a nationally recognized event. You gotta see it to believe it! They have "kid projects" all the way up to air cannons that deplo...
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Be sure to follow us on Instagram and see daily photos of what we are up to: * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * My family has a huge tradition of carving Halloween pumpkins every year! My dad really gets into it, using power tools to make decorating much faster. We have learned a lot from him, but this year we took ...
Slow motion of trebuchet action. Treb is 15' in height with 12' tapered throwing arm and a 400 lb counterweight optimized to hurl objects 300'. Plans for full size trebuchet available at...
A floating arm trebuchet my son designed and built. * The trebuchet site has been updated with everyone's welcome feedback. Come check it out - * The treb is all wood and steel. Even the wheels in the mechanism were out of pine and made on the tablesaw and router. Projectile is a tennis ball filled ...
Troop 1935 of the Woodlands, Texas, designed and built this floating arm trebuchet for the Annual Pumpkin Chucking Contest. They won the competition through their innovative design, determination, and teamwork!...
A few students at the math and physics department at the University of Northern British Columbia have built a simple trebuchet (a medieval siege engine) and invited people on Halloween to watch some old pumpkins getting launched. Joined by Mario and Yoshi! :) We even had the perfect weather for Hall...
This floating arm trebuchet was made for a school project. It's extremely powerful. Although the longest throw was 206 feet with a baseball, The trajectory was WAY too steep and went something like 100 feet in the air. After we lower the trajectory I'm guessing about 350 feet with only about 50 poun...
How to build a trebuchet plans. Trebuchet model 309 building plans with rare step-by-step video instructions for free. Available exclusively at the website. Popular, reliable trebuchet design plan is ideal for learning to build a trebuchet...
Promotional Video for Mt. Hood Community College's "Second Life and MHCC" May 2008 presentation...
Our biggest trebuchet is for throwing pumpkins. It is able to throw 8 pound pumpkins over 600 feet, lighter ones even further. The counterweight can range from 700 to 1100 pounds...
How to make/carve pumpkin ideas ready for Halloween. This video shows you five great pumpkin related tips for you to try this Halloween. Carve your Jack-o'-lantern to another level! Includes: How to make pumpkin teeth and pumpkin fangs Carving out eyes A pumpkin mirror ball disco lantern Using a pum...
My floating arm trebuchet, built following a slightly modified version of Ron Tom's Plans. Still calibrating, but the range is in excess of 225 feet, my first throw. some stats: CW mass: 10lbs+axle height: ~1 meter projectile: golfball range: 225+ feet All shots in this movie are intentional misfire...
A group Cape Breton University engineering students built a trebuchet in their free time and took it to Two Rivers Wildlife Park. Pumpkins were sold and then fired at scarecrows, and as a bonus anybody's pumkpkin that hit scarecrow recieved a prize. However, this was no easy task...
As a response to a request i have made a video showing how to create a floating arm trebuchet. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT MAKE THIS TREBUCHET WITHOUT A FIRING MECHANISM. I created a trapdoor like device for mine. there are many different types of firing mechanisms so you can design your own...
Trebuchet catapult throwing pumpkin, 12 arm, 300lb counterweight...
We built two small trebuchets for a school project a couple years back. They use a cigar box filled with lead shot for a counterweight, are made of oak, and use a wheel and free-hanging counterweight design. This allows the trebuchet to function with a smoother motion, and more efficient use of the ...
A trebuchet is an ancient siege engine used to overpower a castle in medieval times. It was the nuclear weapon of its day from the 4th century to the 14th century...
Fall is an awesome time to do some of the science experiments for kids we have been putting on our to do list all year. If you are looking for inexpensive, easy projects that are great for fall, you have come to the right place!...
Annual Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl & Medieval Faire pumpkin trebuchet watch pumpkins fly fast, catapulted hundreds of feet every october...
Punkin Chunkin Fundraiser. Near Halloween, this is a unique way to raise funds for your group while disposing of left over pumpkin and jack-o-lanterns in your community. Here's how it works: Volunteers build (or you can buy) a medieval-style catapult (aka trebuchet). One person pulls the long, catap...
Trebuchet. In week five talked discussed different things you could launch from a trebuchet! including but not limited to. cars, flaming pianos, pumpkins, steel balls, tennis balls for dog fetching, water balloons, and basketballs. by Marko Velic...
Office supply catapult - also has link to a trebuchet :) i kind of didn't know where to put this but i love it!...
Study archimedes/catapult contest would be good around thanks giving time pumpkin chunkin by wetoatmealkisses...
Teaching a lesson in physics next to our newly built Pumpkin Trebuchet! This was a huge hit with our campers...
The Big Book of Catapult and Trebuchet Plans by Ron Toms. Search for this and other pumpkin titles at...