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...
Using plans provided by Leonard Vance, Nolan Ferguson, Kyra Ferguson, and one other class mate built this Murlin Trebuchet with some help from Byron. The axel seems to bind slightly. With 20lb counter weight only getting about 120 ft shots (45 mph) or so. See the original at...
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...
3D model created from 'Testosterone Trap' trebuchet. Capable of hurling fruitcakes the length of a football field. A trebuchet is a catapult like siege engine. This one is designed to be built with materials from Home Depot...
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...
Today we have a look at a modern design for a Trebuchet that still works with Medieval Engineers parts. The Floating Arm Trebuchet. Really hope we get the hooks and sling parts to make trebuchets work properly soon because this should be a super efficient design. For now though it's a kinda weak cat...
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...
Full power tests for the 5-armed MURLIN (Multi-Radius Linear Nodes) Trebuchet. Plans are available, but with two conditions: 1) You agree not to distribute the plans to anyone else without my permission, and 2) You let me know how building and testing go. Plan requests should go to. State your agree...
Launching the ten foot trebuchet. The swing arm is ten feet long and the base is ten feet long. The Projectile is a six pound rock and it throws 140 feet or more. I will be posting complete instructions on how to build this on my website. Special thanks go to John for all the help in building this T...
Young science students only please. You have to build a trebuchet and you waited til the last minute. 's free plans are nice, but how do you actually put all that stuff together? Here in time compressed animation is the procedure...
Seen people claiming to have built trebuchets in Besiege, they seem to all be just plain catapults. This is a trebuchet! Besiege - Support me over at if you want. If you enjoyed watching please like and (if you aren't already) consider subscribing! Science/Factoids: Twitter: Facebook: Hey, I'm Enter...
Development of a MURLIN trebuchet which is tuned to work with a bending structure. Plans are available, (though the non-dynamic tuned version) but with two conditions: 1) You agree not to distribute the plans to anyone else without my permission, and 2) You let me know how building and testing go. P...
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 ...
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...
Explains how a MURLIN (Multi-Radius Linear Nodes) trebuchet works Plans are available, but with two conditions: 1) You agree not to distribute the plans to anyone else without my permission, and 2) You let me know how building and testing go. Plan requests should go to. State your agreement to the t...
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...
Building a trebuchet requires a wooden base, sides, masking tape, washers to use as weights, a glue gun, stapler and a push pin to create a table-top throwing arm. Assemble a miniature trebuchet with a demonstration from a science teacher in this free video on science. Expert: Colin Kilbane Contact:...
In this video, I use pencils, floss, paper clips, and scotch tape to construct a table top trebuchet. Hopefully, this will show you how to use square and diagonal lashings to tie the pencils together to make a frame as well as give you guidelines for tuning. However, if you want additional informati...
(Big one is in background) Firing of small trebuchet during visit to open-air Medieval Center at Lolland-Falster in Denmark. My memory card filled up just as they fired off the big one in the background, where we could hear the stone whistle as it went far out into the sound; will have to go back ag...
Slow motion launch of a trebuchet i designed and built Southern Poly State Uni. farthest throw was about 300ft with a golf ball. the criteria were: less than 25 lbs, less than $25, and less than 4ft. it won the range competition...
Small scale trebuchet launches golf balls about 200 feet. This trecuchet is For Sale $100, if anyone is interested let me know, thanks...
Working on a gift box and making a commercial for my trebuchet model blueprints...
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...
My first attempt at building a small trebuchet, it replicates the average human arm, throwing a baseball 175 feet. Its surprising to me for its size, the base is only 20 by 48 inches, the arm length about 50 inches, and 70 pounds of counterweight. gravity does the rest!...
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 ...