Trebuchet Video!

[falconmaster]

Here is video from a trebuchet event that was held last weekend.
http://falconroboticsteam842.web.officelive.com/Trebuchets.aspx
Our team built a floating arm Trebuchet. We learned a lot!

[Pjohn1959]

Very cool machine. The floating arm seems to have given it a very smooth delivery system. It should have been pretty consistent.

[Wayne Doenges]

Very Kewl.
What were you throwing? How heavy was the projectile?
I built a Trebuchet at IVY Tech for one of my classes. It was a 1/4 scale bucket Trebuchet. We could throw a one pound croquet 102 feet. We had 100 pounds in our weight bucket.

[Edoc'sil]

Got to love trebuchets. How far were you throwing and what were the weights of your CW and projectile?


Oh and here is mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcrbq4-RrK4

[falconmaster]

We were throwing 150 feet and they were cantaloupes.

[falconmaster]

Got to love trebuchets. How far were you throwing and what were the weights of your CW and projectile?


Oh and here is mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcrbq4-RrK4

Awesome!

[xxjgdancexx]

that is awesome! one of my friends is a trebuchet fanatic so i am going to have to show her this video!
also, was your team at the Palmetto Regional?

[jsasaki]

poor cantaloupes :eek: haha very cool !!!:D

[penguinfrk]

Starting tomorrow, we're building trebuchets for a classroom competition as our final (nothing to do now that AP/IB testing is over). The floating arm looks pretty awesome.