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Originally Posted by martin417
Not to be stickler... ok, yeah, I am  . That thing looks a lot more like a trebuchet than a catapult. Remember, engineers must always be precise in communication. |
It's not really a true trebuchet either. Trebuchets use counterweights to throw their payload, this uses surgical tubing. This does appear to use a sling however, which is a staple of trebuchets. IMHO, it still qualifies as a catapult.