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Re: pic: "You should never go against a robotics kid"

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Originally Posted by ComradeNikolai View Post
I would argue that this is a torsion engine but not a trebuchet, for a trebuchet uses a counterweight, whereas the surgical tubing more closely matches the twisted rope used to power many catapults, such as mangonels and onagers.
It's a trebuchet with a twist

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