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Re: pic: "You should never go against a robotics kid"
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This would appear to be a torsion engine, or a "torsion trebuchet;" however, that is not the normal context of the term "trebuchet."
A torsion engine stores energy through torsion or twisting of something (usually ropes). The catapult pictured stores energy through the stretching of the surgical tubing, not twisting.
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Re: pic: "You should never go against a robotics kid"
Ours where a little bigger...

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Re: pic: "You should never go against a robotics kid"
sorry, idk if anyone actually already said that, but i think the proper term's a trebuchet. lol...still pretty awesome.
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sorry, idk if anyone actually already said that, but i think the proper term's a trebuchet. lol...still pretty awesome.
yeah, we had a long discussion about it (see like the first 10 posts) just call it a "catachet"
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