It MIGHT be considered garden scale, since it’s about 1:24, but here is a few pics of my model mangonel (traction trebuchet)… now I just need a miniature castle to lay seige to…
A misfire, but still a cool pic
Builder’s log is here: http://www.catfish-hollow.com/trebuchet.html I’m also working on bigger (punkin chucker trebuchet for my daughter) and smaller (mini marshmallow catapults to sell)
“Fetchez la vache”
Looks good , intersting . About how far does that one throw it ?
It puts 6 golf balls within about a foot of each other at just over 35 feet… I was hoping for 50, but the crap I had handy for weight wasn’t pure lead… I’ll probably build a slightly larger counterpoise basket for it and try again.
My oldest daughter (the one in the pics) wants me to build another one big enough to chuck 'lopes and punkins
Mik said:Redheads are like that. My youngest, now a senior in college(I'm too young for that), has the same color hair. She was 3 and a half, riding in a bicycle trailer when I was run off the bike trail by a crazy kid. We both ended up side down, with her hanging from the seatbelt in the trailer, with a dent in her helmet, laughing. "Gee, Daddy, can we do that, again?" :P
My oldest daughter (the one in the pics) wants me to build another one big enough to chuck 'lopes and punkins
I bet it will go farther than that… Watch close at the angle it launches the ball. The closer to 45 degrees, the farther it will throw. The ball should make a high arch. If the trajectory is flat, it’s releasing the ball too late, so you need to straighten your pin a little. The the trajectory is too high, it’s releasing the ball too early, so bend your pin just a bit more. If aiming for a target, the pin is a good place to adjust the range.
I think we have the proper weapon to use against the blockhouse that they built in Ottawa to repel the American Invasion
Mik,
A good friend of mine (now living in FL) built one that was towable behind his pickup. He used 4 real railroad wheels for counter weight. He could toss pumpkins and bowling balls and other similar sized stuff a good distance. The remains of it reside in another friends yard. It would need some new lumber at this point to make it workable again.
In the SCA, the group that plays at Medieval War near you at Cooper’s lake in August, do that sort of thing all the time on differing scales. Table top siege engines are quite the game at indoor events. Wooden block castles and a gym floor are no match for these little wonders. Lots of fun!
Chas
Now, I’ve always wondered how much one of those weighs. Perhaps he could be chucking Hondas?
