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The main lever arm, or the length of it. Consists of the short arm and the long arm.
This design is similar to a regular King Arthur, but the long arm is bent 90 degrees forward. the long arm is about three times the axle height, and both the short arm and the CW hangar are about...
Torsion powered device using two arms connected by a bow string and turned by a high tension twisted bundles of rope called a skeins. Ballista can throw stones (Balls), or arrows. The arm positions...
The Burlington Pumpkin Pitch takes place in Burlington every year in late Septembers or early October. Before 2008 it was a range competition, but after space ran out (all 1800+ feet of it) it was...
Around the world, there are many hurling competitions. Most of the major ones involve hurling pumpkins, usually 8-10 pound ones.
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Counterweight powered trebuchet where the counterweight is directly attached to the short arm. Simplest of all trebuchet designs mechanically.
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A fixed counterweight trebuchet where the Counterweight is forced to fall straight down by a counterweight guide. The axle is allowed to roll forwards and backwards on a rail. Please see An...
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The FAKA is a trebuchet design invented in late 2006 by Craig Macomber. It stands for Floating Axle King Arthur. It combines the efficiency of a Floating Arm Trebuchet (FAT) with the increased...
A Floating Axle Trebuchet where the wheeled axle is lifted above the track for the first part of the throw allowing more counterweight drop.
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The axle of these trebuchets is wheeled and is allowed to roll along a rail or track. The first one built was a Floating Arm Trebuchet, made by Ron Toms.
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A Floating Axle Trebuchet with no counterweight guide. The arm, counterweight and axle are free to move forwards and backwards.
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The frame serves a few important purposes. Mainly is holds the axle or bundle off the ground, but it also often provides an anchor point for cocking, holds the sling trough, and effects...
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Threw 320 feet with a 5 pound CW, and 690 feet with 15. It is a floating axle King Arthur with the rail at around 3'2" off the ground. The wheels are 4 sliding door...
Gourdinator is a Floating Arm Trebuchet from Sedro Woolley that has been entered in the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch in every year. In 2007 they bent their arm but were able to fix it with help from...
The member connecting the counterweight to the end of the short arm.
Torsion powered device using two arms connected by a bow string and turned by a high tension twisted bundles of rope called a skeins. Ballista can throw stones (Balls), or arrows. The arms swing...
Counterweight powered trebuchet where the counterweight is attached to the short arm through a hanger allowed to pivot at the attachment to the short arm (hanger axle).
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Hokie Hurler throws pumpkin 723 feet in 2008
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J-Buchet is a Floating Axle King Arthur (video including most of its throws on that page) from Sedro Woolley that was been entered in the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch in 2007. It is the first large...
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Super propped trebuchet where the arm is locked to the hanger when cocked with the arm pointing almost straight down, and the hanger almost straight up. The hanger is released first and when it...
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It is usually a good idea to build your own machine (you learn more about designing it), but often a well made kit can provide some inspiration. Many places sell trebuchet kits, but the best kits...
Located in Lake Orion MI. Site at http://oaklandballistics.com/lopl.html
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The part of the arm of a trebuchet on the sling side of the main axle
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Invented and first built by Chris Gerow. The original "Magic of Merlin" was entered in World Championship Pumpkin Chuck in 2007 and 2008 (and will likely be in the future) and is the towering 50...
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Type: King Arthur
CW: 3 1/2 pounds
Axle Height: 13 1/2"
Long Arm: 12 3/4"
Short Arm: Adjustable (4 1/4")
Sling: Adjustable (13 3/4")
Wheels: Yes!
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Onagenator2 was originally build to fit in a 1 foot on a side cube. Later, the arm was lengthened and it was put on a bucket. The longest throw was 620 feet with a...
Torsion powered device using an arm turned by a high tension twisted bundle of rope called a skein. Onager arms swing in a vertical plane like a trebuchet. Check out an excellent video of ChuckyII,...
The following pages detail specific parts of hurling machines. Many different types of machines share common parts, so they are listed here. These pages should provide help designing and building...
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One of the slings lines loops over the pin. When the sling rotates far enough, the sling line will come off the pin, causing the sling to release the projectile.
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Pumpkin On A Stick is a traction trebuchet build by Craig Macomber for the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch in 2007. It is powered by the weight of two teenagers, and threw an 8 pound pumpkin 84.4 feet. It...
Measurement of efficiency of a trebuchet where closer to zero is better. Calculated by dividing the range () by the long arm length () and then dividing the mass ratio () by it.
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A smaller version of the J-Buchet FAKA, we used it in the 2008 WCPC. Features a 6' TA and a maximum of 600 lbs. of CW. Best throw was 644 feet on day 3 of the competition.
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There are several simulators around, mostly for trebuchets.
Atreb and Fat Sim
Atreb is considered to be the most accurate trebuchet simulator, and is a very powerful tool. It does have a limited...
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Slings greatly improve the range of most types of hurling devices. They generally consist of a pouch that holds...
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Trebuchet powered by the downward pull of springs attached to the short arm.
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Torsion devices are powered by a high tension twisted rope bundle.
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siege-engine.com - Great terminology and advice. Designs too!
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Torsion bundles are not kind to rope. If building your first torsion bundle, buy a cheap synthetic rope (usually nylon or polypropylene) because they will offer reasonable...
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Trebuchet powered by the downward pull of the operators via ropes attached to the short arm.
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Easy to transport
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For information about Traction Trebuchets see Traction Trebuchets page.
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TreBarbaric is a Hinged Counterweight Trebuchet from Sedro Woolley that has been entered in the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch (Video here) several years. In 2007 they once again won the Competitive...
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Trebuchet frames are usually made from wood, steel or both.
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A trebuchet is a device powered by a force (often gravity) acting on one end of a lever (arm) causing the other end to throw the projectile, usually with a sling. The most common (and simplest)...
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A trigger is a device used to release something. They are usually used to allow...
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(VLR) A trebuchet powered by a rope pulled from a remote location where the effective mass ratio is changed over time by having the counterweight pull down the middle of a span in the...
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Counterweight attached to a rope wrapped around a wheel or pulley like part if the arm around the axle. The wheel can be well under a full circle, and can be very irregularly shaped to change the...
A hinged counterweight trebuchet there the counterweight hanger is placed on top of the arm and the arm is pointed in the forward throwing direction when cocked.
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The World Championship Pumpkin Chuck takes place in Delaware every year in early November.
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