Variable Leverage Remote Drop

(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 rope.

Machines

Power Source

Gravity

Advantages

  • Uses full height for drop
  • Dynamic arm ratio

Disadvantages

  • Hard to build
  • Lots of friction

Pictures

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