Wheel Trebuchet
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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 arm ratio during the throw.

Machines

Power Source

Gravity

Advantages

  • Very adjustable
  • Can have a long arm rotation

Disadvantages

  • Often hard to adjust wheel shape
  • Wheel can be heavy

Pictures

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