How to Build a Trebuchet | MythBusters
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Published 2016-03-25
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All Comments (21)
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The superior siege weapon, capable of hurdling a 90kg object 300 meters with a counterweight!
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I heavily admire the editor responsible for the After Effects motion tracking of the trebuchet model's design overlay.
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1:07 you can see the power of trebuchets on his face, that's savage.
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How to build a trebuchet? Well, first you have to get to the imperial age.
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“Slightly bigger nut, much bigger nut.” 2:11
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Her: Bae come over Him: I can’t I’m 90kg Her: But I’m 300m away Him:
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A couple of points to improve efficiency (power transfer from the counterweight to the projectile) and thus range. 1) Make the counterweight link (the bit between the CW and the arm) as long as possible, so the CW just clears the ground. 2) The sling length needs to be adjusted so that the projectile releases (sling stall) just before the CW stalls.
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just gonna give some credit to the editors for making those absolutely perfect outlines, GJ!
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Miss this show. Adam & Jamie were very good.
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2:26 The look of a man who has been tinkering on the edge of success for a long time and suddenly... SUCCESS. He looks almost scared to believe it, then looks at the camera to make SURE the camera caught it and saw the same thing.
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Where was this when I needed to make one for physics class? smh
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The sling length varies... by weight ratio between counterweight and item being thrown. Also the counterweight connection needs to be another set of arms. Essentially, he's doing it all wrong. But even ding it wrong they can be amazingly powerful.
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Thank You for this video; it helped me with a Medieval Engineers video I am working on.
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r/trebuchetmemes watching this unite
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Thanks so much this is going to help so much in my design and technology project!
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The superior siege weapon
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I heard a builder say something about having to hold on to the projectile/sling until the last second. Same way you want to hold on to the tip of a towel rat tail before whipping it at the target; even that small bit of resistance as you let it leave your hand apparently helps. I can't draw you what this means for a trebuchet, but I heard it's really important - and was the missing detail not covered by the medieval manual.
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this helped me so much on my science project
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It would be interesting to build an identical one but put wheels on it. Then compare how far both rigs can toss a projectile.
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Does anyone know the measurements and materials they used to make this trebuchet??
