Constructing a Trebuchet - Mythbusters - S10 EP01 - Science Documentary

This episode Confirms my theory that the last 2 seasons are no longer about specific myths, but just 2 dudes with a large budget and an excellent camera crew. Lets just build something cool, what can you think of? "well I've always wanted to build a trebuchet..." They knew the game was over, so they were just having fun with it. And I'm all for that!

When i was a teenager a few of my cousins and I had the bright idea to utilize the tractor, an ungodly amount of rope, chain, lags, and a few retired old telephone poles to build a massive trebuchet. We got about 4 rounds off shooting 2.5lb concrete shot we cast and hit over 650ft on the fourth. On the fifth we scored an even more impressive ~150lbs 20ft vertical as one of the legs that was buried 6ft deep ripped out of the ground right under me and gave me a taste of my own medicine. spent the rest of that family reunion in a wheelchair.

I love when they write don't try this at home. What?! I shouldn't bankrupt myself buying duct tape to reenact a myth busters episode! Don't tell me what to do!

Thank you for the multiple episodes ❤

Yesssssss love watching this show!!!!

28:02 "No plan survives first contact with implementation". It is said the German Field marshal, known as "Moltke the Elder" (Helmuth von Moltke) believed in a well developed, and flexible, series of courses of action for battle, would always be much superior, instead of a single rigid plan. He served in the Second Schleswig War, Franco-Prussian War, and Austro-Prussian War. He was aptly described as "an organized and tactical genius" fully demonstrated by his long service, in the Prussian military.

Wheels. I remember watching a challenge program years ago, might have been scrapheel challenge, or Brainiac, or something like that. Anyway, they had to build trebuchet to fire at a castle wall (which they also built). they couldnt get close. UNTIL, they took the brakes off the wheels. At that point, they didnt just hit the wall, they could fire over it. They worked out that in taking the wheels off, the trebuchet starts off moving back, but then shoots forward, adding loads of power to the throw.

Jaimie said: “applied in the right way”

Great episode

46:08 - You're Going to need a bigger Duct Tape Trebuchet !

Nylon fibre tape is insanely strong under tension, they could've done so much with that over the years.

That got incredibly polluting at the end

Should have filled the bouncy shark with Gas, lolz!

29:48 you could use a variety of things, barbed wire for example would hold him in

46:07 OMG!! :) ... I 100% KNEW for sure!! .. That it was going to be an inflatable bouncy Castle !!... How wrong could I have been!! ??? :)

What are the attitudes to seatbelts in the US? I lived in the UK for a bit, and the bus driver became passive-aggressive when he saw me wearing one, saying I was indirectly accursing him of being a bad driver .... That being said, I didn't drive with other people, so I don't know if he was "the rule" or "the exception"

2016 wasn't that long ago; I'm surprised the producers thought all that intentional burning pollution was appropriate.

Does anyone know name of the show where a group of people built full sized ancient weapons using modern and ancient techniques?

Yup

must say it was good with Jamie and Adam but way better with all 5.