I helped wind this thing today. I hope to be Trebuchet Master by Easter. If you're planning in April. Make sure you see it. It will be having a new arm put on which will increase it's (allowed) range from 100m to 160m. It is capable of shooting to 600m but there's a housing estate there. Seriously. This thing is THE most badass thing I've ever worked with.
@The150dirtbike if it weren't for the british there would be no americans since they helped you and what did you do turned on them and now look at this world its gone down hill because of you don't get me wrong i love you guys its just your leaders are dickheads
@bjggjb yeah :P sure.. US didnt even want to help to begin with but they got dragged into it because the Japs attacked you ;) + you were trading Oil to Germany before you entered :P + USA didnt win the war. Soviet did ;)
@Slotty Ever hear of Lend-Lease? It's what kept you guys in the war prior to America officially entering it. In mid-1940 (prior to the US entry into the war) President Roosevelt authorized shipments of weapons and ammunition to Britain... BTW, a LOT of American merchant seamen died bringing it to you (thanks to Hitler's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, which very nearly starved your nation into defeat at that time.)
So the next time you see an American - you better smile, mate.
This was built to demonstrate what real trebuchets looked like and what they could do. Nobody has a monopoly on being clever, but some Americans seem to want to monopolise ignorance!
I helped wind this thing today. I hope to be Trebuchet Master by Easter. If you're planning in April. Make sure you see it. It will be having a new arm put on which will increase it's (allowed) range from 100m to 160m. It is capable of shooting to 600m but there's a housing estate there. Seriously. This thing is THE most badass thing I've ever worked with.
SouloftheDragon 1 week ago
Hopefully they hit nothing
paapa300 1 month ago
now go watch punkin chunkin and see us americans would whoop yaws butts in a trebuchet competition
The150dirtbike 2 months ago
@The150dirtbike Ya but the common wealth seem to kick your ass in: medicare, education, public approval, and grammar too
misomalu 2 months ago 5
@The150dirtbike if it weren't for the british there would be no americans since they helped you and what did you do turned on them and now look at this world its gone down hill because of you don't get me wrong i love you guys its just your leaders are dickheads
24SparrowJack 1 month ago
@24SparrowJack Sorry to tell you this, but your British leaders are just as dickheaded as our American leaders (Tony Blair, anyone???)
Also, how did you "help" us? Last I checked, we dragged YOUR bacon out of the fire in that little dispute you had with Hitler (Lend-Lease, D-Day ect.)
bjggjb 2 weeks ago
@bjggjb yeah :P sure.. US didnt even want to help to begin with but they got dragged into it because the Japs attacked you ;) + you were trading Oil to Germany before you entered :P + USA didnt win the war. Soviet did ;)
Slotty 1 week ago
@Slotty Ever hear of Lend-Lease? It's what kept you guys in the war prior to America officially entering it. In mid-1940 (prior to the US entry into the war) President Roosevelt authorized shipments of weapons and ammunition to Britain... BTW, a LOT of American merchant seamen died bringing it to you (thanks to Hitler's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, which very nearly starved your nation into defeat at that time.)
So the next time you see an American - you better smile, mate.
bjggjb 1 week ago
This was built to demonstrate what real trebuchets looked like and what they could do. Nobody has a monopoly on being clever, but some Americans seem to want to monopolise ignorance!
walkergarya 1 month ago 3
NICE!!
wesleypiglover 6 months ago