Oakland Ballistics Trebuchet Page
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The Trebuchet Kit
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A great video showing various aspects of the trebuchet kit including, building, loading and launching.
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Video Camera Launch with still shots
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I've paused it at points so it's easier to see what is going on. You can see at one point the landing zone and the medicine ball that we had to launch with it in order for ...
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Video Camera Launch
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We launched a Go Pro video camera from a trebuchet. The result is actually pretty good. We had fins on it so it starts to stabilized itself pretty quickly. If you pause it...
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view from a counterweight.wmv
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The camera was mounted to the counterweight box of Cranbrook's machine. I think it came out pretty well. More artistic than useful, though.
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Inside the Parachute.wmv
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A view from inside the Pumpkin Parachute using a GoPro camera. Pretty neat if you ask me.
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Pumpkin Parachute Launch.wmv
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The public debut of the pumpkin parachute. It worked like a charm. The smiling pumpkin was returned to it's rightful birthday boy after the launch.
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Direct Hit LOPL 2011.wmv
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This is the winning launch at the Lake Orion Pumpkin Launch for the accuracy competition. As you can see it was a direct hit. A great shot considering we had 40 mph gusts o...
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Final Whipper Test.wmv
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This is the final shot that we did with the Whipper. There are a few things to work on but it did go forward which is all I was hoping for this year. Next year we will see ...
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2011 First Launch of Telos w straps.wmv
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This is Telos' first launch of 2011. We added some ratchet straps that are attached to earth anchors to keep it from jumping and it really did the trick. The distance was s...
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Whipper with ribbon on release pin.wmv
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This is where we finally got the whipper to release as a result of the release pin instead of the ball falling out of the pouch. Also, we attached a ribbon to various parts...
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About Oakland Ballistics Trebuchet Page
We are a pumpkin launching trebuchet team. We have three designs currently. Our mini treb we sell for fundraising purposes to help us build our large treb, Telos. We also have our Medium treb which we do public demonstrations with and for testing out various theories.
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We are a pumpkin launching trebuchet team. We have three designs currently. Our mini treb we sell for fundraising purposes to help us build our large treb, Telos. We also have our Medium treb which we do public demonstrations with and for testing ...
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