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Yankee Siege Trebuchet

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Uploaded by on Oct 8, 2006

The trebuchet is a medieval siege weapon. The Yankee Siege was built in Greenfield, NH and has won several pumpkin distance contests. This launch was captured October 7, 2006 in Greenfield, NH

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  • @jonchall8 The wheels make it more efficient. By letting the base move under the arm, the weight is allowed to drop on a straighter path. This results in a faster-moving throwing arm and a more powerful shot. Locking the wheels would make it less powerful.

  • They really need to add a way to lock the wheels, or put chocks behind them.

  • That guy hates pumpkins...or punkins.

  • that is cool Yankee Siege is my favirite lounching machine ever it was cool when they destroyed there own record. the new record i think is 2038 ft i hope they go to chunkin next year even know he made a deal for 2000 ft. that new arm made that pumpkin fly

  • the leader of team yankee siege is my cousins boss. on thanksgiving we all watched the contest on the science channel. yankee siege!

  • are you retarded or something?

  • Yep that's right. It's like a baseball pitcher taking a step forward. Nova did a show on siege engines.... check it out.

  • It gets better with wheels actually.

  • From my experience I would say the same thing. So so so much energy is lost when it moves the whole thing on wheels.

  • wouldnt having no wheels help?

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