Onager Whistler Launch

Team Carbo launch off their specially made bowling ball nicknamed "The Whistler." Watch the video to find out how it got that name.

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• onager
• whistler
• launch
• catapult

[macrumpton]

@Xbox360481 I guess it depends on what you are throwing. Generally Onagers are used for smaller payloads than Trebuchets.

[Xbox360481]

@Zomgwtfbbqt actually, pound for pound, onagers are much more powerful than trebuchets, just look at yankee siege, it uses 11,000 pounds of counterwieght, is 60 feet tall and throws a maximum of about 2200-2400 feet. than theres the onager chucky 2 that is about 15-20 feet tall and threw 3000 feet

[seamanspencer]

that was the warning siren

[Mechengi]

no, onagers and trebuchets both have slings, the bucket catapults are usually called "catapult" or "mangonel". The difference between an onager and trebuchet is that an onageris powered by a torsion spring, and a trebuchet works with a droppig counterweight

[seamanspencer]

trebuchet has a counterweight

onager has a torsion spring

[mcskatin]

does an onager have a bucket and break and a trebuchet has a sling and no break??? is that the difference??

[mcskatin]

im very interested in these and have built four with old swing set bodies. so.. what is an onager?? i havent quite heard the term anywhere.

thanks

[mrHBski]

onager in latin is "wild ass". no lie. i just typed in onager for the hell of it and i am amazed at what i have just found.

[shadowhedgehog1]

sweet first to comment

[jesusbomwha]

err... were it go