Most powerful trebuchet in the world

Our Guinness World Record "Largest trebuchet with projectile 20kg or larger". See page 200/201 of GBWR 2006 for proof. Weight 45 tonnes, counterweight 23 tonnes, release height of projectile 23m (75 ft). The car and boat together weighed 1300 kg and went 39m (128 ft).
The rope broke on the first trial. Cars don't throw well - they are too light and lose speed when the roof goes flat to the wind. We could throw a tonne weight over a 16 storey building if there was one just there.

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[CJSBMXMX4518FL]

you should really do punkin chunkin you have a great chance of winning

[jacksfavedad]

@CJSBMXMX4518FL It's a long way from home to the punkin contest...but now we know how to do it, so maybe? When we built this we weren't thinking of records, that came after we fired it. It was made for fun in the quickest time (100 hours labour) without worrying too much about the design, plus we had to be able to re-use all the materials $100k worth, so it is really inefficient - for example the outer 3m of arm weighs more than the car meaning we are really lifting 2 cars and throwing one.

[OntDinRS]

Your trebuchet is broken, it's not releasing at the apex of the swing, you're gonna kill someone with that thing (and it won't be the anyone inside of the castle you're firing at!)

I mean that first throw? Jesus christ it went backwards!!!

[kozmon0t]

@DiVeronica they'd be in range of a well-thrown spear

[DiVeronica]

i think you'd be in range of crossbows with that distance...

[ToothpickMcBrainy]

Meanwhile, in the UK...

[AquaticCastle]

IT needs to release later

[TerminatorLTD]

Très drôle. Tu es un génie!

Bisous.

YGF

France