Trebuchet launches golfballs

Small scale trebuchet launches golf balls about 200 feet.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• gadget
• catapult
• weapon
• model

[Ownage2themax3]

How do you design the sling to hold on to the ball for the upward acceleration, then let it fall off once it has momentum? Is it just pure centrifugal force that's "pushing" it off of the sling?

I'm trying to design a trebuchet, myself.

[brianbev1]

@Ownage2themax3 This piece of steel is not actually a nail because it is threaded on one end and bent

at 90 degrees. The threaded end passes through a small hole in the end of

the lever and is held on with a wingnut. It is easily adjusted by slightly

changing the angle and securing the wingnut.

[brianbev1]

You can buy the kit at trebuchet

[61sman16]

Is there anyway that you could find the website form which you got the building plans? it would really help me out!

[brianbev1]

@61sman16

[Chowderchowder007]

what brand is it, and how much does it cost?

[brianbev1]

I bought plans online and built it. I can't find the website anymore. Fun project. Can hurl a golfball 100 yards. It would be cool to scale this guy up to bowling balls! lol.

[cody56879]

I've never seen this type of trebuchet before. It looks pretty complicated, was it?

[vanityemm]

Sweet trebuchet, I like how your's converts the gravitational energy of the weight into the the mechancial energy of the ball with your swing fulcrum.

Check out this impulse trebuchet I made,

youtube "klondike time trebuchet"

[SavageJim01]

What is the exit velocity of the golf balls from the sling?



[thebrutalbuiscuit]

Pretty boss

[ACDC5968]

Its a floating arm trebuchet

[AliWasntHere]

Everyone, this is a Merlin Trebuchet.

[gapoc459]

Attach wheels to the bottom, and launch off a surface with less friction, and it will be even more effective!

[hakero100]

Can u tell me how u do the trebuchet catapult? please!!! is for my homework :P