FGP Trebuchet launches a pop can

the "Flaming Griffin Patrol" Weblos Pack 524 constructed a trebuchet and launched everything from sacks of flour to pineapple out of it.

details:
Design / Engineering: Tom Roth, Scott Bomberg
Construction Materials: 2x4 wood w/ plywood gussets. mellamine shelf launch skid.
Main Beam: laminated 1x6 pine with laminated plywood reinforcment at pivot.
Fulcrum: 2" schedule 40 steel pipe, capped and drilled for 1/2" all thread axle. PVC bearing/centering spacer.
5' launch side, 2' -6" weight side.
Weight / Engine: "Joe Weider" weights variable amount, up to 300 pounds.
trigger: gate latch
loading mechanism: Brute Force.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• trebuchet
• tawmrawff
• flaming
• griffin
• patrol