Trebuchet Fires Golf Ball 117 yards

A unique homemade Trebuchet designed by two high school physics students incorporates a dropped weight falling onto a supported lever arm. Essentially, a modified Guillotine Drop Trebuchet. Final distance traveled on SECOND launch = 117+ yards.

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Science & Technology

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• patrick
• tyler
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• trebuchet
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• scale
• guillotine
• drop
• floating
• arm
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• golf
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[anthonypage18]

This i brilliant!

When you say you are physics students did you have to work out the sling velocity and everything?



[PatrickWagner4]

@anthonypage18

Yes I did. But, this was a year ago, so I no longer have any of the work..

[Neptutron]

Hey could you please email me a blueprint for this :D If possible scaled down with the same ratios to 65cm cubed :] I need a design and this looks awesome

[PatrickWagner4]

@Neptutron

Haha. I'd have to draw some up. ^^" When is yours due? I will try to draw some up that are to scale with what you need.

[blackjack2722]

how do you do the release mechanism?

[PatrickWagner4]

@blackjack2722

It's a 2 and 1/2" long x 1/4" thick plate of steel. It's slid between two pieces of wood at the top.

[iamnotjesus789]

Awesome! Also, have sent you the thunderhorse guitar pro tab.

[mariomar45]

wich its the name of the arm?, or how can i ask for it??

[PatrickWagner4]

@lilboss003 All of the wood is 2x4's. The frame is about 1 yard cubed.

[lilboss003]

what lengths of wood did you guys use? mine is due in a week and i like this one.

[PatrickWagner4]

@coollilkat

This was only 10 pounds.

[coollilkat]

How many lbs of counter weight did you used?

[PatrickWagner4]

@TrevorBock

It is essentially a modified floating arm trebuchet. It was designed completely by us.

[TrevorBock]

I thought this would be a floating arm trebuchet this is better though where did you get the plans to build this?

[chief5566]

dude you guys so get the extra credit haha