I know it's a long shot...

MarkTJohnson

Know what it is? Heck, I built one to throw water balloons for my wife. She was the teacher for the gifted kids at an Elementary (grades K through 5 in the States). She taught a unit about the Middle Ages, castles, knights, all that stuff. My trebuchet has a 7 foot long arm and the weight was 100 pounds of sand. Made the sling from an old pair of blue jeans.

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PIEBALDconsult

Sort of a goliath David.

Greg Utas

It's also type of chess position. Trebuchet - Chess.com[^]

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BobbyStrain

Seems like the device was also used to throw cows.

Brisingr Aerowing

OK. That's awesome.

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jmaida

Cool. I did that many-many moons ago. Crazy teen days. Made one for throwing large fish bait into the surf that was too dangerous to swim in. Worked OK, but clumsy and not very portable. These days folks use drones.

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David Crow

Yes, I made one. It's a medieval weapon.

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PIEBALDconsult

And a piano. (If I recall correctly.)

jmaida

Now days one get get a very effective spinning reel with heavy line and long rod to reach deep into the surf. But the best approach are powerful programmable drones capable of delivering up to 5 lbs of bait to be auto-dropped once it has reached a programmed range from controller. It then flies back to original take off spot. Very cool, but not legal in some places.

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Richard Deeming

Fetchez la vache! :laugh:

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jschell

MarkTJohnson wrote:

I built one to throw water balloons for my wife

eek! First time I read that I thought it said 'at my wife'.

jschell

jmaida wrote:

but not legal in some places.

So learned both of the practice and that they have now made it specifically illegal in some places (I looked up that last part.)

jschell

These days it is easier to just jump in your car and drive it through the front door of your neighbors house that you don't like. Of course just like the ol' days much smarter of you to convince another neighbor that you don't like to drive their car. So you take out two at once.

Roger Wright

Yes. :laugh:

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Lost User

Yeah, it's the non forbidden version of the ballista. You can fire boulders at your enemy, just not missiles made of entire trees. Some pope forbade it. Imagine, a huge crossbow on your ship, capable of firing a tree that been cut as a missile. A trebuchet is a long shot, yes. Just less effective.

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