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| − | The thing(s) about the trebuchet: it's technically portable, but not especially so. We accidently poured something more like 300+ lbs of concrete for the counterweight as opposed to the planned 200. Aside from that, the thing bolts together, so it assembles or disassembles in about half an hour. Also I miscalculated the footage of lumber we needed, so the throwing arm's 2' shorter than anticipated. Nonetheless, I think we hit upon something in the last test: we need higher projectile mass for longer range, because the thing just snaps through its firing arc presently. <small>oh and also we need to replace the axis with probably a piece of an old car's drive train because some genius physicist guessed that the stress placed on it wouldn't bend or break a steel pipe (hint the physicist in question might be randy)</small | + | The thing(s) about the trebuchet: it's technically portable, but not especially so. We accidently poured something more like 300+ lbs of concrete for the counterweight as opposed to the planned 200. Aside from that, the thing bolts together, so it assembles or disassembles in about half an hour. Also I miscalculated the footage of lumber we needed, so the throwing arm's 2' shorter than anticipated. Nonetheless, I think we hit upon something in the last test: we need higher projectile mass for longer range, because the thing just snaps through its firing arc presently. <small>oh and also we need to replace the axis with probably a piece of an old car's drive train because some genius physicist guessed that the stress placed on it wouldn't bend or break a steel pipe (hint the physicist in question might be randy)</small> |
Those caveats aside, I do wanna get this thing firing proper-like. | Those caveats aside, I do wanna get this thing firing proper-like. | ||
Revision as of 17:40, 20 June 2008
Okay so
The thing(s) about the trebuchet: it's technically portable, but not especially so. We accidently poured something more like 300+ lbs of concrete for the counterweight as opposed to the planned 200. Aside from that, the thing bolts together, so it assembles or disassembles in about half an hour. Also I miscalculated the footage of lumber we needed, so the throwing arm's 2' shorter than anticipated. Nonetheless, I think we hit upon something in the last test: we need higher projectile mass for longer range, because the thing just snaps through its firing arc presently. oh and also we need to replace the axis with probably a piece of an old car's drive train because some genius physicist guessed that the stress placed on it wouldn't bend or break a steel pipe (hint the physicist in question might be randy)
Those caveats aside, I do wanna get this thing firing proper-like.
