Download Trebuchet Plans

This is a set of plans and instructions for building a small-scale hinged counter weight (HCW) Trebuchet suitable for hurling everything from tennis balls to bowling balls. I won’t say how far this design will throw anything. Too much depends on how you build yours, what your throwing, sling design, exact CW mass, etc.
These plans include:
- Material List Shopping List
- Tools Needed
- Specific Building Instructions
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Trebuchet Mechanics
Which Covers:
- Trebuchet Geometry
- Operation of the Trebuchet
- Elementry Analysus of the Trebuchet
- Range and Energy Efficiency
- Dimensional Anaysis
- The See-Saw Trebuchet
- The See-Saw with a Hinged Counterweight and No Sling
- The Trebuchet with a Hinged Counterwieght and an Uncontrained Sling
- The Trebuchet with a Sliding Sling
- A Nominal Trebuchet
- The Effect of Added Mass in the Beam
- The Sling Release Mechanism
- Optimal Design Considerations
Price: $2.99
