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

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Price: $2.99

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