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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Parnell on May 19, 2012, 06:03:52 pm

Title: A trebuchet.
Post by: Parnell on May 19, 2012, 06:03:52 pm
So, the science department at the high school I'm at decided to make a trebuchet contest.  It turned out well.  I had 9 kids that I could count as a team and we managed to pull it off.  I think they learned some good stuff.  I'll be looking to post better pictures of the device.  Here's a poor camera video, but you'll ge the idea.  Ours is the unpainted one launching the basketball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AADUfrmLThg&list=HL1337458664&feature=mh_lolz
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: JW_Halverson on May 19, 2012, 06:12:11 pm
Ahhh, the simple pleasures of youth and seige engines!
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: Parnell on May 19, 2012, 06:17:03 pm
You know it JW.  Word.
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Post by: Badger on May 19, 2012, 08:33:49 pm
  Good job Parnell, I play around with trebs also. Good science lessons.
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Post by: Scowler on May 19, 2012, 09:09:04 pm
Ha Ha!  That was great!
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Post by: mullet on May 19, 2012, 10:27:11 pm
That is cool, Steve. Those kids did a great job. Myself, I want to make a black powder mortar. :)
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Post by: ErictheViking on May 20, 2012, 05:14:57 pm
That is too cool. love trebuchets!  awesome way to get kids interested in history and anything that doesnt beep or have them texting 24/7.
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: Badger on May 20, 2012, 07:18:58 pm
  Not sure if any of you guys got to see the large bow I built for the discovery channel on doing Da Vinci series, but I built a smaller scale model before the large one and outfitted it as a treb, it really worked great.
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: nclonghunter on May 20, 2012, 07:40:32 pm
PUMPKIN CHUNK'N IS NEXT... >:D
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Post by: Parnell on May 21, 2012, 09:06:48 am
Steve, not sure I saw that - do you have pictures that you could post.  We are doing the project again next year, I'd be really curious about alternative designs.
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: stickbender on May 21, 2012, 04:37:14 pm

     Great job! ;) ;  That is cool! 8)  buuuuut uh how long before they want to build a bigger one, and take it to the beach, and launch each other out to sea? ::) ;D ;D

                                                               Wayne
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: Parnell on May 22, 2012, 09:33:45 am
I sure would enjoy making some type of projectile that lights on fire!  Tar bomb, that goopy stuff of styrofoam and gasoline we would mix up as kids, misbehaving.  It sure would be fun to send a flaming object through the night's sky.
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: BearG on May 22, 2012, 10:32:31 am
Man Steve I wish you could have been my teacher
Title: Re: A trebuchet.
Post by: criveraville on May 23, 2012, 02:57:02 am
Quote from: BearG on May 22, 2012, 10:32:31 am
Man Steve I wish you could have been my teacher

Yep yep.. What he said. That's a great project. Those kids seem pumped about that hands on learning.

Great job maestro!
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