Make a trebuchet

Make a trebuchet

Do you need to wage a siege? Then build a medieval trebuchet. See how to do it this great video tutorial for all of you medieval weapons fans.

A trebuchet is a type of catapult. In the olden days, the main advantage of a trebuchet was that it could hit castle walls with rocks or other large missiles without being hit by arrows. Bre Pettis and Make Magazine help you wage mini war, but with a little bit of present flair, specifically, a remote control. Watch this video weaponry tutorial and learn how to build a trebuchet.

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pyro dude 1 year ago
sweet i lyk the ending there it fires.
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roy619 1 year ago
very good, i made one and it's awesome the distance.
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monk of2 12 months ago
cool no really it sucks !
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Chris1 11 months ago
that is prettty cool
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gayhome 9 months ago
hey
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gayhome 9 months ago
wtf am i doing on this website this is for nerds nooooooooooo get off of me ewwwwwwwwwww wat is that thing o god please dont tell me that is your o noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo help me
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gayhome 9 months ago
u #$%@ing perve im not going to do that to your butt get off me noooowww
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gayhome 9 months ago
so hows the wife and kids
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descoverynizer 4 months ago
now i can shoot doggy poo to the neighbours garden^^
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tfrost1980 last month
cool project, but the guy in the vid is a douchebag
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chineseguy 2 weeks ago
they dont even show instructions #$%@!+*s
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chineseguy 2 weeks ago
p.s i didnt mean to make those signals somthing happened to my computer
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chineseguy 2 weeks ago
i finally built it wow that was some trouble but its awesome
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