Trebuchet

stared towards the damned enemy as divine retribution slowly swung high into the air. The great trebuchet that we fervently constructed over the past two weeks was finally to be tested upon the battlefield. Eighteen feet tall fully erect, the presence of the imposing Goliath was enough to engender considerable fear into the hearts of our adversaries. Still confined to my awkward stance, the trebuchet rumbled tumultuously. First, the counter load was released to find its home upon the ground. Next

power and range of a crossbow. Catapults were made with wood, rope, buckets and any other objects they could find that would help launch objects. They were made in many different sizes, some were big others were small. The biggest catapult was the Trebuchet. It could launch stones in between 200 and 300 pound stones 1,000 feet. The earliest catapult originated in Greece in the 3rd century, it was called the ballista. Catapults were used in ancient and medieval warfare, then in the 14th century the

The discovery of gunpowder changed war from being fought with medieval weaponry and battle tactics to more modern day weapons and tactics because the gunpowder powered weapons are more deadly. Weapons that use gunpowder to launch projectiles have a greater range than melee weapons and are more powerful than bow and arrows. Also, cannons are more powerful and have a greater range and accuracy than catapults and they also can be reloaded faster than catapults. Gunpowder weapons changed war because

Saxons were. The Anglo Saxons made many technology development and their culture is very interesting and their stories everyone loves. First while they were not the first ones to try they were the first ones to build a successful trebuchet, catapult, and mortar. The trebuchet is a siege and defense weapon that uses a counter weight and a rope attached to a object. The catapult.ho is a defense weapon because they couldn 't get the height needed to reach over the castle walls. It uses a winch to pull

records of counterweight trebuchets began appearing in the 12th century. Proving to be an excellent siege weapon, many militaries began using this. Though stone-throwing artillery had been employed by both the Greeks and Romans, they were usually powered by torsion or tension; the trebuchet was the first war machine to use gravity and leverage to fire projectiles.They were used widely during the Crusades, in which the European militaries, especially the French, used the trebuchet to lay siege to Muslim

The catapult is an ancient artillery device that used the elastic power of twisted fibers to hurl projectiles. The invention of twisted fiber artillery and siege engines has been credited to the Greeks,from 300 BC. These catapults used a lot of human hair. tons of human hair is how much was needed for these machines. The Romans made improvements to the catapult’s basic design and perfected its use in battle. The simplest early catapult used a thick bundle of human hair, with one wooden beam inserted

Do you know how a catapult works? It uses a weight or tension. According to research, you need a projectile lighter than the weight to launch the projectile. If the weight is too light it won’t launch the projectile. To see if if it’s heavy enough, you can weigh it. What is a catapult you might ask… Well, a catapult launches a projectile from one place to another, from the weight/tension of the rubber band or weight of metal that’s going to make the object get pulled from the weight of the object

Physics Trebuchet Project Mikayla Stevens Kearsley High School   Abstract Trebuchets are most commonly known as medieval weapons used in the Middle Ages. Us three were to build a smaller scale of the trebuchet and had to make sure it hit the target two out of the five times. We had to build a hinged-counter weight type of trebuchet with wheels that could throw a ping pong or golf ball. Through the paper I will explain the history throughout trebuchets and why to have wheels and to have a hinged

Have you ever wondered how a catapult works? We had to ask just that question when we were assigned a project. Where we had to create a functional catapult and graph the arc of the object shot from the catapult we created. In this essay I will discuss the history and mathematical concepts behind catapults. I will also include some fun facts. There are many mathematical concepts behind a catapult. One big mathematical concept behind a catapult is a parabola. A parabola is defined as “a symmetrical

The problem that our catapult solves is that it launches object without the use of relatively dangerous elements, like fire and gas. Also catapults solve the dilemma of a achy shoulders, because without a catapult one would need to go out of their way to launch something. But with a catapult they simple need to pull back the spoon to create energy. Research: Product Name: Solid Wooden Slingshot Toy Product Website: https://www.amazon.com/Slingshot-Construction-Catapult-Hunting-Children/dp/B01N1VV36N