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To me, the most interesting thing about this design is that the counterweight comes to an almost complete stop as the projectile launches, putting a high portio
by pontifier 7y ago
To me, the most interesting thing about this design is that the counterweight comes to an almost complete stop as the projectile launches, putting a high portion of the initial energy into it. A normal trebuchet seems to be less efficient, because you often see the counterweight swinging after the launch.
Getting the large one balanced stably seems difficult, and repeatability might suffer as well.
- nkurz 7y agoIs there something about this design that makes it inherently more efficient? Or do the weights come to a stop because it is better tuned (or more tunable) than most traditional trebuchets that one sees?
- elliottkember 7y agoThis video was an interesting experiment in optimizing trebuchets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gn2RGPqe_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gn2RGPqe_A Edit: and the followup with wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpFTyE-wiNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpFTyE-wiNo