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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Shooting Sports => Topic started by: Elderberry on December 20, 2020, 01:31:56 am

Title: Colin Furze Tests His Trebuchet To Destruction
Post by: Elderberry on December 20, 2020, 01:31:56 am: Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 12/19/2020

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=46714 (https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=46714)

In this follow-up to last Saturdayâ€™s post (https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=46656), Colin Furze chunks more stuff from his trebuchet:

The bearings finally gave out, but he says heâ€™s going to rebuild it so he can make it even more powerfulâ€¦

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Title: Re: Colin Furze Tests His Trebuchet To Destruction
Post by: GtHawk on December 20, 2020, 02:09:32 am: :pondering: Trebuchet? Dangit! That makes me realize I didn't see any Pumpkin Chunkin this year 8888crybaby

Was the contest cancelled? I really got a kick out of those big air cannons and trebuchets, with all this Covid shutdown malarkey I totally forgot.
Title: Re: Colin Furze Tests His Trebuchet To Destruction
Post by: Elderberry on December 20, 2020, 02:23:53 am: I helped my son with his trebuchet project for physics class in HS. It launched the 1in lead balls I cast for my cannon. Until he dialed in the sling, sometimes it would launch backwards. It would fling them quite a ways.