Hi Everyone!
Here I have two awesome videos supplied by my father-in-law.
He set off on a mission a while back to build a trebuchet, and I’d say he did quite well!
From Wikipedia:
A trebuchet (French trébuchet) is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages. It is sometimes called a “counterweight trebuchet” or “counterpoise trebuchet” in order to distinguish it from an earlier weapon that has come to be called the “traction trebuchet”. The original version had men pulling instead of a counterweight. The counterweight trebuchet appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the twelfth century. It could fling projectiles of up to three hundred and fifty pounds (140 kg) at high speeds into enemy fortifications.
Check it out!
And this is really cute,
No kids were injured in the creation of this video 
Pretty sweet right – talk about a lost craft. Thanks Dad!
Cheers,
Willie
PS.
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