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they could hurl 300 lb. stone projectiles up to 300 yards
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What is the difference between catapults and trebuchets?
A trebuchet is essentially a slingshot powered by gravity. A cannon is essentially a high tech airgun (pressure provided by gunpowder)
What are the 3 major types of catapults?
The Ballista - The Ballista was similar to a Giant Crossbow and worked by using tensionThe Trebuchet - The massive Trebuchet consisted of a lever and a sling and was capable of hurling stones weighing 200 pounds with a range of up to about 300 yardsThe Mangonel - Missiles were launched from a bowl-shaped bucket at the end of the one giant arm of the MangonelThe Springald - A type of BallistaThe Onager - A type of Mangonel
What is the definition of effort distance?
The distance the object moves long the distance.
How does newtons law relate to a trebuchet?
The first of Newton's Laws describes the inertia that allows the projectile to leave the trebuchet. The second law describes the acceleration that the trebuchet applies to the projectile before it releases. The third law describes the reaction that occurs when the trebuchet is released, as the weight's force pushing down creates the reaction of launch.
Which distance is greater?
The distance between the North and South poles
Is a trebuchet a Force Magnifier or a Distance Magnifier?
I'm unsure as to what exactly a distance magnifier is so hopefully someone with expertise in trebuchets can add to this. However I am confident that a trebuchet works on the principle of a lever. A lever is a force magnifier. Yet a trebuchet also uses a sling to launch the projectile in a parabolic arc which has the effect of increasing the distance, so perhaps it qualifies as both? A lever is most often used as a force multiplier, where the load moves through a smaller distance than the applied force, but in the case of a trebuchet the lever is used in the opposite sense. The load moves through a greater distance than the applied force and so the trebuchet is a distance multiplier.
When was Trebuchet MS created?
Trebuchet MS was created in 1996.
What does trebuchet mean?
Trebuchet is catapult that uses weight to fire.
How could you defend your vilage against trebuchet?
Only by outworks. At a distance from your walls equal to the range of the trebuchet, dig trenches and fill them with archers. A trench is too small a target for the trebuchet, and easily defended against both cavalry and infantry. Unfortunately, this will multiply by several times the perimeter of your defences, and a village probably won't contain enough men to man the trenches. If I were you, and I saw the enemy arriving with a trebuchet, I should run like hell.
What is the purpose of a trebuchet?
the purpose of a trebuchet is that it can throw heavy things in war
What is the difference between Trebuchet and Trebuchet MS fonts?
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When did the trebuchet start?
the trebuchet was believed to have started in china around 300 bc
What is a distance magnifier?
it make you go slower than you were going before like if you were on a bike if you pedal it make you go fast which is called distance double and if you dont pedal you it is called a distance magnifier.
How would you calculate how far a trebuchet or a catapult would fire a load?
Trebuchet: the vertical distance that the counterweight falls influences the amount of potential energy it has to fling the arm on the opposite side, with the projectile. So too would the distance the counterweight and the projectile are from the rotaional axis. Depends on the mass of both the counterweight and the projectile too. Catapult: depending on the material used to store energy when tensioned, and the distance of the rotational axis from the projectile.
What replaced the trebuchet?
The trebuchet was much like a catapult. It was replaced with the cannon, and later, firearms.
Where and when did the counterweight trebuchet first apper?
The Trebuchet first appeared in china in about the 4th century BC
What are some catapult designs?
As far as i know there are three: the basic catapult, trebuchet, and the floating arm trebuchet.
