Comments on: A LEGO Trebuchet http://allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: brethttp://allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/comment-page-1/#comment-46689 bret Sun, 22 May 2011 15:51:43 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=179#comment-46689 this is so freaken kool.....i like totally love this. but my metal trebuchet will completely destroy that!!!! go to my website to hit me up so we can battle Signing off.....bret man this is so freaken kool…..i like totally love this. but my metal trebuchet will completely destroy that!!!! go to my website to hit me up so we can battle

Signing off…..bret man

]]> By: alveldahttp://allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/comment-page-1/#comment-128 alvelda Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:07:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=179#comment-128 No. It is not possible.<br /><br />1.) The amount of acceleration necessary would shatter any material we can make over such a short distance as we would be likely to construct even a large siege engine.<br /><br />2.) If you were to launch something with a only a large initial impulse that would otherwise be sufficient to clear the atmosphere, it would be traveling so fast out of the launcher that it would burn up in the atmosphere. No. It is not possible.

1.) The amount of acceleration necessary would shatter any material we can make over such a short distance as we would be likely to construct even a large siege engine.

2.) If you were to launch something with a only a large initial impulse that would otherwise be sufficient to clear the atmosphere, it would be traveling so fast out of the launcher that it would burn up in the atmosphere.

]]> By: One-Eyehttp://allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/comment-page-1/#comment-123 One-Eye Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:10:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=179#comment-123 I know how you love technical questions from English majors, so here's one for you: is it possible to build a trebuchet, Lego or otherwise, that can propel its projectile, say a standard Shuttle payload, to escape velocity? I know how you love technical questions from English majors, so here’s one for you: is it possible to build a trebuchet, Lego or otherwise, that can propel its projectile, say a standard Shuttle payload, to escape velocity?

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