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Re:Supersonic Trebuchet by jacquesm on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @05:33PM (#29410036)
Exactly. It would be interesting to hook the whole thing up to an electric motor and to winch it (from a safe distance) to the point where it breaks just to determine how much margin there was. Probably not a whole lot past the point that he hand cranked it.
Re:Supersonic Trebuchet by tempestn on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @08:06PM (#29411304)
That would be extremely interesting. Would be great to put a dummy where he was squatting in the crank position while you did it too.
Re:Supersonic Trebuchet by gpderetta on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:16AM (#29414764)
I think it makes sense for the project to be powered by human energy.

I guess you could power the motor by an alternator+crank :)