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Re:Supersonic Trebuchet by creato on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @05:42PM (#29410119)
I agree he could have used some other spring, but I don't think he could have used a weight. The acceleration of springs/rubber is potentially much greater than a weight (at least one starting at rest).
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Re:Supersonic Trebuchet by Robotbeat on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @06:29PM (#29410495)
You can use mechanical advantage to get the same result.
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Re:Supersonic Trebuchet by ButtSpark69 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:13AM (#29413393)
Which means a giant physical structure to support that giant lever arm. When you scale up to things that can knock down castle walls I suspect the difference is incredible.
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