Stirling Warwolf Trebuchet for $159
(consider the neighbor problem handled)
Shipping is $9.89.
Make those neighbor problems disappear. Nothing says don't take my Sunday paper anymore like a Trebuchet.
During a siege of Stirling Castle in 1304, Edward Longshanks (Edward the first, King of England) ordered his engineers to make a giant trebuchet for the English army, named "Warwolf". With one blow, Warwolf leveled a section of wall, successfully concluding the siege of Stirling Castle. The Stirling Warwolf is generally thought of as the most powerful and most famous of all the trebuchets in history. This kit has well over 140 pieces in it, plus two true scale-sized medieval warrior figures. At 1/20th scale, this machine stands 18 inches tall at the apex. The arm reaches to a height of 32 inches, and hurls its projectiles 40 to 60 feet! At 1/20 scale, that equates to about 800 to 1200 feet for a life-sized model. Even the projectiles (included) are scaled properly to represent 100 lb. and 350 lb. missiles.
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mfladd
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It is only 1/20th scale, dang it; neighbor problem NOT solved.
@rlapid2112: Wouldn't that really depend on what you launch with it? The right item just might end that pesky neighbor problem.
I got my trebuchet from Ikea for $25
Finally! Something to do with the slightly decaying pumpkins on my front porch! My neighbor's cat will not spend the day endlessly lounging on her front porch. >:-)
@mtm2: I don't think so:
Assembled Size:
- Height: 18" at the main axle, 32" to the tip of the arm.
- Length: 22"
- Width: 18"
(Those are not Spinal Tap Stonehenge measurements)
source: http://www.trebuchet.com/10201
Eh, this was done some 20+ years ago: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/yard-a-pult/1345285
I got my trebuchet at Walmart for $15. It was the same design as the Ikea model, but made with inferior parts and was destroyed when it launched a projectile at itself.
Is this thing for real?
I have a trebuchet about two-thirds the size of this one (got it as a kit from a museum in Toronto). It is not gonna help much with the neighbors, though given a few well aimed shots you might take out their dog or cat.
BTW- I use mine to fling toy farm animals (ie. cheap rubbery-plastic grocery store toys) at my cats.
Up voted for coolness alone.
Amazing photography, I would have guessed that thing was easily taller than a person, turns out it's only 18 inches. Sad
Edit: I think the pictures were actually taken on a golf course so that the short/thin grass makes it look bigger. Either that or I'm effing tired and analyzing this way too much.
Just in time for Punkin Chunkin!
@gdeadfan: They photographed it not only on very thin grass (likely a golf course as you said), but also with a lens set to have a very small aperture. That has the effect of widening the depth of field of the photo and making everything look "less small". If it was as big as it appears to be, though, the trees in the background would be even less blurry. Had they used a wider aperture (which is how I prefer to photograph, in general) the trees and foreground would be a super-duper blurry splotch.
Also, the goofy little dolls in the third photo is a good indication of its size. :P
Once I realized the actual size, this is all I could think of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlf5ucFanpY&t=2m6s
but can a cat fit in it? OR A SQUIRREL?
@dcdjason: EXACTLY what I was thinking! (I made that reference above)
No. Even a tiny kitten would probably be too much for this.
And, no people, I've never shot a cat (ie. used a cat as a projectile... I have used them as targets for screaming monkey keychains, after removing the keyring) using a trebuchet or other device of any size.
(I did briefly (very briefly) experiment with using a clothes dryer as a defurring device, but that did not go well; though the cat came out of it better than my shirt and chest did.)
And a squirrel? Have you ever tried ANYTHING confining with a squirrel? They are fast and vicious when cornered.
@bigjimmy007: You think trebuchets have been around for only 20 years? Ha.
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