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Trebuchet Plans on CD

Includes plans for all these models!


A big variety of Trebuchet plans in PDF Format on one big CD-ROM! Plus this bonus material: You'll also get plans for our Mangonel model and the two e-books: The Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients, and Catapult Design, Construction and Competition too!

On this CD you'll get the complete and full versions of these:

  • Warwolf Trebuchet Plans, The full-scale machine was like the atomic bomb of medieval times. This 1/10 scale version reaches over 5 feet tall and can hurl a whopping one pound missile over 100 feet

  • Floating Arm Trebuchet Plans, Also known as the FAT-2000. An original design invented by trebuchet expert Ron Toms, standing 3 feet tall, this super machine can hurl a golf ball approx. 300 feet!

  • Tabletop Trebuchet Plans, It's small and portable, but this little desktop-sized machine can hurl marbles clear across the room- 20 feet and more!

  • PVC Plans, The plans and instructions to build your own Trebuchet from PVC pipe and fittings.

  • Onager Plans, The plans and instructions to build your own working model of the Mighty Roman Onager.

  • "Catapult Design, Construction and Competition", The e-book that describes the national catapult and trebchet competitions of the 1960s and 70s. Includes design specs, competition rules, result records and personal reflections.

  • "The Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients", originally published in 1901, by Ralph Payne-Gallwey, and based on his extensive research, this book defined much of what we know today in the catapult arts. Excellent bibliography!


Tools you will need:
For all projects (except for the PVC model) you will need a table saw, drill press, screwdrivers, carpenter's square, scissors, needle-nose pliers (to bend wire) and if you have a router, that would be useful too. But these can all be made without a router.

If purchased separately this bundle would cost over $80.00 !! This is a special deal for one CD-ROM with all of these PLANS at one special bundle price.
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Notes:
Why should a kid
build a catapult?

Because the world needs good engineers and scientists, and because the kids who will grow up to become engineers and scientists need a way to get hands-on experience with physics, math and engineering.

In this age of 200-plus channels of TV, the Internet and computer games, kids are also spending far less time building tree houses, tinkering with engines, or designing downhill racers. We believe those are important skills to have. They help form the basis for good problem solving skills and an innate understanding of the real, physical world that you just can't get from a computer game, no matter how good its physics simulation software is.

Ballistic motion was one of the key players in the development of the science of physics. The word "engineer" even originated as the builders and designer of Siege Engines

Why is a budding engineering student expected to take a year or two of calculus in high school, but she isn't expected to have any real-world experience in building or working with machines and materials? Pencil and paper (or computer screens) are only one part of the learning experience. Where will she apply all of the stuff she learned in geometry and trig? Without physical projects to touch, feel and see, the lessons become abstract, their utility questionable.

A catapult project gives students a chance to see that science and engineering really can be fun, and it's a lot more than just numbers on paper. The real payoff for an engineer is in the field, where she can see and enjoy the results of her ingenuity. And it may seem counterintuitive, but engineering projects not only help kids learn math and science, they are also great at getting kids back outdoors, away from the massive over-exposure to video games, TV and the Internet.

Why all this interest in getting kids to study science and engineering? Because it's important to our society, and it's great mental cross training regardless of what field of work the kids eventually go into. Most people develop a sense for what they want to do in life while they are still in high school or even earlier. A catapult project is fun and interesting enough to inspire some kids to study the science behind how they work, and then go on to become the engineers and scientists of tomorrow.