Candy Trebuchet

[pitviper51]

hi guys thought id share this little project,, its a trebuchet of my own design,, to shoot m&m's, testing with foil balls now, so far it throws around 14 ft might add more weight more to mess with,, enjoy
mike
ps, the silver balls in the pics are the projectile

[quentonious]

awesome. ive always wanted to make one on a larger scale. hope it works out

[SUPERFLYJAY]

YOU BREAK THAT BIG SCREEN AND THE WIFES GONNA KICK YOUR A--

[50%plane]

BWAHAHAHA

looks good!

[exeter_acres]

been raining a bit in Ky lately???

[pitviper51]

no rain , well not to much,, not alot of time to fly, so i build display stuff, this one will gets scaled up to 4 ft, i wanna be able to throw a tennis play 100+ft, i found kits and plans to build it,, as rc builder we all have the stuff to build one, give it a shot! i added more bb's to the counter wieght goes about 17 ft now heheh
mike

[Fly-guy]

wow! can't wait to see the scaled up version. Looks like someone has too much spare time on their hands thats for sure

[Cracky]

build one to toss cars!!!

[pitviper51]

no i have no free time,, it will be a winter project,, off to work
mike

[50%plane]

	Quote: Originally Posted by pitviper51
	no i have no free time,, it will be a winter project,, off to work mike

lol! Ijust reread the origional post. How'd you find the time?


50%

[madmax]

absolutely stellar!!! I remember seeing a tv show where they made these things soo big that they could huck a vw bug like 100 yards.. now that's bad ass my friends.. I'm sure they all started out flinging hershey's kisses, SCALE THAT PUPPY UP!@

[pitviper51]

hahah thanks guys,, i would like to do one that the A arms stand 5 foot high,, id have to calulated the swing arm to that,, i guess it would need 6-10 bricks for counter wieght,, can you say taod slinger muhahahahahahah.. no reeallly itll be the best dog fetch ball thrower heheh and no work for me!!
mike