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How far are your trebuchets best shots, mine is 20m.

WIcheese wrote:How far are your trebuchets best shots, mine is 20m.

I haven't really been able to know for sure because I don't have a room with an exceptionally high ceiling to try this in, but I can estimate a max to be about 26-29m (with 40g 2.5kg). We shot 21m with 2.35kg and 50.3g at state (which I think was the farthest on the day). I also have one of the best trebs in my state so don't be discouraged.

Friedoyster3 wrote:

WIcheese wrote:How far are your trebuchets best shots, mine is 20m.

I haven't really been able to know for sure because I don't have a room with an exceptionally high ceiling to try this in, but I can estimate a max to be about 26-29m (with 40g 2.5kg). We shot 21m with 2.35kg and 50.3g at state (which I think was the farthest on the day). I also have one of the best trebs in my state so don't be discouraged.

May I inquire upon your accuracies?

I can get about a 15cm spread at about 20m

And you didn't win state?

10manwire wrote:And you didn't win state?

No we underplaced the far target and overplaced the close target. Had we hit the target we would've won.

Friedoyster3 wrote: No we underplaced the far target and overplaced the close target. Had we hit the target we would've won.

Oh, that's too bad. Good job though! (:

Our trebuchet got third at Regs. It hit the target once.

Does anyone know how big the building will be for nationals? Hight and Length?
Here is a link to it: http://www.scienceolympiad2012.com/tour ... he-castle/

WIcheese wrote:Does anyone know how big the building will be for nationals? Hight and Length?
Here is a link to it: http://www.scienceolympiad2012.com/tour ... he-castle/

Doesn't it say the dimensions at the bottom of the page you linked to?