The Hila Trebuchet

December 28, 2009 | Link of the Day | By: Mark VandeWettering

I like trebuchets. Former Pixarian and RenderMan engineer Dan apparently located some plans for building small trebuchets from the Hila Science Camp:

The Hila Trebuchet.

And here’s a short YouTube video showing him test firing four of them. Cool!

Bonus video (unrelated to the above): Dan also posted a link to this video, showing video shot from an RC airplane while people on the ground tried to shoot at it with fireworks:

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Comment from Bert
Time 1/6/2010 at 4:00 am

Wow! Really great. I’ve always wanted to put a TV Camera in one of my RC models.

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Time 1/15/2010 at 3:14 pm

My wife bought a new one for my home. But I’m having some trouble and I could use some help.