+JButky One more question. Assuming a 6 lb melon and a 180 lb counterweight, how far would you estimate the projectile would travel? I really appreciate your help! Best, Jessica
+Jessica Barber You have to balance out the weight with pin angle to get what you want. That's why we made the test projectile. We weighed the melon and then built the test projectile out of rocks wrapped with duct tape. We made them both the same weight so we could adjust the weight and pin angle to get what you saw in the video. 30:1 is pretty good guide to start. So if you've got a 10lb melon, you want 300lbs of counterweight. Then mess with the pin angle to get the height vs distance that you want.
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I like how you respect your neighbors and drop it right inside the fence line. Precision.
Thanks! The test shots were our "dialing in" to keep the melon just in the yard.
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I see now that a trebuchet throws too high to lob pumpkins into my neighbor's yard. Looks like a mangonel it is.
Whatever it takes to get the job done!😂
So good,
Standard attire, makes the melon fly farther😃
someone should sit in the counterweight box you could get quite some extra distance with that
Not exactly safe...I think that would hurt....!
not cool man
Can you send me how u built this I wanna out this on the roof of a frat house
Do research on how to build a meter scale trebuchet. You can go on wikihow on help with that.
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Melon pult
Hey do u mind posting the materials needed... thanks
Wood, steel and some rope.
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What’s the initial velocity of the melon?
Zero? ... Seriously though I don't know, we didn't measure.
Hi! What was the mass of your counterweight and your melon? Thanks!
+Jessica Barber
6 lb Melon, 180lbs counterweight. 30:1 ratio. The test projectile was made the same weight as the melon
+JButky One more question. Assuming a 6 lb melon and a 180 lb counterweight, how far would you estimate the projectile would travel? I really appreciate your help!
Best,
Jessica
+Jessica Barber
You have to balance out the weight with pin angle to get what you want. That's why we made the test projectile. We weighed the melon and then built the test projectile out of rocks wrapped with duct tape. We made them both the same weight so we could adjust the weight and pin angle to get what you saw in the video. 30:1 is pretty good guide to start. So if you've got a 10lb melon, you want 300lbs of counterweight. Then mess with the pin angle to get the height vs distance that you want.
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thanks!
Beautiful machine.
interesting !
Why are you wearing socks with sandals?
Clearly as protection against watermelon detritus.