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The Most Tricky Of Them All...

The ultimate test of your patience...

Now that you have all of your parts together, you are ready to FIRE!

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Well, how did it go? Haha, well, if it didn't go so well then don't feel too bad. Only expert trebuchet builders get this right on the first try. You see, the most difficult part of building a trebuchet isn't the building itself, it's the tweaking.

On my first shot, my golf kind of flung out backwards somewhere. This was okay, though, I thought, because I am never that lucky. Well, after a few modifications and about an hour or so of constant reconfiguration, I found out my trebuchet's maximum throw distance capability. With the box I made for counterweight, the distance wasn't so far. You can test you trebuchet's true throw distance by pulling the short arm down with your arm. Just PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

I have told you a few things that you can do to make your trebuchet shoot farther. But, to be honest, the best thing to do is visit this guy's web site: RipCord It has absolutely everything you would ever want to know about how to build and tune trebuchets.

Another thing I would like to mention is that if you didn't catch the links on the earlier pages, then please go to my 3D page! This page will provide you with many different ways to view the plans for my trebuchet in fully rotate-able 3D.

Also, please check out the video I have made of this bad boy actually launching: Video Page! Oh, and help contribute to this tutorial via it's corresponding wiki page.

Again, please be careful and don't break any windows or anything. I am not to be held responsible!

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