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Step 8Ammunition.
So far, all the trebuchet does is quickly flip its arm. Flashy, but useless.
Unlike the catapult, the ammunition is not fired from a bucket or basket. Instead, it is hung from a sling on the end of the arm.
In large trebuchets, the sling is attached to the arm, and the ammunition is loosed from a pouch in a manner very similar to a staff-sling.
This trebuchet is too small for a complex arrangement like that, so the whole string goes with the ammunition, swinging off a hook or pin on the end of the arm.
To make the pin, straighten a paper-clip and then bend it completely in half. This gives a nice smooth end that will not snag the string.
Bend it again to match the shape of the end of the firing arm, and tape the bent clip to the underside of the firing arm, sticking out about half a centimetre.
To make the ammunition, fix a small weight, such as a small nut or a blob of modelling clay, to a loop of thread tied from a piece of thread about 5-7cm long.
Unlike the catapult, the ammunition is not fired from a bucket or basket. Instead, it is hung from a sling on the end of the arm.
In large trebuchets, the sling is attached to the arm, and the ammunition is loosed from a pouch in a manner very similar to a staff-sling.
This trebuchet is too small for a complex arrangement like that, so the whole string goes with the ammunition, swinging off a hook or pin on the end of the arm.
To make the pin, straighten a paper-clip and then bend it completely in half. This gives a nice smooth end that will not snag the string.
Bend it again to match the shape of the end of the firing arm, and tape the bent clip to the underside of the firing arm, sticking out about half a centimetre.
To make the ammunition, fix a small weight, such as a small nut or a blob of modelling clay, to a loop of thread tied from a piece of thread about 5-7cm long.
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