Comments on: A LEGO Trebuchet http://www.allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/ Mon, 10 May 2010 05:16:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: alvelda http://www.allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/comment-page-1/#comment-128 alvelda Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.allthebestbits.net/?p=179#comment-128 No. It is not possible.<br /><br />1.) The amount of acceleration necessary would shatter any material we can make over such a short distance as we would be likely to construct even a large siege engine.<br /><br />2.) If you were to launch something with a only a large initial impulse that would otherwise be sufficient to clear the atmosphere, it would be traveling so fast out of the launcher that it would burn up in the atmosphere. No. It is not possible.

1.) The amount of acceleration necessary would shatter any material we can make over such a short distance as we would be likely to construct even a large siege engine.

2.) If you were to launch something with a only a large initial impulse that would otherwise be sufficient to clear the atmosphere, it would be traveling so fast out of the launcher that it would burn up in the atmosphere.

]]> By: One-Eye http://www.allthebestbits.net/a-lego-trebuchet/comment-page-1/#comment-123 One-Eye Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.allthebestbits.net/?p=179#comment-123 I know how you love technical questions from English majors, so here's one for you: is it possible to build a trebuchet, Lego or otherwise, that can propel its projectile, say a standard Shuttle payload, to escape velocity? I know how you love technical questions from English majors, so here’s one for you: is it possible to build a trebuchet, Lego or otherwise, that can propel its projectile, say a standard Shuttle payload, to escape velocity?

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