Trebuchet a car?

[Milldrum]

Local radio station has setup a big Trebuchet to throw a car. It has set a world record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNRSh7HJ9cU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Below is the documentary of how this all happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBjTtYFju24&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[rocko100]

How far was that? Anyways 👍

 

[Milldrum]

How far was that? Anyways 👍

76 meters I think.

 

[sumbrownkid]

The US army should use this as back up artillery if it all goes to 🤬.

Throw terrible cars that nobody wants at the enemy.

 

[Hun200kmh]

Throw terrible cars that nobody wants at the enemy.

👍

 

[nick09]

The US army should use this as back up artillery if it all goes to 🤬.

Don't forget to add a bomb and a gallon of gasoline in each!

 

[Prosthetic]

Don't forget to add a bomb and a gallon of gasoline in each!

Why would you need to add gas to an already explosive device?

 

[Sam48]

Don't forget to add a bomb and a gallon of gasoline in each!

So what you're saying is, use Alcida's car bomb technology against them by, quite literally, throwing it in their faces.

Why would you need to add gas to an already explosive device?

Hey, it couldn't hurt, if you know what I mean.

 

[Prosthetic]

Leave the gas for the cars/trucks -.-

 

[sumbrownkid]

A good/terrible car to throw at the enemy is the Pontiac Aztec.

The PT Cruiser is another good/terrible car.

 

[DK]

How about a Kia Picanto, another awful car?

 

[Starfirebird]

Holy cow!

Did you guys notice near the end before it fell to the ground that it started to tear in half in the front?

 

[Milldrum]

Some of the songs that they did for this are funny. But the car just collapses.

 

[Dennisch]

Trebuchet FTW! 👍

Medieval artillery is awesome.

 

[dxm8975]

A good/terrible car to throw at the enemy is the Pontiac Aztec.

The PT Cruiser is another good/terrible car.

The bigger the car is maybe the more destructive and threatening to the foes if used on an European artillery.

 

[sumbrownkid]

^But you must remember more weight = less distance.

If I could I would trebuchet a Hummer H2 as well as the H3 and first generation Priuses.

 

[dice1998]

Throw some Geo's.

No one will miss them. 👍

 

[SkateNj]

throw some g-wiz's NO ONE will miss them

 

[AOS-]

^But you must remember more weight = less distance.

If I could I would trebuchet a Hummer H2 as well as the H3 and first generation Priuses.

More weight = more momentum & air resistance is not as strong.

I would have like to set the counter weight higher so it could have swung it farther

 

[Vitzio]

What inspired them to catapult a Volkswagen? They must've been bored beyond belief..

 

[E28]

throw some g-wiz's NO ONE will miss them

G-Wiz's would be perfect. Put a small bomb on the battery pack, so on impact with the ground, battery acid goes all over the enemy.

 

[Milldrum]

What inspired them to catapult a Volkswagen? They must've been bored beyond belief..

They asked for a car to be donated and 'Herbie' thought he could fly. But 'Herbie' forgot he couldn't land.

 

[sumbrownkid]

More weight = more momentum & air resistance is not as strong.

I would have like to set the counter weight higher so it could have swung it farther

Forgot about momentum!

This should become an Olympic sport.

 

[RTSolvalou]

Hurl everything made by great wall and chery, two companies that should never have spawned.

 

[dxm8975]

Forgot about momentum!

This should become an Olympic sport.

I figured it could've born some weight unless the object is so heavy(weighing as much as a whole elephant) as to even raise up. The item being adopted as one of the Olympic sports, then we can have a choice of flinging some almost-ragged cars for fun and interests instead of legally disposing them of or recycling...