This thing has POWER, we have made some tweaks to the sling and we have constant good shots now, but what would you fire out this thing. See you soon with more chucking action. Thanks again to Xbox Game Pass for PC for sponsoring this video! Be sure to check out Age of Empires: Definitive Collection and many other great games on Xbox Game Pass for PC here = bit.ly/2Jq9ZPX
Wow this is honestly sad that a channel of 11.1million subscribers can only can two comments and five likes, I like your videos but man no one has seen this
Check how the trebuchet is moving and wiggling when it just has fired. So it is massively inefficient! With the correct tweaking, I suppose much more impressive results are possible. It is already impressive and fun to watch...
Old colin who cared for details and engineering the shit out of build, would never be satisfied with this improvised abomination of trebuchet. But hey sponsorship is sponsorship. Fixing bad release with chains.... facepalm. Best result because of accidental failure. This build is miles away from quality of his builds from past. Having Tom Stantons trebuchet on recommended right here makes me cringe seeing this video.
I recommend giving Tom Stanton a call. If there's one person good at optimising trebuchet performance, it's him. I'm sure he'd be up for it. -edit- Wow 2k likes, how did this comment blow up? Collab with Tom over the trebuchet is probably not going to happen. In sponsor deals such as this, much has probably been agreed upon in advance (in fact, it's probably all been filmed already).
Props to the drone pilot, those were clean and fun shots they got considering the pressure of things breaking up on you all and not being able to do a lot of repeats. Top work.
@@wickedwhipsofthewest yeah I mean, you're totally right, obviously you have to pilot the drone, but mean that I can see an FPV drone being used and the characteristic image correction of reelsteady 👍
When I made a much smaller trebuchet for my high school woodshop, I found that the pin angled up and not down gets better distance and power, cuz you’re trying to release it the moment the trebuchet stalls the swing arm so you don’t waste potential energy. Also, try getting a rubber mat as the sling, with large and robust surfaces they will grip the rubber well when it compresses the sling to pull it
Definitely this, slings are the most difficult part to get right on trebuchets and this one is too long. I’m sure with the size of this trebuchet once the sling is just perfect it’ll launch some insane distances.
By the dimensions and the use of metal instead of wood, ... Counterweight should be 6 to 9 tonnes at least Projectile around 75 kg max Range won't go pass 500m (+Get 15% free inertia by fixing it to the ground) Half of this is maths, half is estimation and half is guessing... (that makes three half... 🤷♂️)
Just imagine, seige engineers back in the day had these things figured out perfectly, and not only could achieve massive range, but hit targets with pinpoint accuracy.
When he launched that second washing machine, i freaked out cause he was standing right under the arch where it flew, and I was worried for him. That trebuchet hadn't exactly been consistent that could've come right down on his head.
@@danieloosterhoff9517 been doing it for 3 years, its pilot controlled. You can do a basic GPS waypoint auto flight but no object tracking that isn't terrible. They're easy to pilot like that and a lot of fun
Commander: well then go get the wheelbarrow and go haul the washingmachines back. Soldier: but sir that is behind enemy lines Commander: okay bring out the cars then
It’s a matter of weight ratios, arm length and release angle. The weight should be 275:1 counter weight vs projectile. Arm length should be 5:1 around the axle. You want the projectile to launch the exact moment the launch arm and sling are perpendicular to the ground. This should allow you to optimize the efficiency of the trebuchet.
The balls of Colin to run towards a washing machine falling from the sky that lands like 15 metres away whilst looking through the screen of his camera
... while Billy Joel plays it. "Sing me a song, I'm the piano maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..... *splut!*"
GA pilot "MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY declaring an emergency! Biggin Hill ATC "state your emergency" GA pilot "Yeah well, I am flying over Kent and a washing machine came through the wind shield!" Biggin Hill ATC into the admin loop whilst quietly pushing the "summon supervisor" button "guys, got another intoxicated pilot up here. Yesterday the one reporting the bicycle, now this..."
Colin mate, your channel has gone from strength to strength, and i love it. this is what youtube is all about and the quality is what i aspire to achieve on my own channel. Hopefully one day i'll be able to help and entertain others in the way you guys have me. By the way, you met me and me son Jack Lacey back at the NEC in 2019. He was a massive fan of yours but has since passed away and I will have to spend the rest of my life trying to live for two. all the more reason to push the limits ey.
First how about a device to release he sling at the optimal angle. Second chain reinforced bag possibly leather or conveyor belt type rubber sheet, instead of synthetic fabric
@@niek280 Rolling wheels are beneficial to a traditional style trebuchet, it allows the counterweight to fall in a straight line instead of having to follow a circular inefficient path, it allows more energy to be transferred into the movement of the arm and as a result the projectile.
It does look like the sling is releasing a bit too early? If memory serves you're looking for a flatter arc (more energy sideways into wall rather than up and down) OTOH, this release does meet the important "wicked cool" criteria.
To help put more power into each swing, chock the wheels so all energy has to be transferred into the object and not into rocking the trebuchet Love the build mate.
From what I recall of testing people have done, wheels actually improve the efficiency of trebuchets usually, since it let's the trebuchet essentially self correct to optimize the fall path of the weight, so more of the energy from it is transferred into the arm of the trebuchet, rather than into rocking the frame back and forth as the weight rotates around the axle at the top. Basically you want the weight to fall as straight down as possible, and being mounted on wheels means the momentum slides the whole chassis just a bit more in line with that (back when the weight is high, and forward when the weight is low), rather than having the chassis try and fight it to hold its position. Trebuchets are cool!
I think the How Ridiculous guys would LOVE to colab on something like this. They have a hulk fist, a Thor's hammer, and a pile of other things you could chuck. Would be amazing.
I can't believe Colin just jogs up to the landing zone before it hits like there isn't 500 lbs of metal about to spontaneously implode ten feet away from him. That safety tie definitely works!
In America we have an annual "punkin chunkin" contest where all of the contestants build torsion catapults, trbuchets, or air cannons to launch the pumpkins as far as possible. Maybe you should consider entering?
Other RU-vidrs: "Today we're doing a volcano with vinegar and bicarb, better put on safety glasses" Furze: *Stands in firing line of a trebuchet throwing a washing machine, wearing a safety tie*
@@Fa3ilkhir damn dude. you put a lot of effort into spamming comments everywhere dont you? surely there is a better way, nobody is gonna click that link if they feel spammed at. they will just get mad.
Ttebuches were used to smash rooves and horizontal fortifications, as the projectile was coming with a vertical trajectory; for vertical walls catapults were used, which launched stuff at a more steep angle, to hit more perpendicularly to the target possible.
You should meet up with Tom Stanton! He's done some impressive work with his own, although considerably smaller, trebuchet and went trough many iterations to optimize his sling and the optimal release for the projectile.
Colin if you let it slide back and forth on the wheels the projectile will go around 10% farther because the counterweight can fall straighter giving more power. also I love this project :)
I think its the other way around, a lot of movement energy is wasted because the trebouche is moving backwards as the shot goes off, nullifying some of the thrust.
@@chucknorris2952 so that not quite true, when you're optimizing a trebuchet you want the maximum amount of energy going into the projectile, by letting the trebuchet wiggle a bit on the ground the center of mass of the whole assembly is more efficiently able to drop straight down, see how much the counterweight shakes around after launching? That's all energy that's just been wasted. Tom Stanton has a great set of videos on RU-vid about the process of optimizing a trebuchet. He addresses the wheels situation here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KpFTyE-wiNo.html
@@chucknorris2952 I see why you might think that but if you go through the mechanics (or better just watch someone else go through it) it helps to let the trebuchet "rock".
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen a youtube creator make. TREBUCHET!!!!! Thank you Age of Empires! Some great memories playing that game with my mates.
Hi Colin! Congratulations on this massive build! 2 thoughts which might resolve/improve your "bag issues": 1) try throwing more spherical projectiles, as i'm afraid that the corners of your square metallic box might by too agressive for the bag...? 2) i've seen you (sometimes?) placed the 2 strings of the bag on the each side of the projectile and i think that might twist your release. I'ld recommend placing the fixed string on top of the projectile and the loose one under it. Thus the bag will already be alined with it's release's plan and hopefully that will make it smoother. Cheers & good luck for next shots!
Beautiful!! Two suggestions, need a little bit of hook on the post when sending the strap with the projectile, think that might help with horizontal distance, and as said, round projectiles. Also, need to lock the wheels up as you’re losing some of your power to the whole kit rolling around!!
Do you know what kind of leather? I think I remember Tod's workshop shooting at leather with different treatments, and I think it made a difference, so maybe here as well
that thing is awesome! I had the honor of having a class of college students compete at my property launching watermelons with trebuchets that they built. the main thing that was important to how far they launched is that the device was anchored to the ground well so they didn't loose a bunch of energy moving themselves instead of the projectile. that massive siege engine on wheels you built is moving a lot on its wheels and loosing a ton or 2 of launching power. hammer some big wheel chalks in all of the wheels and see what it can do!
Mr furze comes home after making RU-vid videos. Mrs furze: soo the neighbors called today, their washing machine went missing last night and it flew through their front door this morning. Mr furze: how bazaar🤷♂️