And with this “Curiously Strong Trebuchet” I think we’ve reached some sort of unholy singularity where everything that can possible go in or on a mint tin has done so. Now I think we’re all going to die.
The Curiously Strong Trebuchet: A Pocket Sized Medieval Siege Engine
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Hence the purple velvet coffin interior backdrop.
I never thought of it that way. I just thought it looked medievalish.
(I am the author of that instructable)
This is a catapult, NOT a trebuchet. AFAIK this uses rubber bands instead of a counterweight like a trebuchet would.
This is a form of a trebuchet called a spring trebuchet.