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Post by JGonzalez on Mar 12, 2015 20:56:48 GMT
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Post by DigsFossils-n-Knives on Mar 12, 2015 21:02:27 GMT
That is cool enough for TV
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Post by JGonzalez on Mar 12, 2015 21:14:15 GMT
I'm holding out for season 2! As much as I enjoy "Game of Thrones" I think that "Marco Polo" is the better show
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Post by Germanic on Mar 13, 2015 19:57:23 GMT
I LOVE Trebuchets, and I LOVE that show.
BRB, Hundred-Eyes assumes Mantis Form against Jia Sidao...hnnnnngggg!!!
Can't wait for more episodes!
But Trebuchet are incredible war machines, using fulcrum and leverage to throw large projectiles vast distances.
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Post by Mikeeman on Mar 13, 2015 21:23:36 GMT
My boss in the Navy got snowed in at work, once. I showed up early the next day, went to log in to my computer, and got hit in the arm with a penny. I look over to find that he has made a trebuchet that launches pennies across our office made out of the long, wooden coffee stirrers, washers, paperclips, and electrical tape. He was a goof, but I'm pretty sure he was a mechanical genius.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Mar 13, 2015 22:12:43 GMT
Cute, but probably not realistic. Incendiaries that shower burning all around the launcher are not ideal - you'll set fire to your ammunition supply. More usual, at least in China (and probably elsewhere, since it's sensible) is to have a container filled with the flammable material, that will break open on impact. Not so spectacular for TV, which is why the giant flaming balls are used.
Chinese incendiaries of the time would have usually used low-nitrate gunpowder, and could also include oil, pitch, etc., and stuff that would give off poisonous or irritating fumes. They also threw giant explosive grenades (made with high-nitrate gunpowder). The bombs and incendiaries would be thrown over the wall into the interior - Chinese fortress walls were cannon-proof, so little point trying to break through them (except by sapping).
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Mar 13, 2015 22:17:33 GMT
But Trebuchet are incredible war machines, using fulcrum and leverage to throw large projectiles vast distances. You should make the one-man muscle-powered version - the staff sling. A little baby thing compared to a counterweight trebuchet, or even a crewed traction trebuchet, but fist-sized rocks being thrown 200m isn't too shabby.
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Post by JGonzalez on Mar 13, 2015 22:35:22 GMT
Cute, but probably not realistic. Incendiaries that shower burning all around the launcher are not ideal - you'll set fire to your ammunition supply. More usual, at least in China (and probably elsewhere, since it's sensible) is to have a container filled with the flammable material, that will break open on impact. Not so spectacular for TV, which is why the giant flaming balls are used. Chinese incendiaries of the time would have usually used low-nitrate gunpowder, and could also include oil, pitch, etc., and stuff that would give off poisonous or irritating fumes. They also threw giant explosive grenades (made with high-nitrate gunpowder). The bombs and incendiaries would be thrown over the wall into the interior - Chinese fortress walls were cannon-proof, so little point trying to break through them (except by sapping). I actually knew that but come on, Flaming Balls of Doom! That's better than punkin chunkin any night. :D
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Post by JGonzalez on Mar 13, 2015 22:36:44 GMT
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