Is There an Online Guide to Building a Trebuchet with Popsicle Sticks?

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This discussion centers on finding online resources for building a trebuchet using Popsicle sticks. A recommended website, http://www.trebuchet.com/plans.html, provides various plans, although it primarily features catapults, which are a type of trebuchet. Users are encouraged to examine the pictures of the models available on the site to aid in constructing their own trebuchet. The distinction between catapults and trebuchets is clarified, emphasizing that a trebuchet is a specialized form of catapult.

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Hello, I am new, so sorry if this is in the wrong thread, if it is please move it. But anyways, I was wondering if there is a place online which explains how to build a trebuchet (preferably with Popsicle sticks)?


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Welcome aboard, Frink;
Here's a http://www.trebuchet.com/plans.html . Hope it helps.
 
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Well that's a catapult, I'm looking for a Trebuchet
 
A trebuchet is a catapult... just a specialized variety thereof. If you scroll down the page, most of the links specifically mention it. I'm not suggesting that you actually pay for any of the plans, but just looking at the pictures of the models should be enough to let you make your own.
 

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