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 How successfully do you expect your machine to work in Friday's lesson?

I would like to think that our machine will fire a projectile 20 meters without self destructing. 

How would you...

By Alec Willington on 23 Nov 21:13

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- How successfully do you expect your machine to work in Friday's lesson?

I expect our machine to fire well, but i think after testing a few shots and tweaking the trebuchet abit it will fire...

By Thanh Pham on 23 Nov 21:12

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When our catapult is fired tomorrow, I think that it may be not as impressive as our very successful prototype catapult. I think this because the arm doesn’t have the lightning speed that the...

By Hudson Lund on 23 Nov 21:06

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 -How successfully do you expect your machine to work in Friday's lesson?

At the start of the project our group was not progressing as fast as we had hoped but our group believes that it will...

By Alexander Radin on 23 Nov 20:38

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i expect our trebuchet to work well on friday, however we do need to tie the rope braces onto it to keep the swing arm in place and fill our weights with water for it to fire,...

By James Pickering on 23 Nov 18:55

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For Fridays lesson, I believe that our catapult will not as far as what was expected. This is due to a few things. Firstly, I believe that it would be pretty hard for us to pull back the arm with...

By Oliver Gill on 23 Nov 18:53

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I think that the machine will work really well in Friday's lesson. However, I honestly don't think that it will fire as far as Little Boy, and while it may reach the same distance, it probably...

By Ethan Bucholtz on 23 Nov 16:57

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- How successfully do you expect your machine to work in Friday's lesson?

I am not sure how well our machine will go on Friday but I think that it may work worse than the group expected.

- How...

By Martin Mai on 23 Nov 14:46

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For Friday, I expect that my machine will be able to fire our projectile at a satisfactory range and have a high amount of force behind it. Our current design is simple but not too simple,...

By Barnaby Haslem on 23 Nov 07:48

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I expect that on Fridays lesson, our machine will have a few issues, I think that the power of the arm will allow the ball to travel a long distance but the angle of the 'ball holder' will stop the...

By Ivan Cordaro on 23 Nov 04:36

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- How successfully do you expect your machine to work in Friday's lesson?

I'm not quite sure, I think it will work quite well but a bit worried about the penetration ability of the bolts we...

By Andre Fuller on 22 Nov 19:14

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- How successfully do you expect your machine to work on Friday's lesson?

I feel it will work very well but may not go far. 

- How would you approach the task differently if you were able...

By Oscar Bradstock Forgan on 22 Nov 18:07

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One of the many sieges where the Romans used the Ballista was the Siege of Aracillum in 25BC. The siege was fought during the Cantabrian Wars between the Romans and Cantabri. The Roman Generals in...

By Alexander Radin on 09 Sep 11:59

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The Ballista was an ancient missile launcher designed to hurl javelins or heavy balls. Ballistae were powered by torsion derived from two thick skeins of twisted cords through which were...

By Martin Mai on 08 Sep 22:45

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The Siege of Dover Castle

Year: 1216 AD

Location: Dover on the English coast

Opposing forces:

Attackers:

The attacking forces consisted of English and French rebels with the express...

By Hudson Lund on 08 Sep 19:32

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Siege of Yodfat

 

The opposing sides and armies were the Romans and the Galiliean Jews. The Romans were commanded by Titus Flavius Vespasianus and the Jews were commanded by Yosef Ben...

By Andre Fuller on 08 Sep 14:23

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Siege of Baghdad

The siege of Baghdad latest from January 29 to February 10, 1258. The Mongol forces used Trebuchets as a siege weapon during this siege. Hulagu intended to further extend his rule...

By Thanh Pham on 08 Sep 14:07

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the trebuchet was a priceless item that was used frequently in the 4th century. It was on the same level as the catapult and they both were used for hurling small to large rocks to smash castles...

By Ethan Dinopoulos on 08 Sep 14:03

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The trebuchet is a siege engine that uses a large swimming arm to fire a projectile at a target or enemy. The trebuchet is an ancient war weapon that dates back to 300bc but it was extensively used...

By Ethan Dinopoulos on 08 Sep 13:43

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The battle of Xiangyang was a key battle between the invading Yuan Dynasty armies fought by the Mongols and the Southern Song forces between 1267 AD and 1273 AD.  It was one...

By Jake Williams on 07 Sep 21:26
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