Building a Trebuchet

by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor

Above: Robbie loads the trebuchet for another practice shot before the competition.

A while back, my nephew Robbie, about 15 years old at the time, asked for help building a trebuchet (a form of catapult) for an upcoming Science Olympiad competition that his school was involved in. He had located a nice set of plans online that were based on a lattice-type structure using hardwoods. The website offered a fairly detailed plan and included project photos to help during the build. Continue reading →