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In the year 1304, Edward Longshanks, more formally known as King Edward I of England, mounted the greatest siege of his reign against the Scots and their castle at Stirling. The attack dragged on. Imp
Trebuchets began in the Far East, in China. But what they were there, were hand-pulled machines, worked by quite large teams of men.
At the end of the 13th century, what was the effective range of an archer, and what was the effective range of a trebuchet. The historical reports differ.
With the manuscript as a starting point, Wayne used a combination of engineering theory and trial and error to come up with a working model.
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Well it's gonna fit. Some point is gonna found. We're off the ground here. After last night's narrow miss,Wayne's trebuchet is repositioned to be more in line with the target. All we're doing is shift
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