Matacus Contest #10 - The Trebuchet

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Matacus Contest #10 - The Trebuchet

Postby JohnnyRoastbeef » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:35 pm

Design Contest 10 will be a contest to create a trebuchet, something that will fling the armadillo using weight as your source of energy. I'll leave it open ended other than that, but I'd encourage you to include a description of your strong or weak points for the judging. For example, you may have a design that doesn't look pretty but gets great distance, or you may have a very interesting design that just doesn't throw it very far. I'll include your description with the voting post.

I guess the contest ends Sunday the 7th of October.

Submissions can be send to (Spam Buster Link) pirhanasjello at gmail
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Postby lordofdeath101 » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:20 pm

so far i have a concept for an armadilllo trebuchet that the armadillo lauches something (the rest remains a sercret) hint it uses a force bug :D
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Postby smjjames » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:25 pm

hmm, would it be ok to use ARedit to put overlong pieces in? because I tried to create a catapult type arm once. I figured out how to get it to move, but the arm kept breaking under it's own wieght.
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Postby JohnnyRoastbeef » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:48 pm

Sure, use long pieces if you want. But as always, the judges may view it as "less creative" than making the arm.
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Postby smjjames » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:54 pm

For anybody who is interested, wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet has some good basic info on trebuchets. I tried doing a search for trebuchet stuff and most sites want you to buy stuff, although there are some out there with good information.

Just thought I'd post this here for anybody who had no idea what a trebuchet is.
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Postby JustcallmeDrago » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:17 pm

JRB put that link in his original post (at the top).

It is just "trebuchet" because he is magic. You can click on that word and it will take you to the page you pointed out.

I don't know how you hyperlink a single word, because I just post the entire link like you did.
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Postby JohnnyRoastbeef » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:49 pm

you use the code

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[url=<LINK LOCATION>]Text you want to appear in the link[/url]
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Postby TSchultz » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:25 am

lordofdeath101 wrote:so far i have a concept for an armadilllo trebuchet that the armadillo lauches something (the rest remains a sercret) hint it uses a force bug :D

JRB wrote:Design Contest 10 will be a contest to create a trebuchet, something that will fling the armadillo using weight as your source of energy.

I'm thinking that's not allowed.
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Postby lordofdeath101 » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:01 am

TSchultz wrote:
lordofdeath101 wrote:so far i have a concept for an armadilllo trebuchet that the armadillo lauches something (the rest remains a sercret) hint it uses a force bug :D

JRB wrote:Design Contest 10 will be a contest to create a trebuchet, something that will fling the armadillo using weight as your source of energy.

I'm thinking that's not allowed.


ya... i noticed that after i posted it.... its a pretty cool concept tho.. and it works well... all i did was use teh spin force bug and added stuff to it
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Postby TSchultz » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:12 am

That's not a trebuchet though....
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Postby JustcallmeDrago » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:44 am

TSchultz wrote:That's not a trebuchet though....


O RLY?

YA RLY!!

NO WAI!!!!
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Postby TSchultz » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:52 am

I was just saying that because I think he was missing the whole point of the design contest.
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Postby smjjames » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:53 am

JustcallmeDrago wrote:JRB put that link in his original post (at the top).

It is just "trebuchet" because he is magic. You can click on that word and it will take you to the page you pointed out.

I don't know how you hyperlink a single word, because I just post the entire link like you did.


*smacks forehead* lol, why didn't I notice that :P

I'm such a noob sometimes, lol.

and yea, you are suppoused to LAUNCH the armadillo, not have an armadillo powered trebuchet.
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Postby lordofdeath101 » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:44 am

ya... i got the point but i had that other concept also... i just forgot it was a trebuchet contest...not a fling thingy... lol.. i do have a trebuchet design tho.... but it needs a lot of work
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Postby tomo » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:33 pm

lordofdeath101 wrote:ya... i got the point but i had that other concept also... i just forgot it was a trebuchet contest...not a fling thingy... lol.. i do have a trebuchet design tho.... but it needs a lot of work
you can make a motor that throws dillo somewhere and if ppl will like it you could win...
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