There are three different technologies that fall into the catapult category: the ballista, the trebuchet and the catapult. Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn more about the differences between catapult technologies.
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Welcome to brain Stuff from house stuff works dot com.
We're Smart happens him Marshall Brain with today's question, how
does a catapult work? There are three different technologies that
fall into the catapult category. They include the catapult itself,
the ballista, and the tributche. The catapult is a winch
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down bucket that people normally think about when they hear
the word catapult. A ballista is a very large crossbow.
A tributee is a weighted beam that swings a sling
carrying the projectile. Both catapults and ballista's work by storing tension,
either in twisted ropes or in a flexed piece of wood,
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in the same way that an archery bow does, but
on a much larger scale. A tribute tends to be
easier to build because it consists simply of a pivoting
beam and a counterweight that rotates the beam through an arc.
Catapults can launch things a fair distance. Five hundred to
a thousand feet is common. It's surprising how much energy
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they can store. The winch is important on a catapult
because the winch allows one person to put a great
deal of energy into the catapult over a long period
of time, then all that energy releases at once throwing
the projectile. Do you have any ideas or suggestions for
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