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From agricultural trailer to trebuchet
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From agricultural trailer to trebuchet
The Aquarium Crew have adopted for an Ancient Greek approach. They want to build an underarm trebuchet using a whopping great counterweight. The scavengers get stuck into the scrapheap and have no problem locating the components on their shopping list, grabbing scaffold supports for the A-frame. By amputating the wheel hubs from an old agricultural trailer, they'll position them on top of their A-frames, forming a pivot, which should ensure a smooth swinging motion.

The BalloonaticsThe Aquarium crewThe Balloonatics' designThe Aquarium Crew's design
Crossbow design takes shapeFrom agricultural trailer to trebuchetScant ScavengingA-framing hitch
Balloonitics fire one!Aquarium fire one!Second attemptsThe winning lob
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