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Street-Fighting Physics!
Street-Fighting Physics!
Professor Kevin Kimball, BS
U.S.N.- Retired
TREBUCHET !
TREBUCHET !
pulling the
winch cable
setting the
winch cable
winding up . . . . .
and
winding up . . .
. . .and winding up
"Is it beer-thirty yet?"
clearing the shroud lines on the sling (very important!)
clearing the shroud lines on the sling (very important!)
setting the
firing pin . . .
. . . fully cocked!
loading the
projectile. . .
. . . locked and loaded!
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
PULL!
. . . beginning launch . . .
.. . and . . .
. . IN FLIGHT !
. . IN FLIGHT !
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my very special thanks to Jillian Olivares-Wiels
for these wonderful images!
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