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I can't seem to find any information on the present world record for hurling... The following is a reply from Guinness World Records Facebook site but am hoping someone here might be able to give me some information... Surely there is something on trebuchets??... I recently met with a mechanical eng...

Might have found a suitable operater... Lives in Thailand and has access to everything I need by the sounds of it... She is a mechanical engineer with a co worker who is structural so should have it covered... I will also be manual testing and comparing to computer models... Starting very soon I hop...

Thanks again Madmattd, Can you suggest a good link where you can choose any size tubing with a grid and I could build it up? I'm hopeless with computers so I have employed a friend to help me who is very good on the keyboard as also very patient. I will be doing a manual test with the single tube in...

Thanks Madmattd... Sorry but the tubing would be standing vertically in the press and pressure applied downwards (axial compression I believe) on the tube to determine the overall length of the tube before it buckles. Once that length is determined (let's say it is 150mm for example) I would then ad...

... Still having trouble finding a good engineer to help with calculations for the arm so I've decided I will go ahead and do it manually... I'm using 25x25x1.6 (grade 350) square tubing for the core and will place it in a press to determine the length between supports... I'm guessing around 130mm (...

Hi everyone... Especially Walker!!... I'm back and finally ready to build my new trebuchet!!... Remember the 'endless bridge' theory??