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Thanks for the detailed advice, Matt! This is very helpful! I hope to toss a variety of items: watermelons in the summer, pumpkins in the fall, and whatever odd items my kids or guests want to toss. So I am planning to make the counterweight adjustable. I'm also influenced by previous experience: my...

For a simple hinged counterweight trebuchet, what are the parameters that can/should be tuned, what is a reasonable range of tuning values, and which parameters are most important? From what I've read online, it's something like this, from most important to least important: 1. Release Pin angle, 20 ...