Lego Catapults
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Lego Catapults
Which Lego catapult flings a brick the farthest?
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Wouldn't that greatly depend on how hard/fast you hit the handle?
Probably the spring loaded ones though
Probably the spring loaded ones though
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sounds like some science is nesesary, how about you get a weight, a few catapults, a universal projectile, and a yard/meter stick. then applying only the weight of the weight measure how far the projectile goes.
and what spring loaded catapults?
and what spring loaded catapults?
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I was referring to the spring loaded projectile firing thing that came with some Knight Kingdom I sets
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What logical thinking. I took your advice, and measured the two catapults that I actually do have. These were from set numbers 6030 and 6193. I made a 2 ounce weight out of a lump of modelling clay wrapped in aluminum foil. I lined up a couple of yardsticks from the fulcrum of each catapult and dropped the weight from a height of 12 inches -- using a single 1x1 cylindrical brick for ammunition. It wasn't easy to get particularly consistent results, so I took the average of the five longest shots. Here are the results.quaraga wrote:sounds like some science is nesesary, how about you get a weight, a few catapults, a universal projectile, and a yard/meter stick. then applying only the weight of the weight measure how far the projectile goes.
#6030: 50 inches.
#6193: 62 inches.
Since 6193 was so easy to adjust, I moved the lever arm back one notch (from what is shown in the official instructions), and this increased the range to 70 inches. But I didn't attempt to make the same adjustment for 6030. I still think it would be interesting to compare results if anyone else has any other catapults they could test.
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This was interesting. I'd be interested in that too. Now you are almost getting me to rebuild some of older sets....almost.Frank_Lloyd_Knight wrote:I still think it would be interesting to compare results if anyone else has any other catapults they could test.
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Do it! The world wants to know... Or at least I do.JoshWedin wrote: Now you are almost getting me to rebuild some of older sets....almost.
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I would say it's the vikings catapult. A friend of me owned one and it could fire very well!
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I concur I had that one and it worked pretty well.
the one piece catapult (like in kcs) probably sucks
the one piece catapult (like in kcs) probably sucks
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I found that the catapults with wheels rolled too much to hit their target.
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Did you try holding them still? I've never had this "problem".TheFlarbar wrote: I found that the catapults with wheels rolled too much to hit their target.
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I can't remember -- I think I took the wheels off of the one I tested, and attached it to a base plate.
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On most of the recent catapults, the arm swings too far and tends to fling the brick into the table unless you put in a stopper.
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Great suggestion and makes perfect sense. I like the new catapult in the Outpost Attack set but it suffers from this problem....rogue27 wrote:On most of the recent catapults, the arm swings too far and tends to fling the brick into the table unless you put in a stopper.
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Perhaps just place a "wooden" wedge brick underneath the back wheels? You gotta think, what would a minifig do, you know.JoshWedin wrote:Did you try holding them still? I've never had this "problem".TheFlarbar wrote: I found that the catapults with wheels rolled too much to hit their target.
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