October 15th Trebuchet Building Competition:

We will have a Catapult competition next Monday. Patrols should be getting with their sponsor to insure they have a design they can build.

• Greg L. has provided links to websites for designs. 
• Jerry S will be checking to insure we have enough poles out back of the hut for building the catapults. 
• David B: We were thinking about using pumpkins or some type of gourd as the projectile. Do you have access to any ugly unwanted pumpkins/gourds?

Mike O

(image credit Wikipedia)

Here are 3 links to catapult designs

1. The modified ogre - uses bungee cords stormthecastle.com

2. Go here for a U tube video ((broken link))

3. This is a small scale that could easily be scaled up. Use bungee cords instead of rubber bands

military.discovery.com/tv/weapon-masters/how-to/catapult-promo.html