Aisle 25No. 403 of 460
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Trebuchet
519,944 small parts. Assembled in your browser.
Empty. Now look down.
Swipe across the pack to tear it open.
Press and hold. It pulls itself together.
Let go to drop it.
It stays in its pack here. The Playground has the rest.
Medieval · Built from a recipe
Trebuchet
A trebuchet is a giant throwing machine from the Middle Ages.
Play with it in the Playground
How to play
Tap it to launch: the weight drops and the long arm flings a stone.
Toy facts
- Item
- No. 403 of 460
- Shelf
- Aisle 25, Medieval
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Small parts
- 519,944
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Batteries
- None
- Assembly
- It does that itself
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
- Price
- $0.00
Small parts are the splats in its usual build on a computer. A phone may draw fewer.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Tap | ||
| Launch | Button |
About it
A trebuchet is a giant throwing machine from the Middle Ages. A long wooden arm swings on an axle, with a heavy weight on its short end and a sling on its long end. When the weight falls, the long end whips up and over, the sling swings out and lets go, and the stone flies a long way. Carpenters built them from great timbers, and the biggest could throw a stone as heavy as a person.
Tap it to launch: the weight drops, the arm swings up and the stone sails off, then the arm comes back down, ready for the next one. Today people build trebuchets for fun, to throw pumpkins in contests. With ✋ Hands-on on, pull the long end of the arm down a little to free its catch, then let go: the counterweight drops, the arm whips up and the sling flings the stone.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 57,570 at Low, and up to 740,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.
