"tre-by&-'shet, -b&-, -'chet
Variant(s): or treb·uc·ket /"tre-b&-'ket/
Etymology: Middle English trebochet, from Middle French trebuchet
Date: 15th century
A medieval military engine for hurling heavy missiles (as rocks)
This page contains links to trebuchet information on the web. There is a lot of it out there, but many of the links are out of date. These were last checked on July 12, 2001.
The Grey Company Trebuchet Page is a good source of general information
The Algorithmic Beauty of the Trebuchet Here you will find a downloadable application for simulationg trebuchet performance. Last modified on Nov 8, 2000
Virtual Trebuchet Mk5 R2.3 runs the simulation right in your browser, using Java.
NOVA Online has a great set of pages, and a shockwave 'video game' demo thing.This actually kind of stinks, since you don't get to see the actual motion of the thing as it fires.
Middelaldercentret Centre for Historical Technology, Denmark hss built some full-size working examples, they have good photos of them
Trebuchet Story Kevin Geiselman built one and lived to write the web page.
To Ride A Trebuchet Ron L. Toms actually flung himself into the Blanco River via trebuchet.
The concept of flinging someone from a catapult for fun is covered by a patent: See Human free-flight catapult (US5769724)
The Physics of the Trebuchet an online textbook by Filip Radlinski
Caerphilly Castle Trébuchet page. Still 'under construction', but has some great photos of really large machines in action.
Here you can find information on, or make an offer to buy, the powerful trebuchet which was used on "Northern Exposure".
Keep an eye on Alec's Trebuchet ; currently the page and trebuchet are under construction.
A Trebuchet
in New Mexico. Good action photos.
There is a TTF font named 'Trebuchet', downloadable
here
at microsoft.com It's a nice, fairly plain sans-serif.