# A Question on Trebuchet Weights

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-trebuchet-weights/276020>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 22, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-trebuchet-weights/276020 "2004-11-22T01:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gaius.Cornelius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gaius.Cornelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaius.Cornelius)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-trebuchet-weights/276020/21 "2004-11-22T23:31:08Z")

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Lego is ideal for trying out Trebuchet designs:

[http://www.weirdrichard.com/trebuchet.htm](http://www.weirdrichard.com/trebuchet.htm)

I have read quite a bit about Trebuchets and attempts to reconstruct them. I am pretty confident that, of the historic designs, the swinging counterweight was the most efficient.

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**Author:** ![praetoriansentry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@praetoriansentry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/praetoriansentry)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-trebuchet-weights/276020/22 "2004-11-22T23:43:19Z")

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I think we’ll probably go with the attached weight that swings, it will be easier to construct with the materials we have.

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