Warwick Castle - Trebuchet in Action
653,596
Published 2014-10-31
The trebuchet at Warwick Castle is the largest catapult in the world.
In June 2005, Warwick Castle became home to one of the world's largest working siege engines. The trebuchet is 18 metres (59 ft) tall, made from over 300 pieces of oak and weighs 22 tonnes (24 short tons).[57] The machine was built with by drawings of the Danish museum Middelaldercentret, who were the first to recreate a fully functioning trebuchet in 1989.[58] It was built in Wiltshire with expertise from the Danish Museum[59][60] and is now situated on the riverbank below the castle. It takes eight men half an hour to load and release,[61] the process involves four men running in 4 metres (13 ft) tall wheels to lift the counterweight, weighing 6 tonnes (7 short tons) into the air. It is designed to be capable of hurling projectiles distances of up to 300 metres (980 ft) and as high as 25 metres (82 ft) and can throw projectiles weighing up to 150 kilograms (330 lb).[61] On 21 August 2006, the trebuchet claimed the record as the most powerful catapult of its type when it sent a projectile weighing 13 kilograms (29 lb) a distance of 249 metres (817 ft) at a speed of 260 kilometres per hour (160 mph), beating the previous record held by the trebuchet at Middelaldercentret in Denmark.[62]
✳️➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖✳️
🛒 www.amazon.com/shop/geekstreet
🛒 www.amazon.co.uk/shop/geekstreet
✳️➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖✳️
🔔 Don't forget to "Like" this video, leave a "Comment" and "Subscribe" to our channel (IT'S FREE), hitting the bell to all to be notified of new uploads ▶️ bit.ly/2V4fV1Y
➡ Follow us on Social Media
💙 TWITTER: twitter.com/YouTubeGeekSt
🧡 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/YouTubeGeekStreet
💜 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/YouTubeGeekStreet
➡ Contact us
✉ Email for Business Enquires: [email protected]
➡ Free Amazon Trials
🆓 US - Prime - amzn.to/2Rde0Xd
🆓 UK - Prime - amzn.to/2N8jSgX
🆓 Germany - Music Prime - amzn.to/2DGwZXm
🆓 Italy - Prime - amzn.to/2N77iP6
🆓 Spain - Prime - amzn.to/2IrQGAG
Geek Street is a participant in the Amazon Associate Affiliate program; as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases with no additional cost to you
✳️➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
All Comments (21)
-
Fast fwd to 8:00 and skip all the Hype---
-
10 years later.... fire 👺
-
Just like softcore porn, all build up and no finish.
-
Sat through 8 minutes just to NOT see the flaming projectile! 2018 has NOT been nice to me, bring on 2019!
-
I guess I must be a medieval geek, I thought that was cool to watch. Maybe some day I can witness it firsthand. Thanks for sharing!
-
The fire ball flew so high it took the ball a decade for it to land in Australia to start a fire
-
I was going to say something like: "Skip the first 8 minutes."...but you can skip all 9.
-
This would have been better if the audio had been replaced with the sounds from a golf tournament. Still, fun video!
-
Dunno why people hate the narrative. But I quite like it..
-
This trebuchet is dope because of the time period it is from. The narrative enhances the story that the trebuchet tells of its creators and operators from our long gone history. I thought the wheel winder's tragic monologue was especially moving, no pun intended.
-
I was there last week, it’s all lit up and decorated for the Christmas period, beauuuutiful
-
The kid saying "beautiful!" is the best part 😁
-
If I had to listen to that speil twice I would tie myself to it.
-
BEAUTIFUL
-
ANNOUNCER: Where was I? Oh yes! We will destroy our enemys where they stand! LOL
-
3rd time today I've been to Warwick Castle and each time for one reason or another this has not been working.. I was beginning to think it was just a mock up for exhibition so nice to see it working...
-
Yes I saw the flaming projectile launched, you have to know how it works in order to see where the "payload" is going. 😁
-
When simple mechanical stuff amazed people.. thats when scientist and inventor come in..
-
Launching at 7:58
-
Aahhh, the good old days
