Re: Trash-Bot

["E. Lee Dickinson" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Anthony Fremont" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:QfdAf.22874$SD1.20510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Phil Hobbs wrote:
>
>> Alternatively, if local laws or jumpy neighbours render pyrotechnics
>> inappropriate, you could use a Trash Trebuchet.  This would have the
>> advantage of a much more predictable trajectory, since the initial
>> velocity of the payload is more nearly constant than with a gun.
>
> Ah yes......my favorite instrument of warfare.....the trebuchet.  I want
> to build one for my back yard that will launch a water balloon to the
> stop sign located six houses down from mine (about 700').  That way I
> can get even with the local hoodlums that like to fly past my house when
> they approximate their stop at the corner.  It will need to be quiet,
> triggerable by remote control (no problem on that) and auto reloading.
> That way I can sit in the front yard and enjoy the fun.  :-D  I really
> like the kind that use simple leverage and weight, no springs.

"Launching a Missile at a Motor Vehicle."  Class 6 misdemeanor. I know this
all too well.