Warwick Castle - Trebuchet in Action

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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]
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@sockeroo5077 5 жыл бұрын

10 years later.... fire 👺

@GeekStreet 5 жыл бұрын

Haha... Yeah

@DriverGuy23 3 жыл бұрын

They missed the target because the battle was already over by the time they were able to fire a shot. 😂

@KellanHerringshaw-tw4ml 11 ай бұрын

@rochelleb973 10 ай бұрын

Exactly 🤦‍♀️

@MarvinLStohs 6 жыл бұрын

Fast fwd to 8:00 and skip all the Hype---

@JCO2002 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@henrykoplien1007 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. And all this effort for approx. bridging 300m. In this load time thousand of opponents passing by and they hallo...

@bobdevries4028 5 жыл бұрын

The longer the foreplay, the bigger the fun! 😁😁😁

@rewfisher1 5 жыл бұрын

I bet the crowd wish that they could of jumped forward and skipped all the hype.

@psycopirla1 5 жыл бұрын

And still not seeing how far did the thing go

@toben42 5 жыл бұрын

Just like softcore porn, all build up and no finish.

@guillaumearnould7836 4 жыл бұрын

Should have hit something atleast

@davidmcalevey6465 Жыл бұрын

If I had to listen to that speil twice I would tie myself to it.

@souleternal7 5 жыл бұрын

Sat through 8 minutes just to NOT see the flaming projectile! 2018 has NOT been nice to me, bring on 2019!

@painedinks 5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha exactly how I felt! I hope they didnt have to pay for the tickets to watch this borefest, I myself want that 8 mins of my life back

@thewayiamoramnot 5 жыл бұрын

This video may show it being lit and shot but they dont light it anymore from what I gather as a spark from the fireball burnt/damaged the boathouse nearby.

@johnnybadhabbitsrabbit3011 5 жыл бұрын

... Hahahhahaha

@comit8077 4 жыл бұрын

DO NOT WISH FOR 2020 2019 was pretty fine tho

@GeekStreet 4 жыл бұрын

Lol...yeah

@hiimryan2388 3 жыл бұрын

The fire ball flew so high it took the ball a decade for it to land in Australia to start a fire

@GeekStreet 6 жыл бұрын

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@001davem 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@ironhazes 4 жыл бұрын

I was going to say something like: "Skip the first 8 minutes."...but you can skip all 9.

@luftschiff1069 3 жыл бұрын

Why the fuck did the guy who made this like this?

@_Matsimus_ 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha have to agree lol.

@prongs82 5 жыл бұрын

Dunno why people hate the narrative. But I quite like it..

@danielpetersen7856 5 жыл бұрын

The man really puts some heart into it, he's like WHO'S WITH ME?? **five people in the background saying yeeah**

@duvalian 2 жыл бұрын

I was there last week, it’s all lit up and decorated for the Christmas period, beauuuutiful

@davidmcalevey6465 Жыл бұрын

I thought you were gonna say they are still winding it up😂

@scur-ow 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@microdesigns2000 5 жыл бұрын

This would have been better if the audio had been replaced with the sounds from a golf tournament. Still, fun video!

@seaton1288 5 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL

@jasontucher7011 5 жыл бұрын

ANNOUNCER: Where was I? Oh yes! We will destroy our enemys where they stand! LOL

@Sailing_Bungaree 5 жыл бұрын

I was one the mice in the wheel in 2008😃

@DusanPavlicek78 11 ай бұрын

The kid saying "beautiful!" is the best part 😁

@javascriptmikecoder5790 5 жыл бұрын

THAT IS AWESOME!

@123dodo4 5 жыл бұрын

When simple mechanical stuff amazed people.. thats when scientist and inventor come in..

@meusana3681 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, that's engineers.

@123dodo4 5 жыл бұрын

@@meusana3681 was going to say it but forgot the word and then forgot what to put

@meusana3681 5 жыл бұрын

@@123dodo4 :) its just a silly comment anyway, you could argue that engineers are inventors and that scientist (in particular physicists) researched the laws that could be exploited.

@00100000station 3 жыл бұрын

Only me who is bitterly disappointed the crowd didn't yell Warwick for Warwick!! when they loosed the fireball? Get involved!

@uporabn1k 5 жыл бұрын

Put Usain Bolt in that and you get an oversized machine gun.

@uthoshantm 5 жыл бұрын

Launching at 7:58

@7532eddie 7 жыл бұрын

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...

@onemanarmyoma0155 5 жыл бұрын

So three times you went through that fucked up story and didn't get satisfaction. You can't get any closer to hell without being burned (and tossed to some place out of sight or even out of site)

@MazHem 3 жыл бұрын

I went on a tour at one point, and they stopped using it because even though small projectiles it was damaging the grounds

@christianfreedom-seeker934 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I saw the flaming projectile launched, you have to know how it works in order to see where the "payload" is going. 😁

@4akbIp_MaH90 5 жыл бұрын

ohoho, beautiful!

@bgt63 5 жыл бұрын

Aahhh, the good old days

@raymondo162 5 жыл бұрын

You had just the one job. Just the one...…...

@theepicyoutubization 5 жыл бұрын

To wind the wheels

@kniefi 5 жыл бұрын

@@theepicyoutubization no...to get it all on video I suppose!!

@bobdevries4028 5 жыл бұрын

He got the whole trebuchet on video so stop whining please! 😁😁😁

@robertrainford301 5 жыл бұрын

All that anticipation and you can’t see the projectile!

@danielgraham5199 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this at Warwick when I was younger

@SVAFnemesis 5 жыл бұрын

Did they just play Metal Gear Solid theme at the end?!!

@Wylando 3 жыл бұрын

I love trebuchet

@delsim3550 4 жыл бұрын

i wish the dude hade said as he was bout to fire "'Send these foul beasts into the abyss !"

@bardolongo 10 ай бұрын

Aight i need a trebuchet

@LeonUK 5 жыл бұрын

Lancashire FTW! 🤘

@martyboy6783 3 жыл бұрын

Hes so hyped and others just arents 🤣😭

@affe5000 6 ай бұрын

0:36 ”Well spent money” 😅

@baddog5936 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually a training video about how to make someone snap their mobile phone in half within 8.00 minutes using annoying dialogue only.

@jegr3398 2 жыл бұрын

I skipped ahead

@brucekennedy5274 5 жыл бұрын

Even on fast forward this is an anticlimax 🤣🤣🤣

@georgepetterson1696 5 жыл бұрын

Been there and was one of the lucky people who got to be a hamster to arm it ...an awesome weapon...

@bobdevries4028 5 жыл бұрын

Can I borrow this thing? I need it to teach the opposite neighbours not to park in front of my driveway! 😁😁😁

@christianfreedom-seeker934 5 жыл бұрын

Actually if you attach a car to it...it will launch the car quite a distance! Lol!!!

@kokopelli314 5 жыл бұрын

Less drama and more tech!

@martinforet1331 4 жыл бұрын

Nevrchi de Tresbvchet plantois sien estendart !

@guillaumed891 4 жыл бұрын

j'estois là !

@paulsarnik8506 Жыл бұрын

Eight minutes I'll never get back. At least I FF'd it. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤓😎✌🏻

@Jehcbit 4 жыл бұрын

imagine being a dirt poor unpaid peasant that had to wind up siege machines in a giant mouse wheel for weeks straight

@zaccomusic 3 жыл бұрын

nice video friend

@GeekStreet 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@scruffycryptid1931 3 жыл бұрын

How accurate

@onilovni1234 5 жыл бұрын

The song is Imagine the Fire - Dark Knight Rises, Hans Zimmer.

@mcw270 3 жыл бұрын

In the Words of Monty Python...get on with it!

@tregswanson6072 5 жыл бұрын

7 mins into the battle the defending forces destroy the artillery.

@ivanloar7307 5 жыл бұрын

You should have dressed the lady in the wheel in a hamster suit. Add a little humor.

@andrewjexel7187 5 жыл бұрын

Now watch this in 0.25 speed.

@r-saint 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it IS VISIBLE guys. This time, unlike the other video..

@_wolfie.media_ 5 жыл бұрын

I read this as “tree bucket”

@allyourpie4323 3 жыл бұрын

I want a job running in the wheel.

@hiimryan2388 3 жыл бұрын

Where da forest fire...

@warpedkid360 3 жыл бұрын

Launch at 7:50, don't waste your time watching the rest.

@chioccolat1957 3 жыл бұрын

For sum unknown reasons, yt is recommending me sum medieval/antiquity siege weaponry (Hell I love this one!)

@acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann 5 жыл бұрын

THEY LAUNCHED THE FUCKING APPOLO MISSIONS FASTER THAN THIS

@isaacbourn417 5 жыл бұрын

3:09 that hurts

@Spetet 5 жыл бұрын

Less chat more splat

@IanTanLK 5 жыл бұрын

"Ho ho beautiful"

@simonbarker6927 4 жыл бұрын

Well that 9 mins I won't get back

@GeekStreet 4 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine how I felt actually being there!

@christopherhyncik8851 5 жыл бұрын

Why dont u show us how the wood for the trebuchet was cut while ur at it...

@christianfreedom-seeker934 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@MISHANJUNGBASNET 4 жыл бұрын

1:23 why is that guy in the back with Jeans floating in mid air? Wtf🤔🤔😂😂

@korrasami188 5 жыл бұрын

The announcer sounds like Cullen from Dragon age

@sinuheaegyptilainen2929 5 жыл бұрын

Should launch camera man and announcer away with that artifact

@Qbus245 5 жыл бұрын

long time...after shot.

@finnstercycles6766 4 жыл бұрын

1:57 is when it launches

@tommac4658 5 жыл бұрын

And missed they main advent!

@myperro77 5 жыл бұрын

Thats the ost of metal gear solid?

@davidwieczorek4358 4 жыл бұрын

I been in their

@japhfo 3 жыл бұрын

Castles walls breached by hot air. Who knew?

@channinglong1137 5 жыл бұрын

I could of built two of those by the time it took you to load it

@channinglong1137 5 жыл бұрын

I want my time back. What a rip!!

@andy30930 5 жыл бұрын

Did they ever check if it caused fire?

@mrmark8603 4 жыл бұрын

Shame the announcer wasn't the target.

@jasonzurlo1543 5 жыл бұрын

Is this prince charming from shrek

@dragondeadshot2561 2 жыл бұрын

8:02 launch

@poshpanda469 5 жыл бұрын

What was it, a towel? 🙄🤔😱😨

@andrasnemeth8236 5 жыл бұрын

Just launch the fucking thing already

@thalesnemo2841 4 жыл бұрын

Based on the data from the show notes there must be an error . Given Projectile mass 13 kg Velocity 72.2 m/s KE=0.5(13kg)(72.2m/s)^2= 33,883.46 J 7 short ton (7* 907kg ) =6,349Kg Height of counter weight 6 meters approximately ( maybe 1.5 diameters of the squirrel wheel) PE=6349kg *9.8m/s^2*6m =373,321.2J Or 9% efficiency quite low !

@Ohhiohh Жыл бұрын

British engineering

@binfang7068 3 жыл бұрын

The oldest treadmill.

@joker4206987 5 жыл бұрын

My only question is ...... we're did that go? Like it was on fire then lunched.....?? Hope they didn't burn down the forest lol

@primodernious 5 жыл бұрын

that version would have been to slow and to heavy and impractical to use for war. i think they used a rope spring type that was much more moveable.

@DobleWhiteAndStabley 2 жыл бұрын

You aren't going to be sniping units with that thing unless its already set up in a fortification and happens to be sitting in the right direction. This is meant to pound enemy fortifications or rarely, aim at immobile siege engines. It is accurate enough to do so.