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Backyard Catapults: How to Build Your Own | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Wilson
Publisher: LOOMPANICS UNLIMITED
Category: Book
List Price: $10.00
Buy New: $9.20
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 296786
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 85
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 1559502460
Dewey Decimal Number: 643
EAN: 9781559502467
ASIN: 1559502460
Publication Date: June 2005
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Wilson provides photos of the building process, detailed and updated plans, plus construction information on ballistas, onagers and trebuchets. You will aso find information on catapult web sites and how to be included in some of the catapult contests around the country. Also included is some interesting catapult history, its strength and weakness as a weapon, and what it was that led to its demise as a functional war machine. There's no question that warriors have found more efficient means of lobbing projectiles at enemies, real and imagined, but has it ever been as much fun?
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| Customer Reviews:
 Buyer beware! January 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are so many good catapults in this book! My favorite is the pocket catapult, which is surprisingly strong. Not deadly, but pretty good. I also never knew you could make a catapult out of ham. I use mine to play skeet.
 fire! February 15, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This short little book of about 80 pages lists instructions for building 3 devices. An onager, a Trebuchet, and a ballista. These are full size machines, all of which you build on the base of a wood pallet,THe first 19 pages are on the history of catapults.
A must for any interested in the topic October 5, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Bill Wilson is no newcomer to catapults - nor to writing about them. His first book on the topic provided many insights: Backyard Catapults: How To Built Your Own offers even more, from photos of the building process updated by more recent plans and ideas to catapult websites and contests around the country. Packed with black and white photos and diagrams, Backyard Catapults is a must for any interested in the topic.
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