Trebuchet Cluster Incendiaries!!
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- todcutler.com
Medieval incendiary weapons were widespread through the 14thC and 15thC and they really interest me. They threw them with trebuchets and I just happen to have a trebuchet........ I have also been thinking about quite how they did it, so I decided to try out multiple incendiary charges in one bundle, timed to separate mid flight.
I tried and I succeeded and it was (if I say so myself) GREAT!
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If I ever become a feudal monarch, I want Tod as my royal siege engineer!
Sorry he works for King Charles
If I time travelled to the middle ages and couldn't take anything with me (like in Terminator I'd pick up Nikola Tesla, edison, various vacuum tube inventors, wright brothers and other more modern aviation experts and the entire team working on the manhattan project as well as some pilots and ground crew along the way.
"Fire arrows? Fascinating, we have metal birds which drop eggs that remove entire cities from existence"
I imagine I'd have the world conquered in about 20 years. 10 years to set everything up, 10 years to get things done due to how slow information travels then and a lack of airstrips.
Yeah, but I am going to be defending my feudal lord using an army of paper knights. It's been a while since Tod's hit one with anything :p (I think the Trebuchet might be never if he sells it before hitting one :( )
@@daviddavidson2357 I think you're underestimating the amount of tools and processing of raw materials and such you'd need to make planes and nukes. You would need more than the inventors, you'd need a small town of talented craftspeople too, if not a major city. Also just things like acquiring and transporting raw materials. You'd need dynamite for blasting, precision machining and just so much stuff.
The mongols would have recruited him
"Don't do this at home, but... please buy this catapult"
It a trebuchet. Catapults are so pedestrian. 😂
Yes, but don't use it in your home. Your neighbor's home is a better choice.
Trebuchet*
@@Johggd A trebuchet is a form of catapult. It's a pretty broadly defining word.
@@boogaboogaboogaable if I put it on my lawn. It wouldn´t be anywhere nere my home it lands and I have no clue what the minimum range is.
That wide side on view of the release and trajectory arc is beautiful!
Thanks and it worked well
The perfect swan song for the Trebuchet. We will miss her
I know - me too, but currently looks like I will get to keep her
Tod’s Workshop: Judgment Arc, raining fire and brimstone from the sky.
I'm usually a little sceptical about the practical utility of cluster ammunition or incendiaries in a medieval context... But this ticks all the boxes! Lobbing fire over walls into a wide area is exactly what a besieger would surely want to do.
Besides the damage to wood and thatch structures in your courtyard, Shock and awe and fire and smoke. It'll discombobulate your civilians, running around like headless chickens, getting in the way of the defenders
Mix in some stuff to make fumes toxic and it's even more effective...
@@nevyngould1744 yeah, exactly. If you consider how easily animals get scared by explosions, fire and smoke that would make things even worse.
I agree - too complicated and there is no point in starting, but this worked very well and simply
They: "Airburst incendiary trebuchet round isn't real, it cannot hurt you."
Airburst incendiary trebuchet round:
"Exactly what I wanted, multiple fires, I didn't even add arsenic"
Lol man, without context this would sound really bad.
Such a success as to leave Tod speechless? Never thought I'd see the day! 😂
Rare indeed
I do hope a UA-camr buys it and puts up some awesome videos.
My group already has cannon which we have ideas for....this would just be asking for problems. Luckily there is no US shipping.
Tod, anyone sitting down to this video without the context of seeing your previous videos is gonna think you are an absolute nutter.
I love it.
Really? I thought it was all very sensible and considered
... and the excitement build-up crowned with such a glorious "Yeeeeeessss!!!!"
Instant classic 😎😎😎
He's having fun so you don't have to.
Your enthusiasm is just so joyful. Also I must say, I got my custom dagger I ordered from you a while back, and it is gorgeous and wonderful. Goodbye to Trebby, thanks for the videos.
Thanks and glad you love it
Gotta agree, this was awesome.
Mythbusters: A protective compound positioned a km away with multiple bullet-proof glass walls.
Todd: Stands in the target area with a upturned wooden table for protection. 👍
One was controlled by insurance and the California board of labor and OSHA... The other is a bloke in his shed (well, neighbor's field).
But he put a paper knight on the front...... He was perfectly safe
@@stonedog5547 That was exactly why he was there
@@DH-xw6jp Very true. But also I have a background in SFX and didn't just 'do' this, it was very well considered for safety
@@tods_workshop I didn't mean to down play your experience, only meant to point out that you didn't have as many lawsuit fearing, safety worshipping, overlords dictating what you could or _couldn't_ do.
I'm sorry if it came off as dismissive, some of the coolest stuff ever was made by "just a bloke in his shed".
Just imagine the psychological impact alone, you get multiple of those hurtling into your settlement, you're gonna think the apocalypse is upon you.
And you've never even thought of, let alone seen, mass incendiary weapons before. Definitely witchcraft 😛
I fully believe that this would have been done. It's an absolute morale breaker. Imagine being under siege as these things come pouring over the walls. You can't see or breathe as the arsenic burns your lungs and eyes. Your house is burning, your food and water are contaminated by the noxious chemicals, it's a mess.
10/10 - Definitely trying this at home (once I sort out the whole no-trebuchet issue).
Alternatively an Onager will also work.
You don't need to either "fully believe" or not that this would have been done; you need only to point to accounts of it having been done. How many do you have?
>list trebuchet on ebay for 7k
>nobody bids
>proceeds to burn it down
I would bid, if i had the money and a place to put/use it.
The bids will come in droves after this video has gone public.
@@svenaxno, they won't. There is a very small number of people that can pay 7K (in reality it's going to be more like 10K because you have to take it somewhere else and probably pay Tod to help you put it back together), have a place to put a trebuchet and want one. More than likely he'll take a lower offer.
Tod and/or the landlord of the farm want it off the land and he doesn't want the cost and effort of dragging it to the tip. There's nothing wrong with that, but let's not act like this is an item that is going to have a lot of people fighting over it.
@@KaizerRemix Plus for the most part people that want their own could build one for a lot cheaper
@@KaizerRemix If I was middle class, I would buy it in an instant.
There's history to this trebuchet, it's a goddamn trebuchet, and I'd get the chance to shake hands with a legend
Also 10k? Idk what you're smoking to think renting a truck for a day is gonna cost more than 800 smackaroos, or that Tod isn't enough of a stand-up guy to help with the important parts.
"Don't do this at home...." No, do it in your neighbor's field 🤣👍🙊🙈👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Good point
Well done, that worked a treat.....yet another horrific and ghastly medieval nightmare weapon proved effective!
Todd - you are, as ever, an absolute force of informative story-telling. Your enthusiasm will have inspired thousands to take more of an interest in our history - keep up the good work sire!
Thank you and I do love to tell a story
I've said it before and I will say it again - when Todd gets giddy in a video, it is going to be an EPIC video.
I am SO grateful to be at the point in history where I can watch this and just laugh out loud in awe at how amazing it is and how well it worked; because if I was alive in that period of time this would be TERRIFYING.
That looked better than what CGI tries to recreate in films.
Thank you for making content you're passionate about and sharing it with us all.
Anybody else start tearing up at the end seeing Todd speechless and excited? lol
now we just gotta worry about cluster bombs, land mines and global warming.
Indeed the more excited Tod gets the more interesting the results are going to be.
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it
"Don't try this at home!" Well Todd, being the pathological contrarian and rebel that i am, now i HAVE to! Well done. I'm gonna blame you if something goes horribly wrong with my selfmade incendiary trebuchet, just so you know!
Mmmmmmmm trebuchet MIRV.... (good Lord, imagining these raining down on my medieval village is scary)
The spread on that last shot was beautifully rounded.
It worked very well
Tod: "Don't try this at home"
Also Tod: "Who wants to buy this lovely siege weapon"
Tod, mate, I'm getting mixed messages here
Angel on one shoulder, daemon on the other....... And they both look like Tod!!
Buy a trebuchet, just don't throw nasty burny stuff
Your work is so useful to the writer community, Plus it's just super cool in general. Keep up the good work, Tod!
worked way better than I would ever have assumed. so cool!
me too
Well done, Tod. A Medieval game-changer. T'would swerve a berserker.
9:30 Tod: "Here it comes... Oh, yes!!!"
Tod's wife: "You are never that excited with me..."
lmaooo
Can she throw 10kg of fire at an enemy castle?
I didn't think so.
I'd call that an air-burst cluster incendiary rather than a multi-launch. But semantics aside, it's really cool to watch. I'll miss the trebuchet videos. Maybe we can get a gofundme setup so that Todd can build a 1:1 scale Warwolf.
I would like that very much
That was absolute fire!!!❤️🔥
Tod sounds so happy in the end! :3
I was
This video is exactly what I wanted to see.
IMPRESSIVE!
Thank you Tod.
I think Fire is still one of the most dreaded things in Life.
10 years ago my house burned down, thatched roof with a sprinkler system on top, just in case, you know.
Although when a fire starts inside your house, that sprinkler system is utterly useless when the fire reaches the thatch.
My house burned for 16 hours straight, 3 fire-engines fought the inferno.
The best sendoff the trebuchet could get.
That was absolutely awesome. Incredible video
Thanks
Ha ha! I LOVE the shakey cam when the incendiaries go off! Ha ha! 🤣
Friggin' cool, Todd and friends!
*Tod
Thanks
Next I'll be waiting for Tod to make a medieval cannon. Would be fun but I suspect that UK government is anti fun in this case.
Nope, FAC if its over 2 inch bore and it'll need proofing.... And a Black Powder license so you can feed it.
But apart from these minor details GTG
done it. Made a very interesting 9 barrelled organ gun for a TV show where the premise was to use medieval materials and modern thinking. So made a lead acid battery wires from drawn copper in linen and pitch insulation, BP around a fine wire for igniters and made the whole thing push button
A Man with a taste for the simple things in life. Like a wodden machine lobbing fire thingies
Everyone loves a fire thingy
Awesome results! Thanks!
I heard that Kentucky Ballistic is looking for heavy equipment to fight Furby and eggplants:)
Some favourite lines:
"Its not just a firey fire"
"I've got a cute, tiny, baby trebutchet"
And of course, "OH YES!!!!"
Tod is such a man after my own heart
My little forge and anvil will probably never take me to the same places as this legend, but here's to trying!
This was incredible.
So well done. You made my day.
Thanks
Your local fire department must love you.
No requirement in that field, but I know a couple of local firemen so I am in there already
cool show
thanks Tod
Now I'm going to be late for work again because Tod released a new video.
Tod's war against turnips continues!
Great job Tod 👍Usually when you want to take a castle you want to occupy it so burning it all down isn’t that common I would guess. But no doubt sometimes they erased castles and keeps
The castle is made of stone, if you burn down the wooden houses and terrify the population so they run away you get to keep the stone and land it controls. rebuilding the wooden buildings is relatively quick, easy and cheap
The reason the first test fire didn't work right was you forgot to shout "Loose!", the trebuchet just wasn't feeling it
You could well be right
4:10 Tod lights a fire next to the medieval hand grenade. Let's hope nothing unexpected happens :-)
Just look at that happy smile.
Tod creates the MFLS: the Multiple Fireball Launch System!
Sir Kilgore, "I love the smell of incendiaries in the morning."
I think Tod needs to make a bigger trebuchet.
So do I, but no plans as yet
Seeing you this happy made me happy.
I am very sorry you are selling the trebuchet it has bought us all such joy. Would you mind terribly letting us know what the books were that you had at the start of the film? I would love to know about some good books I could learn more about medieval history, thank you.
No problem, but they are listed in the Fire arrows video.
This was so badass. Well done sir!!
Imagine not only a bigger trebuchet but 6 to 12 bigger trebuchets which have been throwing solid shot for a few days, putting holes in roofs, cracking into granneries, breaking wells, and roads. Then starting to throw fire, with noxious / poison chemicals, the devistation which could be wrought over a week or a month would inspire awe. Not only would the solid shot allow the fire to get into more flamible places the other damage would make fighting the fires even more difficult.
Coming from a dry environment, where fires are a common things, this stresses me out so much. Love every second of it though.
This is frigging epic!
Somewhere in Ruzzia a General is frantically scribbling notes 😂
What are you talking about
As an American living on the brink of civil war, I’m glad I found this channel
Proof of concept achieved.
Amazing work.
Im gonna miss the trebuchet videos.
Conclusion: It was fun!
He just made a medieval MIRV Warhead...😮😮😮
That black burning goo slowly oozing down a board while burning is… quite intimidating.
But not as intimidating as mirv-delivery incendiary trebuchet shots!
Nice first take Todd!
I love all these youtubers making lemonade stands lately
Trebuchet videos will be missed.
*WELL - THAT WORKED*
It did indeed
Medieval cluster munition!
Awesome!
Clustered projectiles could also consist of a mix of whichever sticky flammable gunk they liked to use, something burny but more liquid and of course at least one canister for the ignition. Throw in the noxious smoke options for good measure and chaos would ensue.
Just imagine that Korean rocket-arrow thing but with incendiary arrows. Now that is proper terrifying.
You can tell how much fun Tod is having by how dirty his hands are.
Hey Tod, you might want to buy the farmer a nice bottle or case of beer just to make sure he's still your friend. 🥃🍺🔥 😆😆
Prediction:
Tod's gonna miss playing with his trebuchet so much he's gonna end up making another one.
Only BIGGER!
Outstanding!!!!!👍
Yay trebuchet! :)
And the third little piggy built his house of stone
But behold, for the wolf had a trebuchet, and yeeted fire onto his roof, and enjoyed pork that night.
Absolutely love the video! Will there be a second trebuchet sometime in the future?
If I built that in me garden, it would take up 90% of my garden and I'd have my neighbours calling the armed police and I'll have a helicopter above me house. 😂
That sounds like a fund day. Take a video for us 😅
As much as I might like to try this at home, I don't have a trebuchet.
That was very cool 😁
Medieval cluster bombs and napalm. I’d want you as my number one castle assault engineer, Tod.
Thanks
Great video as always ❤
I'm a simple man. I see trebuchet, I click play.
Did Tod ever state why he is selling the Trebuchet? when its clear he is enjoying it so much?
Hopefully it goes to a good home but that is a fantastic swansong :)
EDIT: Got my candle sticks, they are now pride of place on my mantelpiece .
Thanks and glad you have a pair of sticks. Really appreciated from and old hand
Brilliant.
Lol I read the thumbnail as "tree bucket"
That would be very useful against a besieging enemy to defend the weak points in your fortifications.
Maybe fired from a mangonel or ballista, or just thrown by hand from the walls.
Now we need you to team up with Jorge Sprave again to make a slingshot to shoot incendiaries.
You are definitely coming to live with me during the zombie apocalypse