Onager Jr's basic construction is fairly simple. I thought it would be neat to make something that didn't use screws,
but after assembling the bottom, screws were needed for much of the upper frame, and for the strengthening
of structural members later.
We rebuilt the machine, and brought it to Maine to fling rocks into
the mud flats. We had rebuilt the breaker bar to be sturdier than
before, and also added a winch.
After our trip to Maine, Onager Jr was used again at the
2001 History Channel Chunk,
and at the
2001 Bennington High School Chunk.
At the end of those two adventures, our third canvas pouch had
disintegrated.
In 2005, Onager Jr was destined to go to the
zukapult contest in Ludlow Vermont. To accomplish this, Onager Jr needed to be upgraded to throw
projectiles smaller than it had done so in the paste.
Onager Jr was our first torsion siege-engine of the medium scale that functioned well.
Onager Jr's basic construction is fairly simple. I thought it would be neat to make something that didn't use screws,
but after assembling the bottom, screws were needed for much of the upper frame, and for the strengthening
of structural members later.
Loaded onto the car and ready for a drive to family reunion. I had
finished it this morning, and the first test shot was 3 feet. How
dissapointing.
We rebuilt the machine, and brought it to Maine to fling rocks into
the mud flats. We had rebuilt the breaker bar to be sturdier than
before, and also added a winch.
After our trip to Maine, Onager Jr was used again at the
2001 History Channel Chunk,
and at the
2001 Bennington High School Chunk.
At the end of those two adventures, our third canvas pouch had
disintegrated.