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Wayne Neel, a professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Military Institute, builds a model trebuchet. This one stands on wooden legs rather than wheels. When his prototype is launched, it rears up and slams down again dangerously. Such an action in a fully realized trebuchet could very well destroy it. Previous Next Medieval Arms Race | NOVA Builds a Trebuchet | Life in a Castle Destroy the Castle | Resources | Transcript Medieval Siege | Pharaoh's Obelisk | Easter Island | Roman Bath | China Bridge | Site Map Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000 |