Tom Stanton has spent years chasing a number that gravity itself seemed to forbid. On a quiet field somewhere in the UK, a 40-kilogram mass dropped a short distance, spun a carbon-fiber arm past 2,300 revolutions per minute, and sent a 4-gram projectile into the air at 776 miles per hour. That is nine miles per hour past the speed of sound. For the first time, a purely gravity-powered trebuchet crossed the barrier. Medieval engineers created these machines to fling huge stones at castle walls. The basic idea is to hoist a large heavy weight, let it fall down, and
Yup. Always enjoy Tom’s content. Lol even if his sterling engine bike was hazard to everything in the vicinity of the grundle. Still fun to watch.
Lol - “let me put a blow torch between my legs”
He does some really cool stuff, though!