HI Benjamin, Yes it was the only strike, but of course in reality at that distance he is not really aiming at individuals, because of course with a 3-4 second flight time people don't stay put anyway. So on one level, the individual level, I agree with "doesn't seem reliable' - it's not reliable on the micro level. However, if that were the King showing there it would not just be Joe, but his 20,30,40? nearby mates who would all change whatever they were shooting at in a heartbeat and with Joes level of accuracy that combined effort would I suspect very often create a macro effect that was very effective.

@@tods_workshop And, of course, there would have been many bow men firing multiple arrows quickly.

@@williamromine5715 Yeah, Joe could have loosed all of the arrows he had in the time took to prepare and loose one trebuchet shot. It was very sporting to have the same number of shots, but if it had been just based on time, Joe would have dialled in his shots and scored more king shots.

@@williamromine5715 And, if Game of Thrones taught us anything, there might even be multiple kings to shoot at.

Joe could also have shot a lot more arrows than the trebuchet could launch stones and he was shooting cold. His group size seemed pretty darn good to me, just a little high. It's not like a rifle, where you can bench fire a sub MoA group, though.

How did this comment not get more attention? But ppl are willing to waste time arguing with some guy in the comments who said you could see coming arrows and repel them with a sword.

This is a really good observation and would make a big difference!

This is the only answer that needs to be replied to.

I so want a redo on this based on your explanation!!!

I was thinking from the beginning myself that the smooth surfaces and the finger holes would affect performance.

Thanks and I love the engineering and technology of these things, well pretty much anything and this channel just gives me all the excuse I need to mess about

Tod you have probably already seen it, but there is a video on UKposts about a guy building a supersonic trebuchet (small, shooting ball bearings). But it really goes into the engineering and the optimization of all the variables. Super fascinating.

Could not agree more

Thanks and it was a good demonstration of the loading, but as you say, Joes technique is picture perfect to 1386 or whatever.

Justin Ma's Way of Archery channel has a great video called "The Draw" that explains postures and muscle useage for heavy drawweight archery and explains why Joe's posture is like that. He uses pictorial examples of Joe Gibbs and other historical archers. Joe Gibbs even makes a comment on the video praising the explanation.

@@Intranetusa Cool. I'll check that video out. The tension in Joe's body is very evident as his muscles and bones slot in to position.

@@Intranetusa That was fascinating. Thank you.

That crane shot came out of nowhere and blew my mind

it touchs the king remember he wears best armour

@@TheMaulam12345 unless the king is richard the lionheart who was unarmoured when shot with a crossbow

Of course, this is like Man Cave Playyard Level 5000 🤣💪

He's also a fantastic racecar owner!

The pallet armed forces are quaking in their boots thinking about multiple Joe Gibs, they haven't even gotten over the loss of their King yet! haha

The pallet knights are thinking "you killed our king, we surrender! Why do you keep shooting at us?"

Its rare that something on youtube can make me audibly gasp. That is an AMAZING shot!!!

Holy what?

@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 Holy crap. It's when you see shit that you can't believe is real, so you stick your finger in it to confirm and end up making a hole, thus confirming that the crap is now holy after confirming that it's real. It is indeed the holiest of craps, because I myself have checked several times in disbelief.

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it

I bet that knight would have preferred not to get a bowling ball in 'nards like that 😲

Once I was a knight like you, but then I got a bowling ball to the knee!

it's just that Joe's height is too small for such a bow, if he were shooting from a compound bow, then he wouldn't have to bend so much

Well if he'd use a crossbow he wouldn't even have to train that much but the point is, he invested all the training needed to effectively shoot a 140lbs English warbow. Also I strongly believe that his posture isn't due to his size or the size of the bow. I believe the posture to be a result of bio mechanics. To control such a monster of a bow the perfect posture is needed and apparently that's what he does after 23 years of training.

Just like in Stronghold. A trebuchet is for destroying fat towers. A catapult is for walls. Archers thin out the crowd before foot soldiers get into the fight

Tod is truly following in the footsteps of his mediaeval forebears by getting the apprentice to do as much of the grunt work as possible!

That's one of the aspects a lot of people seem to overlook. When you heave a rock at a section of masonry with the kind of forces that are involved here - whether that's a trebuchet or a skein-powered catapult or a sinple throwing-arm device like an onager - you will get some pretty significant fragmentation. Not just of the rock, but of the battlement as well. A rock of that size hitting a crennelation on a wall will have a good chance of shattering it outright, with some pretty ominous implications for anyone standing nearby. Also don't discount the possibility of being knocked clean off the wall by a nearby impact. Luck was with you, Sire! You were not hit by any rock fragments! Unfortunately, they moved the manure pile to the other end of the ward last Michaelmas, so you fell onto hard earth. You win some, you lose some, hope you didn't do anything too naughty since the last time you took Confession...

Indeed, as a concept artist that do this kinda stuff for games, it never went through my mind how much labor it takes to fire a trebuchet. Amazing content and mechanism. There’s a reason why this machine is of the favorites of the internet.

The ball is also in flight for longer (dat hang time), meaning it's subject to more total newtons of wind force.

Yes it could have made the shot, but the bow itself blocks the view in a way that a longbow does not, so long shots are harder with a crossbow even though they are inherently more accurate. But it could 'make the shot' in the same way that I could with a longbow - lots of chance involved!

Ooooh - I would like to

I haven't watched theirs yet, but hope both are good

Love it! So very true, we both have a sense of reality before entertainment

@@tods_workshop I believe it comes with working with weapons, you must have a sense of reality, even when you are having fun.

Thanks

For reasons I have yet to understand, the machine shoots a few degrees off the line it should. It is on a slight slope and that may be part of it.

@@tods_workshop Might be that the throwing arm isn't fully straight, if you look at 11:05 and 14:45 looks like it's leaning to the right a bit when it's upright. At 14:40 when arm is down it's leaning bit to left. Any sort of sideways wobbling of the arm would explain lot of the inaccurasy.

That sounds about like him

@@tods_workshop he just seems like such a kind, humble, nice and chill guy. Would love to sit for a pint with your enthusiasm and passion, and his quiet confidence.

Well if enemy archers were a concern you can set up a palisade in front of the trebuchet to protect the crew.

@@adambielen8996 Thats true, although it would have to be a tall palisade if archers are firing from an elevated position on a wall. I would say build a bigger trebuchet that can fire from out of effective archer range, which is probably why most would be larger than this.

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it.