Master the art of building a powerful wooden catapult that's perfect for hunting or target practice. This DIY project is designed for strength and precision, with a sleek wooden frame and a high ...

Catapult Materials Popular Science The catapult perspective drawing shows the quantity and dimensions of the wooden pieces I used to build the catapult’s frame.

But with a few common items, it’s easy to bring his double-armed catapult to life. Even at such a small scale it’s easy to see that da Vinci was on to something.

What do you do with a coat hanger, some rubber bands, an Altoids tin, and ten minutes of free time? Why, you make a miniature catapult, of course. You can easily sneak this into just about any ...

Summer is winding down, but not before a few vegetables get pulverized via catapult. Last week SUNY Canton hosted the Edge on Science Catapult Camp, where kids learned about simple machines, made ...

But he had never attempted to build anything quite as daring as a human catapult. “Very few have been built, and many have resulted in disaster,” he says.

OK, let’s play. You can build your own tossing game from newspaper and tape. Here’s how to make a catapult launcher and a basket target.