A simulation showing the arc of a "comedian" launched from a trebuchet

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   Russell Garner (rgarner@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 21:41:59 JST Russell Garner

   Someone over on BSky mentioned that they'd like to see Ricky Gervais's redemption arc involve a trebuchet. Someone else asked how far we could get him. So I ran a simulation on his claimed 13st weight and we can yeet him over half a kilometre with a 4000Kg counterweight.

   https://virtualtrebuchet.com/?lengthArmShort=30&lengthArmLong=60&lengthSling=38&lengthWeight=10&heightOfPivot=42&massArm=30&inertiaArm=20250&pivotToArmCG=15&massWeight=4000&inertiaWeight=1&massProjectile=82.55&projectileDiameter=1.25&windSpeed=0&releaseAngle=45&units=metric&projectile=custom&uniformArm=true&distance=643.7597383265363