A slingshot, shanghai, flip, bean shooter, Wrist-Rocket or catapult ( primarily British English ) is a small hand-powered projectile weapon.

* Trebuchet catapult is first used by followers of the Chinese philosopher Mozi.

A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket spacelaunch which would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds.

Bryan's address helped catapult him to the Democratic Party's presidential nomination ; it is considered one of the greatest political speeches in American history.

It is the first book in history to include formulas for gunpowder and its use for various bombs ( thrown by sling or trebuchet catapult ).

The secret catapult is built in the region of Mare Undarum.

* The catapult is invented by Greek engineers.

It is mounted on a catapult launching stand used for aircraft carrier launches and was restored late 2006 after having been on outdoor display for a number of years.

Other clues turn up: a scarab in Dean's desk, a large pebble in the stairwell, a " catapult " ( slingshot ) belonging to office boy Ginger Joe, who is recruited by " Bredon " to help in the investigation.

The trebuchet at Warwick Castle is the largest catapult in the world.

In modern parlance, catapult is often used as the name of a medieval form of onager, though there is little evidence for this historically.

Saturated steam at 600 psi is channeled from each steam generator to a common header, where the steam is then sent to the main engine, electrical generators, aircraft catapult system, and various auxiliaries.

" Sam then uses the dragon to pull a catapult in place, gets on it and launches himself to the castle-but misses the window Bugs is looking out of, flattening himself on his front ( In a " cramped " voice, Sam declares: " You'll pay for this, varmint !").

Whilst all seems fair at first, it is quickly discovered that the three menaces had no intent on fair play when it comes to treasure and it is revealed that Roger had in fact tied Danny's catapult to a piece of string thus yanking it away at a pinnacle moment.

It might be much smaller, such as a toy catapult that is tall.

Another important aspect of combat is bombardment, which can be done by artillery units ( catapult, trebuchet, cannon, artillery and radar artillery ), air units, and more advanced naval units ( such as destroyers and battleships ).

It is said to have been struck and smashed to pieces by a stone fired from a catapult during the Umayyad siege of Mecca in 756.

The onager was a Roman siege engine that is a type of catapult that uses a torsional force, generally from twisted rope, to store energy for the shot.

A catapult or slingshot catapult is a throw that typically starts with the opponent on his / her back, and the wrestler standing and facing him.

( The BBC documentary Dambusters Declassified ( 2010 ) stated that the pronged device was not used due to issues related to vibration and that other methods were employed, including a length of string tied in a loop and pulled back centrally to a fixed point in the manner of a catapult.

He claims to have proven that the device practically works like a catapult while a variable angular velocity can only control the smoothness of the object velocity to which the drive is attached.

An aircraft catapult is a device used to launch aircraft from ships — in particular aircraft carriers — as a form of assisted take off.

Although the catapult has been used since ancient times, it has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during warfare.

His design incorporated used a large wooden leaf spring as an accumulator to power the catapult.

The leaf spring was not used to pull the catapult armature directly, rather the rope was wound around a drum.

In January 2011, popsci. com, the news blog version of Popular Science magazine reported a group of smugglers used a homemade catapult to deliver marijuana into the United States from Mexico.

Some missiles may have additional propulsion from another source at launch ; for example the V1 was launched by a catapult and the MGM-51 was fired out of a tank gun ( using a smaller charge than would be used for a shell ).

Ramjets require forward motion before they can generate thrust and so are often used in conjunction with other forms of propulsion, or with and external means of acheiving sufficent speed such as a parent aircraft or catapult.

" When Earth tries to reclaim the colony, the revolutionaries plan to use in defense a smaller duplicate of the electromagnetic catapult formerly used to export wheat.

In this context, " engine " referred to a military machine, i. e., a mechanical contraption used in war ( for example, a catapult ).

Direct mechanical action by expansion of the steam can be used for a steam-powered aircraft catapult or similar applications.

The Wrights used a launching rail for their 1903 flights and a launch catapult for their 1904 and 1905 machines, while the aircraft of Santos-Dumont and other Europeans had wheeled undercarriages.

A mangonel ( derived from Greco-Latin word manganon, meaning " engine of war ") was a type of catapult or siege engine used in the medieval period to throw projectiles at a castle's walls.

Jain texts tell how Ajatashatru used two new weapons: a catapult, and a covered chariot with swinging mace that has been compared to a modern tank.

To get themselves up into the canopy of a tropical rainforest the crew used a catapult to fire a fishing line 100 metres into the uppermost branches.

In a National Post editorial, on the tenth anniversary of Harris ' 1995 electoral victory, Harris ' chief of staff described the difference in their policies, saying that Davis retained power with a careful balancing act, while Harris used a bold platform to unexpectedly catapult the party from third place to first.

The aircraft is attached to the shuttle using a tow bar or launch bar mounted to the nose landing gear ( an older system used a steel cable called a catapult bridle ; the forward ramps on older carrier bows were used to catch these cables ), and is flung off the deck at about 15 knots above minimum flying speed, achieved by the catapult in a 4 second run.

The catapult approach is also used for towing gliders into the air.

The Queen was a modified Fairey IIIF floatplane, ( a catapult launched aircraft which was used for reconnaissance by the Royal Navy ).

French troops using a catapult to throw hand grenade s and other explosives during World War I

In the drop facility Fallturm Bremen at University of Bremen a catapult can be used to throw the experiment upwards to prolong the weightlessness from 4. 74 to nearly 9. 3 seconds.

The first wrestler performs a slingshot catapult in an attempt to throw the opponent away from the corner turnbuckle away from where the second wrestler is situated.

In the final installment ( issue 3280, dated 28 May 2005 ), set in the playground of Bash Street School, Zap and Zoink set up a catapult connected to a mechanical arm, with the intention of using it to throw their spaceship ( with them inside ) back out into space, and towards their home planet.