|
Welcome to Siege-Engine.com.
This is the home of Team Tormentum.
We build modern siege engines, compete in charity Chunkin competitions,
make guest appearances for Class Rooms and Television shows,
and are willing to help local charity events using our siege engines.
To learn about our Siege Engine building
team,
or any of our machines, use the links on the right.
Consider helping Team Tormentum maintain this web site of
our adventures by visiting one of our sponsors. Buying
Model Siege Engines from Ron Toms,
Books from Amazon,
and even a
Domain Name from Domain Direct
provides the pennies needed to keep a web site like this alive.
|
Buy a Siege Engine
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
Buy The Plans
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
Buy The Video
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
Buy A Book
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
|
|---|
|
Team News:
- Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2008: Hatra Jr, and Mista Ballist compete at the 2008 Punkin Chunk.
- Oct 10, 2008: Post first teaser of UTM pages.
- Aug 16, 2008: Our two small torsion machines went to the Vermont Zucchini Festival Zukapult contest.
- Jun 7, 2008: The primier of The Flying Pumpkins Movie. Read about when they came to visit us in MA.
- Dec 27, 2007: Updated 2007 Chunk Torsion Division page with real results, and more info on "The Plague".
- Dec 23, 2007: Updated Various Animators with new javascript code.
- Dec 3, 2007: New F2K trebuchet is for sale!
- Nov 27, 2007: Set up pages for buying catapult kits or plans.
- Nov 6, 2007: Added some Videos from in several pages of the 2007 Punkin Chunk.
- Nov 5, 2007: Added 2007 Punkin Chunk page for Mr. B, Hatra B, and those divisions.
- Oct 24, 2007: Added a launch animation to shooting page.
- Oct 23, 2007: Updated page for Hatra Jr Arms and bowline and Spring Frame page. Added a new page
for Deployment. We got our first pumpkin launch today of 210ft at low torque. What fun!
- Oct 20, 2007: Updated pages for Hatra Jr pages for Torsion, and
Arms and bowline.
- Oct 8, 2007: Updated all pages for Hatra Jr with latest construction pictures.
- Oct 7, 2007: Added a page for the Flying Pumpkins test day.
- Oct 6, 2007: Updated two Mista Ballista pages. 2005 Rope Upgrade
and a page for our new Power Pack.
- Jan, 2007: Read about our new kid-toy; Vacuum Bazooka!
- Find out where to read or watch more about Team Tormentum
in the news.
Team Web Log:
 |
Nov 2, 2008
- Hatra Ballista shoots ~250ft
- Mr. B is cranked up, pies its shot, and breaks its arms.
- Pack up and go home.
|
 |
Nov 1, 2008
- Hatra Ballista shoots 269.6ft for 3rd place 10 & under catapult division.
- Resplice Mr. B's bowstring for shorter arms with new adjustable eye splices.
- More shim testing on Mr. B. Take cautious approach.
- Mr. B shoots 430ft.
|
 |
Oct 31, 2008
- Assemble Hatra Ballista. Shoot ~250 ft.
- Install new arms into Mr. B. Test twist. Discover issues. Attempt to resolve.
- Attempt basic shimming experiments.
|
To read older logs, see our Web Log.
Random Chunk Picture of the Day:
Get your daily dose of one random Chunkin' Picture from our massive image library.
Treatises:
Learn about our team, how to contact us, what we do, and what we're up to.
Engines Of War:
Team Tormentum has built over 15 different machines of all different sorts, including
historically inspired machines such as trebuchets, ballistas, and onagers, in addition to modern interpretations such as the
Pumpkin Putter. Some are for competitions, and others for fun.
Engineering:
Details on things we've learned as we went along, including what not to do.
You won't find any detailed plans for any of our machines, but you will learn
many of our details that make our machines work.
Battles:
Team Tormentum drags catapults of all sorts to various public events. Everything
from local High Schools to the World Championship Punkin' Chunk'. We've been
battling for over 5 years and documented over 10 events.
Spare Parts:
Various amusing things such as Trebuchet art, poems, and links.
Managed by:
|
|
