Editing Trebuchet (section)

===Recreation and education===
[[File:Warwick Castle trebuchet.jpg|thumb|A functioning trebuchet at [[Warwick Castle]] (England) based on drawings from the 13th Century]]
[[File:Warwick Castle trebuchet - from the bank.webm|thumb|2012 demonstration of the Warwick Castle trebuchet (launch at 10:30)]]
Most trebuchet use in recent centuries has been for recreational or educational, rather than military purposes. New machines have been constructed and old ones restored by [[living history]] enthusiasts, for [[historical re-enactment]]s, and use in other historical celebrations. As their construction is substantially simpler than modern weapons, trebuchets also serve as the object of engineering challenges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelep.org.uk/teachers/events/view/54 |title=Thelep.org.uk |publisher=Thelep.org.uk |date=2008-11-20 |access-date=2010-09-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426052819/http://www.thelep.org.uk/teachers/events/view/54 |archive-date=2012-04-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering.wright.edu/trebuchet/ |title=Wright.edu |publisher=Engineering.wright.edu |access-date=2010-09-12 |archive-date=2010-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718101359/http://www.engineering.wright.edu/trebuchet/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The methods of trebuchet construction were lost at the beginning of the 16th century. In 1984, the French engineer Renaud Beffeyte made the first modern reconstruction of a trebuchet, based on documents from 1324.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armedieval.fr|title=armedieval - le trebuchet et les machines civiles et militaires médiévales}}</ref>

The largest currently-functioning trebuchet in the world is the {{convert|22,000|kg|adj=on}} machine at [[Warwick Castle]], England, constructed in 2005. Based on historical designs, it stands {{convert|18|m}} tall and throws missiles typically 36&nbsp;kg (80&nbsp;lbs) up to {{convert|300|m}}.{{cn|date=March 2025}} The trebuchet gained significant interest from numerous news sources when in 2015 a burning missile fired from the siege engine struck and damaged a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian-era]] [[boathouse]] situated at the River Avon close by, inadvertently demonstrating the weapon's power.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warwick Castle trebuchet fireball 'sparked boathouse blaze' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-32264914 |website=BBC News |access-date=3 March 2025 |date=11 April 2015}}</ref> It is built on the design of a similar trebuchet at [[Middelaldercentret]] in Denmark.<ref name="reconstruct">June 14, 2005 [http://archive.archaeology.org/online/interviews/vemming/index.html Reconstructing Medieval Artillery]. archive.archaeology.org. Retrieved 12 September 2013</ref> In 1989, Middelaldercentret became the first place in the modern era to have a working trebuchet.<ref name="reconstruct"/>

Trebuchets compete in one of the classifications of machines used to hurl pumpkins at the annual [[pumpkin chucking]] contest held in [[Sussex County, Delaware]], U.S. The record-holder in that contest for trebuchets is the Yankee Siege II from [[New Hampshire]], which at the 2013 WCPC Championship tossed a pumpkin 2835.8&nbsp;ft (864.35 metres). The {{convert|51|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}, {{convert|55000|lb|adj=on}} trebuchet flings the standard {{convert|8|-|10|lb|adj=on}} pumpkins,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://punkinchunkin.com/current-world-record |title=World Championship Punkin Chunkin – Current World Records |publisher=punkinchunkin.com |access-date=November 20, 2012 |archive-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115082931/http://www.punkinchunkin.com/current-world-record |url-status=dead }}</ref> specified for all entries in the WCPC competition.

A large trebuchet was tested in late 2017 in [[Belfast]] as part of the set for the television series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://winteriscoming.net/2017/11/06/game-thrones-season-8-filming-trebuchet-tested-titanic-studios/ |title=Season 8 Filming: Watch a trebuchet test at Titanic Studios |date=6 November 2017 |publisher=winteriscoming.net |access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>

A large trebuchet based on [[Edward I]]'s "[[Warwolf]]" was constructed for a scene in [[David Mackenzie (director)|David Mackenzie]]'s movie ''[[Outlaw King]]'' (2018){{citation needed|date=January 2022}} about [[Robert the Bruce]], King of Scots. During the film, it hurls an incendiary projectile at [[Stirling Castle]]. It recreates the true story that it took some three months to build and Edward would not let his enemy surrender until he could use it.

In recent years several trebuchets has been created capable of throwing cars.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gavin |first=Rachael |title=Experts reveal the science behind 'the world's biggest trebuchet' on You Have Been Warned |url=https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/latest/worlds-biggest-trebuchet-car-slingshot-you-have-been-warned-show/47bbe22a-3694-45f6-9b29-0d1bc4c5e163 |website=nine.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 24, 2013 |title=Car is launched from trebuchet at Shropshire fundraiser |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/06/24/car-is-launched-from-trebuchet-at-shropshire-fundraiser/ |website=Shropshire Star}}</ref> In the episode "Carnage A Trois" in [[List of The Grand Tour episodes#Series 4 (2019–2021)|series 4]] of ''[[The Grand Tour]]'' the presenters uses a trebuchet to allegedly sling a [[Citroën C3 Pluriel]] from the [[White Cliffs of Dover]] across the [[English Channel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Douglas |first=Steven |date=March 7, 2022 |title=The Grand Tour: This Is What Happened To The Carnage A Trois Trebuchet |url=https://grandtournation.com/thegrandtour/the-grand-tour-this-is-what-happened-to-the-carnage-a-trois-trebuchet/ |website=Grand Tour Nation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Corey |date=December 21, 2021 |title=''The Grand Tour's'' "Carnage a Trois" Episode Falls Largely Flat |url=https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/12/the-grand-tours-carnage-a-trois-episode-falls-largely-flat/ |website=The Truth About Cars}}</ref> The [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]] based [[YouTube personality]] and inventor [[Colin Furze]] created a {{convert|14|m|adj=on}} high trebuchet capable of throwing a [[washing machine]] in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baillie |first=Maddy |date=27 December 2020 |title=YouTuber Colin Furze creates trebuchet in Stamford |url=https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/youtuber-creates-giant-catapult-in-stamford-field-9146272/ |website=Stamford Mercury}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Matthew |date=Dec 11, 2020 |title=This Massive Homemade Trebuchet Can Launch Washing Machines |url=https://nerdist.com/article/massive-homemade-trebuchet-launches-washing-machines/ |website=[[Nerdist]]}}</ref>