08-26-2004, 08:56 AM
My bulges are the opposite of picture 4. They are on the back not the front and they face inwards. I tend to build my artillery so the end of the arm clears the inside of the straight support . Some finds do not have offset supports so putting the straight one at the back limits the amount you can pull the arms back.<br>
On your earlier post you say that you can clearly see from the picture of Trajans column. I would say that the depictions are so crude that you cannot see anything clearly from them.<br>
The depictions of artillery from the column seem to show the artillery could be inward swingers as you cannot see the arms:- if the arms were wound back this is what you would see and the stock seems to protrude from the field frames:- on a inward swinger the field frames are not mounted right on the front as they are on a out swinger.<br>
I have not "improved" my designs but I have put them together as seems a sensible way. I could well be wrong but what I have made is consistent with all the reliable evidence that I have seen.<br>
Because I built the Manuballista first I have been influenced by decisions I made when building it.<br>
Aulus cladius maximus <p></p><i></i>
On your earlier post you say that you can clearly see from the picture of Trajans column. I would say that the depictions are so crude that you cannot see anything clearly from them.<br>
The depictions of artillery from the column seem to show the artillery could be inward swingers as you cannot see the arms:- if the arms were wound back this is what you would see and the stock seems to protrude from the field frames:- on a inward swinger the field frames are not mounted right on the front as they are on a out swinger.<br>
I have not "improved" my designs but I have put them together as seems a sensible way. I could well be wrong but what I have made is consistent with all the reliable evidence that I have seen.<br>
Because I built the Manuballista first I have been influenced by decisions I made when building it.<br>
Aulus cladius maximus <p></p><i></i>
Bernard Jacobs
Any opinion stated is genally not the opinion of My group or Centurian
Any opinion stated is genally not the opinion of My group or Centurian