This is the world’s newest trebuchet design and it’s already setting new hurling records. Not only is the Walking Arm Trebuchet simple, it’s also extremely efficient. Using this trebuchet, my 8-year-old son set the all-time record for best design at the 2018 Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival. His lightweight 20-pound, 41-inch tall trebuchet threw a 3-ounce ball 266 feet — scaled up, that’s equivalent to 780 feet in the heavyweight division.