MMC wrote:
Would it be possible to fling a pestilence ridden dead animal over the stone
wall with this rig? Where would you keep this animal? I would think you'd
want it close at hand, but far enough down wind....

Sure. You could keep it downwind by hanging it from the spinnaker pole
prior to loading it in the trebuchet.

Umm, are we getting points for "silliest thread currently on usenet"?

Regards
Doug King