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Making the Korean Hwacha (火車) Rocket Launcher A.D. 1451 launcher tested for King Munjong Rate Topic: ***** 1 Votes

#1 User is offline   Liang Jieming 

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Posted 09 January 2006 - 02:22 AM

Ok, gotta start sometime... before General Turtle gets mad at me. :P

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Posted 09 January 2006 - 03:12 AM

Uhm, are you going to use real explosives in that?
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Posted 09 January 2006 - 03:29 AM

well.... cny is around the corner and...
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Posted 09 January 2006 - 03:39 AM

Oh yes, CNY is round the corner and you'll be going back to Malaysia, right? *phew*

A video recording will do ... okay?
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Posted 09 January 2006 - 07:56 PM

Just don't get yourself arrested :]
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Posted 10 January 2006 - 05:13 AM

Hehehe, well when I go back for CNY, I can get the rocket type fireworks so it should be fun just buying a whole bunch of them and slotting them into the model and launching them in sequence. The tricky part would be to get the fuses tied in a bunch to be lighted. ;-)

Don't know if I can get the model ready by CNY but if I could it should be a blast lighting them during the reunion dinner. hehehehe

Too bad SG doesn't allow the rocket types anymore and I'll only be able to do this in MY.
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 01:41 AM

Ok, let's start.

My exploded hwacha.

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 01:48 AM

Picutre not working D:
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 10:39 AM

Are there records of the Hwacha being used in combat? And if so what were the results?
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 12:52 PM

View Postcaocao74, on Jan 15 2006, 07:39 AM, said:

Are there records of the Hwacha being used in combat? And if so what were the results?



They were supposedly used on the northern frontier against the Jurchens to good effect.

The most famous example though would be the Battle of Haengju Sanseong during the Imjin Waeran. According the Turnbull, the Japanese marched up the mountain side/fortress in massed formations hoping to outnumber and overwhelm the defenders. This created an ideal situation for the Hwacha, which proceeded to mow down the Japanese.
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 05:58 PM

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My exploded hwacha.


Did it really? :blink:
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 09:05 PM

He meant an exploded view. :lol:

Though I thought Liang really did make and FUBAR a Hwacha before I saw the picture :lol:
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View PostChiangAP, on Jan 16 2006, 06:58 AM, said:

Did it really? :blink:


江阿伯... you're funny. :P

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 11:51 PM

Moved to asian history as it's related to Korean weaponry and not chinese weaponry.
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Posted 16 January 2006 - 09:01 PM

16th January 2006 - Gathered the material I need
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17th January 2006 - Cut and machining the pieces. Discovered that a 100 holes for the 100 rockets for authenticity was not feasible at this scale. The wood kept splitting. Reduced the number down to 27 holes instead.
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