Carbon fiber and printed parts power Tom Stanton's medieval rethink

"Supersonic Trebuchet" approaches five million views as Stanton goes another week without a new upload.

Channel: Tom Stanton Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Supersonic Trebuchet

Tom Stanton's trebuchet begins with gravity, but getting it through the sound barrier takes rather more than a falling weight. A carbon fiber arm, a pulley tower and a specially shaped, 3D-printed drum turn an old siege-engine principle into a very modern workshop puzzle.

There were no new uploads this week. Instead, "Supersonic Trebuchet," posted more than two months ago, remains the channel's strongest daily viewing draw and is approaching five million views. It is attracting considerably more daily views than "Super Capacitor Wind-Up Plane" and "Electromagnetic Aircraft Launcher," the other busy projects in the catalog.

The pleasure is in the revisions. Stanton changes the arm, trims weight from the sling bracket and adjusts the drum as successive tests push the projectile faster. A snapped sling sends him back to the design again. The eventual launch reaches a calculated 776 mph, followed by Stanton running across the field and checking that the machine has survived. The video includes a sponsored manufacturing segment.

The channel's subscriber total was unchanged over the week, while its current daily views are below their usual level. That gentler pace also extends across several nearby DIY channels, including Evan and Katelyn and John Malecki.

Stanton closes the build by showing calculations that began nearly six years earlier and footage of a wooden trebuchet he built as a child. His aerospace training meets the sidetrack described in his channel introduction: the possibilities of 3D printing.

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The videos drawing views on Tom Stanton right now

Super Capacitor Wind-Up Plane2,504,018 views Electromagnetic Aircraft Launcher4,356,795 views

The numbers

Here is how Tom Stanton's channel and existing builds performed this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

5MadMovieMakers

6,637,245

Gabie Vigneault

2,885,637

Blacktail Studio Uncut

1,468,912

Cleanwithbea

934,588

Evan and Katelyn

896,564

The Local Project

887,670

John Malecki

769,181

Tom Stanton

445,085

AvE

78,183

subscribers

1,560,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

212,990,683

views per day

54,574

typical day: 68,623

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Evan and Katelyn

1,670,000

Gabie Vigneault

1,670,000

John Malecki

1,630,000

Tom Stanton

1,560,000

Blacktail Studio Uncut

1,550,000

5MadMovieMakers

1,480,000

Cleanwithbea

1,480,000

The Local Project

1,470,000

AvE

1,440,000

As of October 20, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.