@Other commentors - This was the second ever Pumpkin Launch (from what I hear - the one in this video is when I started as a Freshman at IIT. The camera doesn't quite point at where I was standing...), so people were last-minute putting things together, and didn't have much money to spare on making their launchers.
Check 07 and 08 - Trebuchets were used. 08 had an ENORMOUS one...
How come no one used a trebuchet??? That is the obvious answer to pumpkin launching. I guess there was a floating arm trebuchet but it didn't work too great.
@Other commentors - This was the second ever Pumpkin Launch (from what I hear - the one in this video is when I started as a Freshman at IIT. The camera doesn't quite point at where I was standing...), so people were last-minute putting things together, and didn't have much money to spare on making their launchers.
Check 07 and 08 - Trebuchets were used. 08 had an ENORMOUS one...
Izkata 2 years ago
they could have launched farther with a trebuchet rather than a ballista
s90Jimmys90 2 years ago
How come no one used a trebuchet??? That is the obvious answer to pumpkin launching. I guess there was a floating arm trebuchet but it didn't work too great.
coilgunner2 2 years ago